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Lexicon :: Strong's G191 - akouō

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ἀκούω
Transliteration
akouō (Key)
Pronunciation
ak-oo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A root
mGNT
428x in 57 unique form(s)
TR
437x in 73 unique form(s)
LXX
852x in 80 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:216,34

Strong’s Definitions

ἀκούω akoúō, ak-oo'-o; a primary verb; to hear (in various senses):—give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 437x

The KJV translates Strong's G191 in the following manner: hear (418x), hearken (6x), give audience (3x), hearer (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 437x
The KJV translates Strong's G191 in the following manner: hear (418x), hearken (6x), give audience (3x), hearer (2x), miscellaneous (8x).
  1. to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf

  2. to hear

    1. to attend to, consider what is or has been said

    2. to understand, perceive the sense of what is said

  3. to hear something

    1. to perceive by the ear what is announced in one's presence

    2. to get by hearing learn

    3. a thing comes to one's ears, to find out, learn

    4. to give ear to a teaching or a teacher

    5. to comprehend, to understand

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀκούω akoúō, ak-oo'-o; a primary verb; to hear (in various senses):—give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
STRONGS G191:
ἀκούω [on the use of the present in a perfect sense cf. Winers Grammar, 274f (258); Buttmann, 203 (176)]; imperfect ἤκουον; future (in best Greek usage) ἀκούσομαι, John 5:25 R G L, John 5:28 R G L; Acts 3:22; Acts 7:37 R G; Acts 17:32; [Acts 21:22]; Acts 25:22; 28:28; [Romans 10:14 Tdf.], and (a later form) ἀκούσω, Matthew 12:19; Matthew 13:14 (both from the Sept.); [John 10:16; John 16:13 Tr WH marginal reading; Acts 28:26]; Romans 10:14 [R G]; and T Tr WH in John 5:25, 28 (cf. Winers Grammar, 82 (79); Buttmann, 53 (46) [Veitch, under the word]); [1 aorist ἤκουσα, John 3:32, etc.]; perfect ἀκήκοα; passive [present ἀκούομαι; 1 future ἀκουσθήσομαι]; 1 aorist ἠκούσθην; [from Homer down]; to hear.
I. absolutely
1. to be endowed with the faculty of hearing (not deaf): Mark 7:37; Luke 7:22; Matthew 11:5.
2. to attend to (use the faculty of hearing), consider what is or has been said. So in exhortations: ἀκούετε, Mark 4:3; ἀκούσατε, James 2:5; ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω, Matthew 11:15; Matthew 13:9 [in both T WH omit; Tr brackets ἀκούειν]; Mark 4:23; Luke 14:35 (34); ἔχων οὖς ἀκουσάτω, Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; Revelation 3:6, 13, 22, etc.
3. tropically, to understand, perceive the sense of what is said: Matthew 13:15; Mark 8:18; 1 Corinthians 14:2.
II. with an object [Buttmann, § 132, 17; Winer's Grammar, 199 (187f)];
1. ἀκούω τι, to hear something;
a. to perceive by the ear what is announced in one's presence (to hear immediately): τὴν φωνήν, Matthew 12:19; John 3:8; Revelation 4:1; Revelation 5:11; Revelation 18:4; Acts 22:9, etc.; τὸν ἀσπασμόν, Luke 1:41 (cf. Luke 1:44); Γαλιλαίαν, the name 'Galilee,' Luke 23:6 [T WH omits; Tr mrg. brackets Γαλ.; cf. Buttmann, 166 (145)]; ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν, the phrase 'ἀνάστ. νεκρῶν,' Acts 17:32; τὸν λόγον, Mark 5:36 [R G L] (on this passage see παρακούω, 2); Matthew 19:22; John 5:24, etc.; τοὺς λόγους, Acts 2:22; Acts 5:24; Matthew 7:24; ῤήματα, 2 Corinthians 12:4; τί λέγουσιν, Matthew 21:16; passive, Matthew 2:18; Revelation 18:22f; τὶ ἔκ τινος, 2 Corinthians 12:6 [R G]; followed by ὅτι [Buttmann, 300 (257f)], Acts 22:2; Mark 16:11; John 4:42; John 14:28.
