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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, , (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 41 times in 39 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - And He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the LORD, am your healer.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5 - ‘Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My [fn]own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23 - “If you oppress him at all, and if he does cry out to Me, I will assuredly hear his cry;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 -

“You shall not give a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - “But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13 -

“And it shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - “For if you are careful to keep all of this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and cling to Him,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5 - if only you listen obediently to the voice of the LORD your God, to [fn]follow carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1 -

“Now it shall be, if you diligently [fn]obey the LORD your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I am commanding you today, that the LORD your God will put you high above all the nations of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2 - “And all these blessings will come to you and reach you if you [fn]obey the LORD your God:
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24 - “No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the LORD’S people circulating.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:22 - Samuel said,

“Does the LORD have as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices

As in obeying the voice of the LORD?

Behold, to obey is better than a sacrifice,

And to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:30 -

Now it was while they were on the way that the report came to David, saying, “Absalom has struck and killed all the king’s sons, and not one of them is left.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 -

“Foreigners pretend to obey me;

As soon as they hear, they obey me.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:23 - He was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain the reputation of the three. And David appointed him over his bodyguard.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 -

Now the news came to Joab because Joab had followed Adonijah, though he had not followed Absalom. So Joab fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:7 - “But I did not believe the [fn]stories until I came and my own eyes saw it all. And behold, the half of it was not reported to me. You have exceeded in wisdom and prosperity the report which I heard.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:6 - “But I did not believe their [fn]stories until I came and my own eyes saw it all. And behold, not even half of the greatness of your wisdom was reported to me. You have surpassed the report that I heard.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:2 -

“Listen closely to the thunder of His voice,

And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:5 -

“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;

But now my eye sees You;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44 -

As soon as they hear, they obey me;

Foreigners pretend to obey me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:7 -

He will not fear bad news;

His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:9 - And He said, “Go, and tell this people:

‘Keep on listening, but do not understand;

And keep on looking, but do not gain knowledge.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:7 -

How delightful on the mountains

Are the feet of one who brings good news,

Who announces [fn]peace

And brings good news of [fn]happiness,

Who announces salvation,

And says to Zion, “Your God [fn]reigns!”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:1 -

Who has believed our report?

And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:24 -

We have heard the report of it;

Our hands are limp.

Anguish has seized us,

Pain like that of a woman in childbirth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 -

The sound of a report! Behold, it is coming

A great roar from the land of the north

To make the cities of Judah

A desolation, a haunt of jackals.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:24 -

“But it will come about, if you give your attention to Me,” declares the LORD, “to bring no load in through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to keep the Sabbath day holy by doing no work on it,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:18 -

“I have certainly heard Ephraim grieving,

‘You have disciplined me, and I was corrected,

Like an untrained calf;

Bring me back that I may be restored,

For You are the LORD my God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - Meanwhile, Pharaoh’s army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:14 -

I have heard a message from the LORD,

And a messenger is being sent among the nations, saying,

“Gather yourselves together and come against her,

And rise up for battle!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23 -

Concerning Damascus:

“Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,

For they have heard bad news;

They despair.

There is anxiety at the sea,

It cannot be calmed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:43 -

“The king of Babylon has heard the report about them,

And his hands hang limp;

Distress has gripped him,

Agony like a woman in childbirth.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56 - “As the name of your sister Sodom was not heard from your lips in your day of pride,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:44 - “But rumors from the East and from the North will terrify him, and he will go out with great wrath to eliminate and [fn]annihilate many.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:12 -

When they go, I will spread My net over them;

I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.

I will discipline them in accordance with the [fn]proclamation to their assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1 -

The vision of Obadiah.

This is what the Lord [fn]GOD says concerning Edom

We have heard a report from the LORD,

And a messenger has been sent among the nations saying,

“Arise, and let’s go up against her for battle”—

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:12 -

This is what the LORD says:

“Though they are at full strength and so they are many,

So also they will be cut off and pass away.

Though I have afflicted you,

I will afflict you no longer.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:2 -

LORD, I have heard [fn]the report about You, and [fn]I was afraid.

LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years,

In the midst of the years make it known.

In anger remember [fn]mercy.

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