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Lexicon :: Strong's G1873 - epakouō

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ἐπακούω
Transliteration
epakouō (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ak-oo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:222,34

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπακούω epakoúō, ep-ak-oo'-o; from G1909 and G191; to hearken (favorably) to:—hear.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1873 in the following manner: hear (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1873 in the following manner: hear (1x).

  1. to give ear to, listen to

    1. to perceive by the ear

  2. to listen to

    1. to hear with favour, grant one's request

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπακούω epakoúō, ep-ak-oo'-o; from G1909 and G191; to hearken (favorably) to:—hear.
STRONGS G1873:
ἐπακούω: 1 aorist ἐπήκουσά; from Homer down; Sept. often for עָנָה and שָׁמַע;
1. to give ear to, listen to; to perceive by the ear.
2. to listen to i. e. hear with favor, grant one's prayer, (Aeschylus choëph. 725; τῶν εὐχῶν, Lucian, Tim. 34): τινός, to hearken to one, 2 Corinthians 6:2 from Isaiah 49:8; often so in the Sept.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
49:8
2 Corinthians
6:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1873 matches the Greek ἐπακούω (epakouō),
which occurs 88 times in 81 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 16:11–Psa 60:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:11 - The angel of the LORD also said to her: “You are now pregnant and you will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael,[fn] for the LORD has heard of your misery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21 - Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:6 - Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son.” Because of this she named him Dan.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:17 - God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:22 - Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-colored, will be considered stolen.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:14 - There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the LORD listened to a human being. Surely the LORD was fighting for Israel!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:2 - and said to them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and you have obeyed me in everything I commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17 - Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned from the ways of their ancestors, who had been obedient to the LORD’s commands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:9 - God heard Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman while she was out in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9 - Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on Israel’s behalf, and the LORD answered him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:18 - When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:15 - Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am in great distress,” Saul said. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has departed from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:14 - They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish, at Zela in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer in behalf of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:7 - “In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25 - David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the LORD answered his prayer in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:24 - Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire—he is God.” Then all the people said, “What you say is good.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:36 - At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:37 - Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:4 - Then Jehoahaz sought the LORD’s favor, and the LORD listened to him, for he saw how severely the king of Aram was oppressing Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:20 - They were helped in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:26 - David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the LORD, and the LORD answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:28 - At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:23 - So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered and all Israel obeyed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:19 - Yet, LORD my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:4 - ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not go up to fight against your fellow Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.’ ” So they obeyed the words of the LORD and turned back from marching against Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:17 - After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you an adviser to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:20 - And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:27 - The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:24 - In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the LORD, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:10 - The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:13 - And when he prayed to him, the LORD was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself—all these are written in the records of the seers.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:23 - So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:6 - if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12 - “But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13 - Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one’s words[fn]?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:23 - The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:4 - I call out to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:6 - I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1 - [fn]For the director of music. A psalm of David. May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:6 - Now this I know: The LORD gives victory to his anointed. He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious power of his right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:9 - LORD, give victory to the king! Answer us when we call!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:4 - I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:5 - Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.

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