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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 - The report about him went out into all Aram. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:14 - In them the prophecy of Yesha`yahu is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, And will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, And will in no way perceive:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:1 - At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Yeshua,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:6 - You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:28 - The report of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of the Galil and its surrounding area.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:35 - Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:7 - "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled. For those must happen, 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 speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Kafar-Nachum.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:38 - that the word of Yesha`yahu the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? 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 certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:26 - saying, 'Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, But will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, But will in no way perceive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:16 - But they didn't all listen to the glad news. For Yesha`yahu says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:17 - So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:2 - I just want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:5 - He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:13 - For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:3 - For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:4 - and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:2 - For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn't profit them, because it wasn't mixed with faith by those who heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:11 - About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:8 - (for that righteous man dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):
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