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Lexicon :: Strong's G3775 - ous

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οὖς
Transliteration
ous (Key)
Pronunciation
ooce
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:543,744

Strong’s Definitions

οὖς oûs, ooce; apparently a primary word; the ear (physically or mentally):—ear.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's G3775 in the following manner: ear (37x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's G3775 in the following manner: ear (37x).
  1. the ear

  2. metaph. the faculty of perceiving with the mind, the faculty of understanding and knowing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
οὖς oûs, ooce; apparently a primary word; the ear (physically or mentally):—ear.
STRONGS G3775:
οὖς, genitive ὠτός, plural ὦτα, dative ὦσιν, τό (cf. Latinauris,ausculto, audio, etc.; akin to ἀΐω, αἰσθάνομαι; cf. Curtius, § 619; Vanicek, p. 67); from Homer down; Hebrew אֹזֶן; the ear;
1. properly: Matthew 13:16; Mark 7:33; Luke 22:50; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 12:16; ὦτα τίνος εἰς δέησιν, to hear supplication, 1 Peter 3:12; γραφή πληροῦται ἐν τοῖς ὠσί τίνος, while present and hearing, Luke 4:21 (Baruch 1:3f); those unwilling to hear a thing are said συνέχειν (which see 2 a.) τά ὦτα, to stop their ears, Acts 7:57; ἠκούσθη τί εἰς τά ὦτα τίνος, something was heard by, came to the knowledge of (A. V. came to the ears of) one, Acts 11:22; likewise ἐισέρχεσθαι, James 5:4; γίνεσθαι, to come unto the ears of one, Luke 1:44; ἀκούειν εἰς τό οὖς, to hear (A. V. in the ear i. e.) in familiar converse, privately, Matthew 10:27 (εἰς οὖς often so in classical Greek; cf. Passow (Liddell and Scott), under the word, 1); also πρός τό οὖς λαλεῖν, Luke 12:3.
2. metaphorically equivalent to: the faculty of perceiving with the mind, the faculty of understanding and knowing: Matthew 13:16; ἔχων (or εἰ τίς ἔχει) ὦτα (or οὖς, in Rev.) (sometimes (especially in Mark and Luke) with ἀκούειν added; cf. Buttmann, § 140, 3) ἀκουέτω, whoever has the faculty of attending and understanding, let him use it, Matthew 11:15; Matthew 13:9, 43; Mark 4:9, 23; Mark 7:16 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse); Luke 8:8; Luke 14:35 (34); Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; Revelation 3:6, 13, 22; Revelation 13:9; τοῖς ὠσί βαρέως ἀκούειν, to be slow to understand or obey (A. V. their ears are dull of hearing), Matthew 13:15; Acts 28:27 (from Isaiah 6:10); ὦτα ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούετε, Mark 8:18; ὦτα τοῦ μή ἀκούειν, (ears that they should not hear; cf. Buttmann, 267 (230)), Romans 11:8; θέσθε τούς λόγους τούτους εἰς τά ὦτα (A. V. let these words sink into your ears i. e.) take them into your memory and hold them there, Luke 9:44; ἀπερίτμητος τοῖς ὦσιν (see ἀπερίτμητος), Acts 7:51.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
6:10
Matthew
10:27; 11:15; 13:9; 13:15; 13:16; 13:16; 13:43
Mark
4:9; 4:23; 7:16; 7:33; 8:18
Luke
1:44; 4:21; 8:8; 9:44; 12:3; 14:35; 22:50
Acts
7:51; 7:57; 11:22; 28:27
Romans
11:8
1 Corinthians
2:9; 12:16
James
5:4
1 Peter
3:12
Revelation
2:7; 2:11; 2:17; 2:29; 3:6; 3:13; 3:22; 13:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3775 matches the Greek οὖς (ous),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:27 -

“What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper,[fn] proclaim on the housetops.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:15 -

“Let anyone who has ears[fn] listen.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:9 -

“Let anyone who has ears[fn] listen.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:15 -

“For this people’s heart has grown callous;

their ears are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes,

and hear with their ears, and

understand with their hearts,

and turn back —

and I would heal them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:16 -

“Blessed are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:43 -

“Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s kingdom. Let anyone who has ears[fn] listen.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:9 -

Then he said, “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:23 -

“If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:33 -

So he took him away from the crowd in private. After putting his fingers in the man’s ears and spitting, he touched his tongue.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:18 -

“Do you have eyes and not see; do you have ears and not hear? And do you not remember?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:44 -

“For you see, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy inside me.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:21 -

He began by saying to them, “Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:8 -

“Still other seed fell on good ground; when it grew up, it produced fruit: a hundred times what was sown.” As he said this, he called out, “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:44 -

“Let these words sink in:[fn] The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:3 -

“Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in an ear in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:35 -

“It isn’t fit for the soil or for the manure pile; they throw it out. Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:50 -

Then one of them struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:51 -

“You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:57 -

They yelled at the top of their voices, covered their ears, and together rushed against him.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:22 -

News about them reached[fn] the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel[fn] as far as Antioch.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:27 -

“For the hearts of these people

have grown callous,

their ears are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes

and hear with their ears,

understand with their heart

and turn,

and I would heal them.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:8 -

as it is written,

God gave them a spirit of stupor,

eyes that cannot see

and ears that cannot hear,

to this day.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:9 -

But as it is written,

What no eye has seen, no ear has heard,

and no human heart has conceived —

God has prepared these things for those who love him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:16 -

And if the ear should say, “Because I’m not an eye, I don’t belong to the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 -

Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies.

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:12 -

because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous

and his ears are open to their prayer.

But the face of the Lord is against

those who do what is evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:7 -

“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in[fn] the paradise of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:11 -

“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will never be harmed by the second death.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:17 -

“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give some of the hidden manna.[fn] I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:29 -

“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:6 -

“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:13 -

“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:22 -

“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:9 -

If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.

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