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Lexicon :: Strong's G3775 - ous

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οὖς
Transliteration
ous (Key)
Pronunciation
ooce
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:543,744

Strong’s Definitions

οὖς oûs, ooce; apparently a primary word; the ear (physically or mentally):—ear.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's G3775 in the following manner: ear (37x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's G3775 in the following manner: ear (37x).

  1. the ear

  2. metaph. the faculty of perceiving with the mind, the faculty of understanding and knowing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
οὖς oûs, ooce; apparently a primary word; the ear (physically or mentally):—ear.
STRONGS G3775:
οὖς, genitive ὠτός, plural ὦτα, dative ὦσιν, τό (cf. Latinauris,ausculto, audio, etc.; akin to ἀΐω, αἰσθάνομαι; cf. Curtius, § 619; Vanicek, p. 67); from Homer down; Hebrew אֹזֶן; the ear;
1. properly: Matthew 13:16; Mark 7:33; Luke 22:50; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 12:16; ὦτα τίνος εἰς δέησιν, to hear supplication, 1 Peter 3:12; ἡ γραφή πληροῦται ἐν τοῖς ὠσί τίνος, while present and hearing, Luke 4:21 (Baruch 1:3f); those unwilling to hear a thing are said συνέχειν (which see 2 a.) τά ὦτα, to stop their ears, Acts 7:57; ἠκούσθη τί εἰς τά ὦτα τίνος, something was heard by, came to the knowledge of (A. V. came to the ears of) one, Acts 11:22; likewise ἐισέρχεσθαι, James 5:4; γίνεσθαι, to come unto the ears of one, Luke 1:44; ἀκούειν εἰς τό οὖς, to hear (A. V. in the ear i. e.) in familiar converse, privately, Matthew 10:27 (εἰς οὖς often so in classical Greek; cf. Passow (Liddell and Scott), under the word, 1); also πρός τό οὖς λαλεῖν, Luke 12:3.
2. metaphorically equivalent to: the faculty of perceiving with the mind, the faculty of understanding and knowing: Matthew 13:16; ὁ ἔχων (or εἰ τίς ἔχει) ὦτα (or οὖς, in Rev.) (sometimes (especially in Mark and Luke) with ἀκούειν added; cf. Buttmann, § 140, 3) ἀκουέτω, whoever has the faculty of attending and understanding, let him use it, Matthew 11:15; Matthew 13:9, 43; Mark 4:9, 23; Mark 7:16 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse); Luke 8:8; Luke 14:35 (34); Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; Revelation 3:6, 13, 22; Revelation 13:9; τοῖς ὠσί βαρέως ἀκούειν, to be slow to understand or obey (A. V. their ears are dull of hearing), Matthew 13:15; Acts 28:27 (from Isaiah 6:10); ὦτα ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούετε, Mark 8:18; ὦτα τοῦ μή ἀκούειν, (ears that they should not hear; cf. Buttmann, 267 (230)), Romans 11:8; θέσθε τούς λόγους τούτους εἰς τά ὦτα (A. V. let these words sink into your ears i. e.) take them into your memory and hold them there, Luke 9:44; ἀπερίτμητος τοῖς ὦσιν (see ἀπερίτμητος), Acts 7:51.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
6:10
Matthew
10:27; 11:15; 13:9; 13:15; 13:16; 13:16; 13:43
Mark
4:9; 4:23; 7:16; 7:33; 8:18
Luke
1:44; 4:21; 8:8; 9:44; 12:3; 14:35; 22:50
Acts
7:51; 7:57; 11:22; 28:27
Romans
11:8
1 Corinthians
2:9; 12:16
James
5:4
1 Peter
3:12
Revelation
2:7; 2:11; 2:17; 2:29; 3:6; 3:13; 3:22; 13:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3775 matches the Greek οὖς (ous),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:27 - “What I say to you in the dark (privately), tell in the light (publicly); and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops [to many people].

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:15 - “He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:9 - “He who has ears [to hear], let him hear and heed My words.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:15 -

FOR THIS NATION’S HEART HAS GROWN HARD,

AND WITH THEIR EARS THEY HARDLY HEAR,

AND THEY HAVE [tightly] CLOSED THEIR EYES,

OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES,

AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS,

AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND TURN [to Me]

AND I WOULD HEAL THEM [spiritually].’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:16 -

“But blessed [spiritually aware, and favored by God] are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:43 - “Then THE RIGHTEOUS [those who seek the will of God] WILL SHINE FORTH [radiating the new life] LIKE THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears [to hear], let him hear and heed My words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:9 - And He said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:23 - “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:33 - Jesus, taking him aside by himself, away from the crowd, put His fingers into the man’s ears, and after spitting, He touched the man’s tongue [with the saliva];

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:18 - “THOUGH YOU HAVE EYES, DO YOU NOT SEE? AND THOUGH YOU HAVE EARS, DO YOU NOT HEAR and LISTEN [to what I have said]? And do you not remember,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:44 - “For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:21 - He began speaking to them: “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing and in your presence.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:8 - “And some fell into good soil, and grew up and produced a crop a hundred times as great.” As He said these things, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:44 - “Let these words sink into your ears: the Son of Man is going to be betrayed and handed over to men [who are His enemies].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:3 - “For that reason, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed on the housetops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:35 - “It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:50 - And [fn]one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:51

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:51 -

“You stiff-necked and stubborn people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are always actively resisting the Holy Spirit. You are doing just as your fathers did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:57

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:57 - But they shouted with loud voices, and covered their ears and together rushed at him [considering him guilty of blasphemy].

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:22 - The news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:27 -

FOR THE HEART (the understanding, the soul) OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL (calloused),

AND WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR,

AND THEY HAVE SHUT THEIR EYES [to the truth];

OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT SEE WITH THEIR EYES,

AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS,

AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN [to Me],

AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:8 - just as it is written [in Scripture],

“GOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR,

EYES THAT DO NOT SEE AND EARS THAT DO NOT HEAR,

[a spiritual apathy that has continued] TO THIS VERY DAY.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:9 - but just as it is written [in Scripture],

“THINGS WHICH THE EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND THE EAR HAS NOT HEARD,

AND WHICH HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN,

ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, who obey Him, and who gratefully recognize the benefits that He has bestowed].”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:16 - If the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” is it not on the contrary still a part of the body?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of [fn]the Lord of Sabaoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:12 -

“FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE [looking favorably] UPON THE RIGHTEOUS (the upright),

AND HIS EARS ARE ATTENTIVE TO THEIR PRAYER (eager to answer),

BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THOSE WHO PRACTICE EVIL.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:7 - ‘He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who [fn]overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will grant [the privilege] to eat [the fruit] from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:11 - ‘He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God] will not be hurt by the second death ([fn]the lake of fire).’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:17 - ‘He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], to him I will give [the privilege of eating] some of the [fn]hidden manna, and I will give him a [fn]white stone with a new name engraved on the stone which no one knows except the one who receives it.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:29 - ‘He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:6 - ‘He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:13 - ‘He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:22 - ‘He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:9 - If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
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