b. to get by hearinq, learn (from the mouth of the teacher or narrator): Acts 15:17; Matthew 10:27 ( εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε, what is taught you in secret); Romans 15:21; Ephesians 1:13; Colossians 1:6; John 14:24; 1 John 2:7, 24; 1 John 3:11; Χριστόν i. e. to become acquainted with Christ from apostolic teaching, Ephesians 4:21 (cf. μαθεῖν τὸν Χριστόν, Ephesians 4:20 [Buttmann, 166 (144) note; Winer's Grammar, 199 (187) note]); passive, Luke 12:3; Hebrews 2:1; τὶ with the genitive of person from whom one hears, Acts 1:4; τὶ παρά τινος, John 8:26, 40; John 15:15; Acts 10:22; Acts 28:22; 2 Timothy 2:2 (Thucydides 6, 93; Xenophon, an. 1, 2, 5 [here Dindorf omits παρά]; Plato, rep. 6, p. 506 d., others; [Buttmann, 166 (145); Winer's Grammar, 199 (188)]); [παρά τινος, without an object expressed, John 1:40 (41)]; ἔκ τινος, John 12:34 (ἐκ τοῦ νόμου, from attendance on its public reading); ἀπό with the genitive of person, 1 John 1:5; with περί τινος added, Acts 9:13; followed by ὅτι, Matthew 5:21, 27, 33, 38, 43.
c. ἀκούω τι, a thing comes to one's ears, to find out (by hearsay), learn, (hear [(of)] mediately): with the accusative of thing, τὰ ἔργα, Matthew 11:2; ὅσα ἐποίει, Mark 3:8 [Treg. text ποιεῖ]; πολέμους, Luke 21:9; Matthew 24:6; Mark 13:7; to learn, absol, viz. what has just been mentioned: Matthew 2:3; Matthew 22:7 [R L]; Mark 2:17; Mark 3:21; Galatians 1:13; Ephesians 1:15; Colossians 1:4; Philemon 1:5, etc. followed by ὅτι, Matthew 2:22; Matthew 4:12; Matthew 20:30; Mark 6:55; Mark 10:47; John 4:47; John 9:35; John 11:6; John 12:12; Galatians 1:23; περί τινος, Mark 7:25; τὶ περί τινος, Luke 9:9; Luke 16:2; Luke 23:8 [R G L]; followed by an accusative with participle [Buttmann, 303 (260)]: Luke 4:23; Acts 7:12; 2 Thessalonians 3:11; 3 John 1:4; followed by an accusative with an infinitive in two instances [cf. Buttmann, the passage cited]: John 12:18; 1 Corinthians 11:18. passive: Acts 11:22 (ἠκούσθη λόγος εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῆς ἐκκλησίας was brought to the ears); 1 Corinthians 5:1 (ἀκούεται πορνεία ἐν ὑμῖν); Matthew 28:14 (ἐὰν ἀκουσθῇ τοῦτο ἐπί [L Tr WH marginal reading ὑπὸ] τοῦ ἡγεμόνος); Mark 2:1; John 9:32 ἠκούσθη ὅτι.
d. to give ear to teaching or teacher: τοὺς λόγους, Matthew 10:14; to follow with attentive hearing, τὸν λόγον, John 8:43; τὰ ῤήματα τοῦ θεοῦ, John 8:47.
e. to comprehend, understand, (like Latin audio): Mark 4:33; Galatians 4:21 ([Lachmann marginal reading ἀναγινώσκετε) yet cf. Meyer at the passage]; (Genesis 11:7).
2. ἀκούειν is not joined with the genitive of the object unless one hear the person or thing with his own ears [Buttmann, 166 (114)];
a. with the genitive of a person; simply;
α. to perceive anyone's voice: οὗ, i. e., of Christ, whose voice is heard in the instruction of his messengers (Luke 10:16), Romans 10:14 [Winer's Grammar, 199 (187) note2],
β. to give ear to one, listen, hearken, (German ihm zuhören, ihn anhören): Matthew 2:9; Mark 7:14; Mark 12:37; Luke 2:46; Luke 10:16; Luke 15:1; Luke 19:48; Luke 21:38; Acts 17:32; Acts 24:24 (in both these passages τινὸς περί τινος); Acts 25:22; John 6:60.
γ. to yield to, hear and obey, hear to one, (German auf einen hören): Matthew 17:5 (Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35); John 3:29; John 10:8; Acts 3:22; Acts 4:19; Acts 7:37 [R G]; 1 John 4:5f. Hence,
δ. its use by John in the sense to listen to, have regard to, of God answering the prayers of men: John 9:31; John 11:41; 1 John 5:14f (the Sept. render שָׁמַע by εἰσακούω).
ε. with the genitive of person and participle [Buttmann, 301 (259)]: Mark 14:58; Luke 18:36; John 1:37; John 7:32; Acts 2:6, 11; Revelation 16:5; ἤκουσα τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου λέγοντος, Revelation 16:7 G L T [Tr WH the Sinaiticus manuscript], a poetic personification; cf. DeWette at the passage, Winers Grammar, § 30, 11.
