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Lexicon :: Strong's G191 - akouō

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ἀκούω
Transliteration
akouō (Key)
Pronunciation
ak-oo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A root
mGNT
428x in 57 unique form(s) TR
437x in 73 unique form(s) LXX
852x in 80 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:216,34

Strong’s Definitions

ἀκούω akoúō, ak-oo'-o; a primary verb; to hear (in various senses):—give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 437x

The KJV translates Strong's G191 in the following manner: hear (418x), hearken (6x), give audience (3x), hearer (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 437x
The KJV translates Strong's G191 in the following manner: hear (418x), hearken (6x), give audience (3x), hearer (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

  1. to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf

  2. to hear

    1. to attend to, consider what is or has been said

    2. to understand, perceive the sense of what is said

  3. to hear something

    1. to perceive by the ear what is announced in one's presence

    2. to get by hearing learn

    3. a thing comes to one's ears, to find out, learn

    4. to give ear to a teaching or a teacher

    5. to comprehend, to understand

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀκούω akoúō, ak-oo'-o; a primary verb; to hear (in various senses):—give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
STRONGS G191:
ἀκούω [on the use of the present in a perfect sense cf. Winers Grammar, 274f (258); Buttmann, 203 (176)]; imperfect ἤκουον; future (in best Greek usage) ἀκούσομαι, John 5:25 R G L, John 5:28 R G L; Acts 3:22; Acts 7:37 R G; Acts 17:32; [Acts 21:22]; Acts 25:22; 28:28; [Romans 10:14 Tdf.], and (a later form) ἀκούσω, Matthew 12:19; Matthew 13:14 (both from the Sept.); [John 10:16; John 16:13 Tr WH marginal reading; Acts 28:26]; Romans 10:14 [R G]; and T Tr WH in John 5:25, 28 (cf. Winers Grammar, 82 (79); Buttmann, 53 (46) [Veitch, under the word]); [1 aorist ἤκουσα, John 3:32, etc.]; perfect ἀκήκοα; passive [present ἀκούομαι; 1 future ἀκουσθήσομαι]; 1 aorist ἠκούσθην; [from Homer down]; to hear.
I. absolutely
1. to be endowed with the faculty of hearing (not deaf): Mark 7:37; Luke 7:22; Matthew 11:5.
2. to attend to (use the faculty of hearing), consider what is or has been said. So in exhortations: ἀκούετε, Mark 4:3; ἀκούσατε, James 2:5; ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω, Matthew 11:15; Matthew 13:9 [in both T WH omit; Tr brackets ἀκούειν]; Mark 4:23; Luke 14:35 (34); ὁ ἔχων οὖς ἀκουσάτω, Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; Revelation 3:6, 13, 22, etc.
3. tropically, to understand, perceive the sense of what is said: Matthew 13:15; Mark 8:18; 1 Corinthians 14:2.
II. with an object [Buttmann, § 132, 17; Winer's Grammar, 199 (187f)];
1. ἀκούω τι, to hear something;
a. to perceive by the ear what is announced in one's presence (to hear immediately): τὴν φωνήν, Matthew 12:19; John 3:8; Revelation 4:1; Revelation 5:11; Revelation 18:4; Acts 22:9, etc.; τὸν ἀσπασμόν, Luke 1:41 (cf. Luke 1:44); Γαλιλαίαν, the name 'Galilee,' Luke 23:6 [T WH omits; Tr mrg. brackets Γαλ.; cf. Buttmann, 166 (145)]; ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν, the phrase 'ἀνάστ. νεκρῶν,' Acts 17:32; τὸν λόγον, Mark 5:36 [R G L] (on this passage see παρακούω, 2); Matthew 19:22; John 5:24, etc.; τοὺς λόγους, Acts 2:22; Acts 5:24; Matthew 7:24; ῤήματα, 2 Corinthians 12:4; τί λέγουσιν, Matthew 21:16; passive, Matthew 2:18; Revelation 18:22f; τὶ ἔκ τινος, 2 Corinthians 12:6 [R G]; followed by ὅτι [Buttmann, 300 (257f)], Acts 22:2; Mark 16:11; John 4:42; John 14:28.
