ἀκούωakoúō

to hear, listen, attend, perceive by hearing, comprehend by hearing.

Greek (New Testament) · G191

Meanings

1. Intrans.: Mark 4:3, Mark 7:37, James 2:5, Revelation 2:7, and elsewhere; τ. ὠσίν, Matthew 13:15(LXX); with cognate dative, ακοῇ ἀ. (see ἀκοή), Matthew 13:14, Acts 28:26(LXX); ὁ ἔχων ὦτα (οὖς) ἀκούειν, ἀκουσάτω, Matthew 11:15, Mark 4:23, Revelation 2:7, and elsewhere

2. Trans., properly with accusative of thing, of thing heard, genitive of person, from whom heard: Acts 1:4; with accusative of thing, Matthew 12:19, John 3:8, Acts 22:9, and elsewhere; with dupl. accusative, John 12:18, 1 Corinthians 11:18; with genitive of thing, John 7:40; τ. φωνῆς (cf. Heb. שָׁמַע בְּקֹול, Exodus 18:19), John 5:25, John 5:28, Acts 9:7 (on the distinction bet. this and ἀ. φωνήν, Acts 9:4, see M, Pr., 66; Field, Notes, 117; Abbott, Essays, 93f.); of God answering prayer, John 9:31, 1 John 5:14, 15; with accusative of thing, followed by παρά, John 8:26, John 8:40, Acts 10:22, 2 Timothy 2:2; id. followed by ἀπό, 1 John 1:5; with genitive pars. followed by participle, Mark 14:58, Luke 18:36, and elsewhere

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 425 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 2:3 King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem.
  • Matthew 2:9 After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.
  • Matthew 2:18 “A cry was heard in Ramah— weeping and great mourning. Rachel weeps for her children, refusing to be comforted, for they are dead.”
  • Matthew 2:22 But when he learned that the new ruler of Judea was Herod’s son Archelaus, he was afraid to go there. Then, after being warned in a dream, he left for the region of Galilee.
  • Matthew 4:12 When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
  • Matthew 5:21 “You have heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not murder. If you commit murder, you are subject to judgment.’
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.