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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:24 - So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:14 - And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: 'You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:6 - You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:28 - So the news about him spread quickly throughout all the region around Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:35 - And immediately the man's ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:7 - When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:1 - After Jesus had finished teaching all this to the people, he entered Capernaum.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:38 - so that the word of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, "Lord, who has believed our message, 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 are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:26 - when he said, 'Go to this people and say, "You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:16 - But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:17 - Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached 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, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:2 - The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:5 - Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:13 - And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:3 - For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:4 - And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:2 - For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:11 - On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:8 - (for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)
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