b. to get by hearinq, learn (from the mouth of the teacher or narrator): Acts 15:17; Matthew 10:27 (ὁ εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε, what is taught you in secret); Romans 15:21; Ephesians 1:13; Colossians 1:6; John 14:24; 1 John 2:7, 24; 1 John 3:11; Χριστόν i. e. to become acquainted with Christ from apostolic teaching, Ephesians 4:21 (cf. μαθεῖν τὸν Χριστόν, Ephesians 4:20 [Buttmann, 166 (144) note; Winer's Grammar, 199 (187) note]); passive, Luke 12:3; Hebrews 2:1; τὶ with the genitive of person from whom one hears, Acts 1:4; τὶ παρά τινος, John 8:26, 40; John 15:15; Acts 10:22; Acts 28:22; 2 Timothy 2:2 (Thucydides 6, 93; Xenophon, an. 1, 2, 5 [here Dindorf omits παρά]; Plato, rep. 6, p. 506 d., others; [Buttmann, 166 (145); Winer's Grammar, 199 (188)]); [παρά τινος, without an object expressed, John 1:40 (41)]; ἔκ τινος, John 12:34 (ἐκ τοῦ νόμου, from attendance on its public reading); ἀπό with the genitive of person, 1 John 1:5; with περί τινος added, Acts 9:13; followed by ὅτι, Matthew 5:21, 27, 33, 38, 43.
c. ἀκούω τι, a thing comes to one's ears, to find out (by hearsay), learn, (hear [(of)] mediately): with the accusative of thing, τὰ ἔργα, Matthew 11:2; ὅσα ἐποίει, Mark 3:8 [Treg. text ποιεῖ]; πολέμους, Luke 21:9; Matthew 24:6; Mark 13:7; to learn, absol, viz. what has just been mentioned: Matthew 2:3; Matthew 22:7 [R L]; Mark 2:17; Mark 3:21; Galatians 1:13; Ephesians 1:15; Colossians 1:4; Philemon 1:5, etc. followed by ὅτι, Matthew 2:22; Matthew 4:12; Matthew 20:30; Mark 6:55; Mark 10:47; John 4:47; John 9:35; John 11:6; John 12:12; Galatians 1:23; περί τινος, Mark 7:25; τὶ περί τινος, Luke 9:9; Luke 16:2; Luke 23:8 [R G L]; followed by an accusative with participle [Buttmann, 303 (260)]: Luke 4:23; Acts 7:12; 2 Thessalonians 3:11; 3 John 1:4; followed by an accusative with an infinitive in two instances [cf. Buttmann, the passage cited]: John 12:18; 1 Corinthians 11:18. passive: Acts 11:22 (ἠκούσθη ὁ λόγος εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῆς ἐκκλησίας was brought to the ears); 1 Corinthians 5:1 (ἀκούεται πορνεία ἐν ὑμῖν); Matthew 28:14 (ἐὰν ἀκουσθῇ τοῦτο ἐπί [L Tr WH marginal reading ὑπὸ] τοῦ ἡγεμόνος); Mark 2:1; John 9:32 ἠκούσθη ὅτι.
d. to give ear to teaching or teacher: τοὺς λόγους, Matthew 10:14; to follow with attentive hearing, τὸν λόγον, John 8:43; τὰ ῤήματα τοῦ θεοῦ, John 8:47.
e. to comprehend, understand, (like Latin audio): Mark 4:33; Galatians 4:21 ([Lachmann marginal reading ἀναγινώσκετε) yet cf. Meyer at the passage]; (Genesis 11:7).
2. ἀκούειν is not joined with the genitive of the object unless one hear the person or thing with his own ears [Buttmann, 166 (114)];
a. with the genitive of a person; simply;
α. to perceive anyone's voice: οὗ, i. e., of Christ, whose voice is heard in the instruction of his messengers (Luke 10:16), Romans 10:14 [Winer's Grammar, 199 (187) note2],
β. to give ear to one, listen, hearken, (German ihm zuhören, ihn anhören): Matthew 2:9; Mark 7:14; Mark 12:37; Luke 2:46; Luke 10:16; Luke 15:1; Luke 19:48; Luke 21:38; Acts 17:32; Acts 24:24 (in both these passages τινὸς περί τινος); Acts 25:22; John 6:60.
γ. to yield to, hear and obey, hear to one, (German auf einen hören): Matthew 17:5 (Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35); John 3:29; John 10:8; Acts 3:22; Acts 4:19; Acts 7:37 [R G]; 1 John 4:5f. Hence,