b. with the genitive of a thing: τῆς βλασφημίας, Mark 14:64 (Lachmann τὴν βλασφημίαν, as in Matthew 26:65; the accusative merely denotes the object; τῆς βλασφ. is equivalent, in sense to αὐτοῦ βλασφημοῦντος, [cf. Buttmann, 166 (145)]); τῶν λόγων, Luke 6:47 (Matthew 7:24 τοὺς λόγους); John 7:40 (L T Tr WH the Sinaiticus manuscript, but R G τὸν λόγον [cf. Buttmann, as above]); συμφωνίας κ. χορῶν, Luke 15:25; τοῦ στεναγμοῦ, Acts 7:34; τῆς ἀπολογίας, Acts 22:1. The frequent phrase ἀκούειν τῆς φωνῆς (equivalent to שָׁמַע בְּקוֹל, Exodus 18:19) means
α. to perceive the distinct words of a voice: John 5:25, 28; Acts 9:7; Acts 11:7; Acts 22:7; Hebrews 3:7, 15; Hebrews 4:7; Revelation 14:13; Revelation 21:3.
β. to yield obedience to the voice: John 5:25 (οἱ ἀκούσαντες namely, τῆς φωνῆς); John 10:16, 27; John 18:37; Revelation 3:20. In John 12:47; John 18:37; Luke 6:47; Acts 22:1, it is better to consider the pronoun μοῦ which precedes as a possessive genitive rather than, with Buttmann, 167 (145f), to assume a double genitive of the object, one of the person and one of the thing.
The Johannean phrase ἀκούειν παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, or τὶ παρὰ θεοῦ, signifies
a. to perceive in the soul the inward communication of God: John 6:45.
b. to be taught by God's inward communication: John 8:26, 40 (so, too, the simple ἀκούειν in John 8:30); to be taught by the devil, according to the reading of L T Tr WH, ἠκούσατε παρὰ τοῦ πατρός, in John 8:38. For the rest cf. Buttmann, 165 (144ff); 301 (258ff)
[Compare: δι-, εἰσ-, ἐπ-, παρ-, προ-, ὑπακούω.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
11:7
Exodus
18:19
Matthew
2:3; 2:9; 2:18; 2:22; 4:12; 5:21; 5:27; 5:33; 5:38; 5:43; 7:24; 7:24; 10:14; 10:27; 11:2; 11:5; 11:15; 12:19; 12:19; 13:9; 13:14; 13:15; 17:5; 19:22; 20:30; 21:16; 22:7; 24:6; 26:65; 28:14
Mark
2:1; 2:17; 3:8; 3:21; 4:3; 4:23; 4:33; 5:36; 6:55; 7:14; 7:25; 7:37; 8:18; 9:7; 10:47; 12:37; 13:7; 14:58; 14:64; 16:11
Luke
1:41; 1:44; 2:46; 4:23; 6:47; 6:47; 7:22; 9:9; 9:35; 10:16; 10:16; 12:3; 14:35; 15:1; 15:25; 16:2; 18:36; 19:48; 21:9; 21:38; 23:6; 23:8
John
1:37; 1:40; 3:8; 3:29; 3:32; 4:42; 4:47; 5:24; 5:25; 5:25; 5:25; 5:25; 5:28; 5:28; 5:28; 6:45; 6:60; 7:32; 7:40; 8:26; 8:26; 8:30; 8:38; 8:40; 8:40; 8:43; 8:47; 9:31; 9:32; 9:35; 10:8; 10:16; 10:16; 10:27; 11:6; 11:41; 12:12; 12:18; 12:34; 12:47; 14:24; 14:28; 15:15; 16:13; 18:37; 18:37
Acts
1:4; 2:6; 2:11; 2:22; 3:22; 3:22; 4:19; 5:24; 7:12; 7:34; 7:37; 7:37; 9:7; 9:13; 10:22; 11:7; 11:22; 15:17; 17:32; 17:32; 17:32; 21:22; 22:1; 22:1; 22:2; 22:7; 22:9; 24:24; 25:22; 25:22; 28:22; 28:26; 28:28
Romans
10:14; 10:14; 10:14; 15:21
1 Corinthians
5:1; 11:18; 14:2
2 Corinthians
12:4; 12:6
Galatians
1:13; 1:23; 4:21
Ephesians
1:13; 1:15; 4:20; 4:21
Colossians
1:4; 1:6
2 Thessalonians
3:11
2 Timothy
2:2
Philemon
1:5
Hebrews
2:1; 3:7; 3:15; 4:7
James
2:5
1 John
1:5; 2:7; 2:24; 3:11; 4:5; 5:14
3 John
1:4
Revelation
2:7; 2:11; 2:17; 2:29; 3:6; 3:13; 3:20; 3:22; 4:1; 5:11; 14:13; 16:5; 16:7; 18:4; 18:22; 21:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G191 matches the Greek ἀκούω (akouō),
which occurs 30 times in 26 verses in '2Sa' in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, "I and my kingdom are for ever guiltless before the LORD for the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1 - When Ish-bo'sheth, Saul's son, heard that Abner had died at Hebron, his courage failed, and all Israel was dismayed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:17 - When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; but David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:24 - And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then bestir yourself; for then the LORD has gone out before you to smite the army of the Philistines."
