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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 37 times in 35 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:27 - “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:15 - “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:9 - “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:15 - For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should[fn] heal them.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:16 - “But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:43 - “Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:9 - And He said to them,[fn] “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:16 - “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:33 - And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:18 - “Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:44 - “For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:21 - And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:8 - “But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded a crop a hundredfold.” When He had said these things He cried, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:44 - “Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:3 - “Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:35 - “It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:50 - And one of them struck the servant 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 uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:57

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:57 - Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:22 - Then news of these things came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:27 - For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.” ’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:8 - Just as it is written:

“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:9 - But as it is written:

“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:16 - And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:12 - For the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their prayers;
But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:7 - “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of 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 what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:17 - “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him 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 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 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 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 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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