δ. its use by John in the sense to listen to, have regard to, of God answering the prayers of men: John 9:31; John 11:41; 1 John 5:14f (the Sept. render שָׁמַע by εἰσακούω).
ε. with the genitive of person and participle [Buttmann, 301 (259)]: Mark 14:58; Luke 18:36; John 1:37; John 7:32; Acts 2:6, 11; Revelation 16:5; ἤκουσα τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου λέγοντος, Revelation 16:7 G L T [Tr WH the Sinaiticus manuscript], a poetic personification; cf. DeWette at the passage, Winers Grammar, § 30, 11.
b. with the genitive of a thing: τῆς βλασφημίας, Mark 14:64 (Lachmann τὴν βλασφημίαν, as in Matthew 26:65; the accusative merely denotes the object; τῆς βλασφ. is equivalent, in sense to αὐτοῦ βλασφημοῦντος, [cf. Buttmann, 166 (145)]); τῶν λόγων, Luke 6:47 (Matthew 7:24 τοὺς λόγους); John 7:40 (L T Tr WH the Sinaiticus manuscript, but R G τὸν λόγον [cf. Buttmann, as above]); συμφωνίας κ. χορῶν, Luke 15:25; τοῦ στεναγμοῦ, Acts 7:34; τῆς ἀπολογίας, Acts 22:1. The frequent phrase ἀκούειν τῆς φωνῆς (equivalent to שָׁמַע בְּקוֹל, Exodus 18:19) means
α. to perceive the distinct words of a voice: John 5:25, 28; Acts 9:7; Acts 11:7; Acts 22:7; Hebrews 3:7, 15; Hebrews 4:7; Revelation 14:13; Revelation 21:3.
β. to yield obedience to the voice: John 5:25 (οἱ ἀκούσαντες namely, τῆς φωνῆς); John 10:16, 27; John 18:37; Revelation 3:20. In John 12:47; John 18:37; Luke 6:47; Acts 22:1, it is better to consider the pronoun μοῦ which precedes as a possessive genitive rather than, with Buttmann, 167 (145f), to assume a double genitive of the object, one of the person and one of the thing.
The Johannean phrase ἀκούειν παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, or τὶ παρὰ θεοῦ, signifies
a. to perceive in the soul the inward communication of God: John 6:45.
b. to be taught by God's inward communication: John 8:26, 40 (so, too, the simple ἀκούειν in John 8:30); to be taught by the devil, according to the reading of L T Tr WH, ἠκούσατε παρὰ τοῦ πατρός, in John 8:38. For the rest cf. Buttmann, 165 (144ff); 301 (258ff)
[Compare: δι-, εἰσ-, ἐπ-, παρ-, προ-, ὑπακούω.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
11:7
Exodus
18:19
Matthew
2:3; 2:9; 2:18; 2:22; 4:12; 5:21; 5:27; 5:33; 5:38; 5:43; 7:24; 7:24; 10:14; 10:27; 11:2; 11:5; 11:15; 12:19; 12:19; 13:9; 13:14; 13:15; 17:5; 19:22; 20:30; 21:16; 22:7; 24:6; 26:65; 28:14
Mark
2:1; 2:17; 3:8; 3:21; 4:3; 4:23; 4:33; 5:36; 6:55; 7:14; 7:25; 7:37; 8:18; 9:7; 10:47; 12:37; 13:7; 14:58; 14:64; 16:11
Luke
1:41; 1:44; 2:46; 4:23; 6:47; 6:47; 7:22; 9:9; 9:35; 10:16; 10:16; 12:3; 14:35; 15:1; 15:25; 16:2; 18:36; 19:48; 21:9; 21:38; 23:6; 23:8
John
1:37; 1:40; 3:8; 3:29; 3:32; 4:42; 4:47; 5:24; 5:25; 5:25; 5:25; 5:25; 5:28; 5:28; 5:28; 6:45; 6:60; 7:32; 7:40; 8:26; 8:26; 8:30; 8:38; 8:40; 8:40; 8:43; 8:47; 9:31; 9:32; 9:35; 10:8; 10:16; 10:16; 10:27; 11:6; 11:41; 12:12; 12:18; 12:34; 12:47; 14:24; 14:28; 15:15; 16:13; 18:37; 18:37
Acts
1:4; 2:6; 2:11; 2:22; 3:22; 3:22; 4:19; 5:24; 7:12; 7:34; 7:37; 7:37; 9:7; 9:13; 10:22; 11:7; 11:22; 15:17; 17:32; 17:32; 17:32; 21:22; 22:1; 22:1; 22:2; 22:7; 22:9; 24:24; 25:22; 25:22; 28:22; 28:26; 28:28
Romans
10:14; 10:14; 10:14; 15:21
1 Corinthians
5:1; 11:18; 14:2
2 Corinthians
12:4; 12:6
Galatians
1:13; 1:23; 4:21
Ephesians
1:13; 1:15; 4:20; 4:21
Colossians
1:4; 1:6
2 Thessalonians
3:11
2 Timothy
2:2
Philemon
1:5
Hebrews
2:1; 3:7; 3:15; 4:7
James
2:5
1 John
1:5; 2:7; 2:24; 3:11; 4:5; 5:14
3 John
1:4
Revelation
2:7; 2:11; 2:17; 2:29; 3:6; 3:13; 3:20; 3:22; 4:1; 5:11; 14:13; 16:5; 16:7; 18:4; 18:22; 21:3