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22 - Therefore thou art great, O LORD God; for there is none like thee, and there is no God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:9 - When To'i king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadade'zer,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:7 - And when David heard of it, he sent Jo'ab and all the host of the mighty men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:26 - When the wife of Uri'ah heard that Uri'ah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:14 - But he would not listen to her; and being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:16 - But she said to him, "No, my brother; for this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other which you did to me." But he would not listen to her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:21 - When King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - For the king will hear, and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the heritage of God.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17 - And your handmaid thought, 'The word of my lord the king will set me at rest'; for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The LORD your God be with you!"
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:3 - Ab'salom would say to him, "See, your claims are good and right; but there is no man deputed by the king to hear you."
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:10 - But Ab'salom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, 'Ab'salom is king at Hebron!'"
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:35 - Are not Zadok and Abi'athar the priests with you there? So whatever you hear from the king's house, tell it to Zadok and Abi'athar the priests.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:36 - Behold, their two sons are with them there, Ahim'a-az, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abi'athar's son; and by them you shall send to me everything you hear."
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - Ahith'ophel said to Ab'salom, "Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened."
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:5 - Then Ab'salom said, "Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits, or in some other place. And when some of the people fall at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, 'There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Ab'salom.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - And the king ordered Jo'ab and Abi'shai and It'tai, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man Ab'salom." And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Ab'salom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:2 - So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people; for the people heard that day, "The king is grieving for his son."
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:35 - I am this day eighty years old; can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:16 - Then a wise woman called from the city, "Hear! Hear! Tell Jo'ab, 'Come here, that I may speak to you.'"
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - And he came near her; and the woman said, "Are you Jo'ab?" He answered, "I am." Then she said to him, "Listen to the words of your maidservant." And he answered, "I am listening."
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 - Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
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