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Lexicon :: Strong's G189 - akoē

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ἀκοή
Transliteration
akoē (Key)
Pronunciation
ak-o-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:221,34

Strong’s Definitions

ἀκοή akoḗ, ak-o-ay'; from G191; hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard):—audience, ear, fame, which ye heard, hearing, preached, report, rumor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's G189 in the following manner: hearing (10x), ears (4x), fame (3x), rumour (2x), report (2x), audience (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's G189 in the following manner: hearing (10x), ears (4x), fame (3x), rumour (2x), report (2x), audience (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

  1. the sense of hearing

  2. the organ of hearing, the ear

  3. the thing heard

    1. instruction, namely oral

      1. of preaching the gospel

    2. hearsay, report or rumour

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀκοή akoḗ, ak-o-ay'; from G191; hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard):—audience, ear, fame, which ye heard, hearing, preached, report, rumor.
STRONGS G189:
ἀκοή, -ῆς, ἡ, (from an assumed perfect form ἤκοα, cf. ἀγορά above [but cf. Epic ἀκουή; Curtius, p. 555]);
1. hearing, by which one perceives sounds; sense of hearing 1 Corinthians 12:17; 2 Peter 2:8. Hebraistically, ἀκοῇ ἀκούειν by hearing to hear, i. e., to perceive by hearing, Matthew 13:14; Acts 28:26 (Isaiah 6:9); cf. Winers Grammar, § 44, 8 Rem. 3, p. 339; § 54, 3, p. 466; [Buttmann, 183f (159)].
2. the organ of hearing, the ear: Mark 7:35; Luke 7:1; 2 Timothy 4:3, 4; Acts 17:20; Hebrews 5:11.
3. thing heard;
a. instruction, namely oral; specifically, the preaching of the gospel, [A. V. text report]: John 12:38; Romans 10:16f (τίς ἐπίστευσε τῇ ἀκοῇ ἡμῶν; from Isaiah 53:1, Hebrew שְׁמוּעָה, which in 2 Samuel 4:4, etc., is rendered ἀγγελία); ἀκοὴ πίστεως preaching on the necessity of faith, (German Glaubenspredigt), Galatians 3:2, 5; λόγος ἀκοῆς equivalent to λ. ἀκουσθείς [cf. Winer's Grammar, 531 (494f)]: 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 4:2.
b. hearsay, report, rumor; τινός, concerning anyone: Matthew 4:24; Matthew 14:1; Matthew 24:6; Mark 1:28; Mark 13:7. (Frequent in Greek writings.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
4:4
Isaiah
6:9; 53:1
Matthew
4:24; 13:14; 14:1; 24:6
Mark
1:28; 7:35; 13:7
Luke
7:1
John
12:38
Acts
17:20; 28:26
Romans
10:16
1 Corinthians
12:17
Galatians
3:2; 3:5
1 Thessalonians
2:13
2 Timothy
4:3; 4:4
Hebrews
4:2; 5:11
2 Peter
2:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G189 matches the Greek ἀκοή (akoē),
which occurs 41 times in 39 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - and said, If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and do things pleasing before him, and wilt hearken to his commands, and keep all his ordinances, no disease which I have brought upon the Egyptians will I bring upon thee, for I am the Lord thy God that heals thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5 - And now if ye will indeed hear my voice, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations; for the whole earth is mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23 - (LXX 22:22) And if ye should afflict them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - Thou shalt not receive a vain report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - If ye will indeed hear my voice, and if thou wilt do all the things I shall charge thee with, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and ye shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall ye speak to the children of Israel, If ye shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell thee, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13 - Now if ye will indeed hearken to all the commands which I charge thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to serve him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - And it shall come to pass that if ye will indeed hearken to all these commands, which I charge thee to observe this day, to love the Lord our God, and to walk in all his ways, and to cleave close to him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5 - And if ye shall indeed hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep and do all these commandments, as many as I charge thee this day,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1 - And it shall come to pass, if thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and do all these commands, which I charge thee this day, that the Lord thy God shall set thee on high above all the nations of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2 - and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and shall find thee. If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24 - Nay my sons, for the report which I hear is not good; do not so, for [fn]the reports which I hear are not good, so that the people do not serve God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:22 - And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:30 - And it came to pass, when they were in the way, that a report came to David, saying, Abessalom has slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 - The strange children feigned obedience to me; they hearkened to me [fn]as soon as they heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:23 - He was honourable among the second three, but he reached not to the first three: and David [fn]made him his reporter. And these are the names of king David's mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - And the report came to Joab son of Saruia; for Joab had turned after Adonias, and he went not after Solomon: and Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:7 - But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: thou hast [fn]exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:6 - Yet I believed not the reports until I came, and my eyes saw: and, behold, the half of the abundance of thy wisdom was not told me: thou hast exceeded the report which I heard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:2 - Hear thou a report by the anger of the Lord's wrath, and a discourse shall come out of his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:5 - I have heard the report of thee by the ear before; but now mine eye has seen thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44 - (LXX 17:45) at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children [fn]lied to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:7 - (LXX 111:7) He shall not be afraid of any evil report: his heart is ready to trust in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:9 - Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; and ye shall see indeed, but ye shall not perceive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:7 - as [fn]a season of beauty upon the mountains, as the feet of one preaching glad tidings of peace, as one preaching good news: for I will publish thy salvation, saying, O Sion, thy God shall reign.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:1 - O Lord, [fn] who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:24 - We have heard the report of them: our hands are weakened: anguish has seized us, the pangs as of a woman in travail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - Behold, there comes a sound of a noise, and a great earthquake from the land of the north, to make the cities of Juda a desolation, and a resting-place for ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:24 - And it shall come to pass, if ye will hearken to me, saith the Lord, to carry in no burdens through the gates of this city on the sabbath-day, and to sanctify the sabbath-day, so as to do no work upon it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:18 - (LXX 38:18) I have heard the sound of Ephraim lamenting, and saying, Thou hast chastened me, and I was chastened; I as a calf was not willingly taught: turn thou me, and I shall turn; for thou art the Lord my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - (LXX 44:5) And the host of Pharao was come forth out of Egypt; and the Chaldeans heard the report of them, and they went up from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:14 - (LXX 30:8) I have heard a report from the Lord, and he has sent messengers to the nations, saying, Assemble yourselves, and come against her; rise ye up to war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23 - (LXX 30:29) Concerning Damascus. Emath is brought to shame, and Arphath: for they have heard an evil report: they are amazed, they are angry, they shall be utterly unable to rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:43 - (LXX 27:43) The king of Babylon heard the sound of them, and his hands were enfeebled: anguish overcame him, pangs as of a woman in travail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56 - And surely thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the days of thy pride:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:44 - But rumours and anxieties out of the east and from the north shall trouble him; and he shall come with great wrath to destroy many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:12 - Whenever they shall go, I will cast my net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the sky, I will chasten them with the rumour of their coming affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1 - The vision of Obdias. Thus saith the Lord God to Idumea; I have heard a report from the Lord, and he has sent forth a message to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:12 - Thus saith the Lord who rules over many waters, Even thus shall they be sent away, and the report of thee shall not be heard any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:2 - O Lord, I have heard thy report, and was afraid: I considered thy works, and was amazed: thou shalt be known between the two living creatures, thou shalt be acknowledged when the years draw nigh; thou shalt be manifested when the time is come; when my soul is troubled, thou wilt in wrath remember mercy.
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