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Strong's Number G191 matches the Greek ἀκούω (akouō),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in '1Ki' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:11

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Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know it?

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Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard this as they finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is the [fn]city making such an uproar?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:45 - “Furthermore, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon, and they have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city is going wild. This is the noise which you have heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - “So give Your servant [fn]an understanding heart to judge Your people, to discern between good and evil. For who is capable of judging this [fn]great people of Yours?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:28 - When all Israel heard about the judgment which the king had [fn]handed down, they feared the king, because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to [fn]administer justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:34 - People came from all the [fn]nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

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When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he greatly rejoiced; and he said, “Blessed be the LORD today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - So Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message which you sent me; I will do everything you wish concerning the cedar and juniper timber.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:7

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The house, while it was being built, was built of stone finished at the quarry, and neither hammer, nor axe, nor any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:28 - “Nevertheless, turn Your attention to the prayer of Your servant and to his plea, LORD, my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:3 - And the LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea which you have offered before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built, by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there [fn]always.

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Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon in relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him with riddles.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:6 - Then she said to the king, “It was a true [fn]story that I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:7

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:8 - “Blessed are your men, and blessed are these servants of yours who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:24 - And all the earth was seeking the [fn]attention of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David [fn]lay down with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, so that I may go to my own country.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:43 - Then Solomon [fn]lay down with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:15 - So the king did not listen to the people; because it was [fn]a turn of events from the LORD, in order to establish His word which the LORD spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people replied to the king, saying,

“What share do we have in David?

We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;

To your tents, Israel!

Now look after your own house, David!”

So Israel went away to their tents.

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And it came about, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent word and called him to the assembly, and made him king over all Israel. None except the tribe of Judah alone followed the house of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:24 - ‘This is what the LORD says: “You shall not go up nor fight against your relatives the sons of Israel; return, every man to his house, for this thing has come from Me.”’” So they listened to the word of the LORD, and returned to go their way in accordance with the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - Now when the king heard the statement of the man of God which he cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” But his hand which he had stretched out toward him dried up, and he could not draw it back to himself.

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Now when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard about it, he said, “It is the man of God, who [fn]disobeyed the [fn]command of the LORD; therefore the LORD has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, in accordance with the word of the LORD which He spoke to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:20 - So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and [fn]conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - When Baasha heard about it, he stopped [fn]fortifying Ramah and remained in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - And the people who were camped heard [fn]it being said, “Zimri has conspired and has also struck and killed the king!” Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:13 - When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:8 - Then all the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen nor consent.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:25 - and [fn]muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and we will certainly be stronger than they.” And he listened to their voice and did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:36 - Then he said to him, “Because you have not listened to the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you leave me, a lion will [fn]kill you.” And as soon as he left him a lion found him and [fn]killed him.

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And when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:16 - When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab got up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

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And Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the [fn]angels of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.

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