οὖςoûs
the ear (physically or mentally)
Greek (New Testament) · G3775
Meanings
the ear: Matthew 13:16, Mark 7:33, Luke 22:50, 1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 Corinthians 12:16, 1 Peter 3:12; ἐν τ. ὠσί, Luke 4:21; εἰς τ. ὦτα ἀκούεσθαι, Acts 7:57; γίνεσθαι, Luke 1:44; εἰσέρχεσθαι, James 5:4; εἰς τ. οὖς ἀκούειν, Matthew 10:27; πρὸς τ. οὖς λαλεῖν, Luke 12:3; τὰ ὦ. συνέχειν, Acts 7:57. Metaph., of understanding, perceiving, knowing: Matthew 13:16; ὁ ἔχων (εἴ τις ἔχει) οὖς ἀκουσάτω, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:17, Revelation 2:29, Revelation 3:6, Revelation 3:13, Revelation 3:22, Revelation 13:9; ὁ ἔχων (ὃς ἔχει, εἴ τις ἔχει) ὦτα (ἀκούειν) ἀκουέτω, Matthew 11:15, Matthew 13:9, Matthew 13:43, Mark 4:9, Mark 4:23, Mark 7:16 (R, margin), Luke 8:8, Luke 14:35; τοῖς ὠ. βαρέως ἀκούειν, Matthew 13:15, Acts 28:27 (LXX); ὦ. ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούειν, Mark 8:18; ὦ. τοῦ μὴ ἀκούειν, Romans 11:8; θέσθε εἰς τὰ ὦ., Luke 9:44; ἀπερίτμητος τοῖς ὠ., Acts 7:51.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 36 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 10:27 What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!
- Matthew 11:15 Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!
- Matthew 13:9 Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.”
- Matthew 13:15 For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes— so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.’
- Matthew 13:16 “But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.
- Matthew 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s Kingdom. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.