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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 24 times in 22 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:24 - So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:14 - Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:
“‘“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:1 - At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:6 - And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:28 - And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:35 - And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:7 - And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. This must take place, but the end is not yet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:1 - After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:38 - so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us,
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:20 - For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:26 - “‘Go to this people, and say,
“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:16 - But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:17 - So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:17 - If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:2 - Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:5 - Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:13 - And we also thank God constantly[fn] for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men[fn] but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:3 - For the time is coming when people will not endure sound[fn] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:4 - and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:2 - For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:11 - About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:8 - (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
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