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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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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; ἡ 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; ὁ 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.
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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 157 times in 152 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 20:8–1Ch 17:20)

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So Abimelech arose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If you will only please hear me; I will give the silver for the field, accept it from me that I may bury my dead there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - So Abraham heard Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the [fn]hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, [fn]commercial standard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which [fn]they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the [fn]oak which was near Shechem.

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Then the days of weeping for him were past, and Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:2 - and that you may recount in the [fn]hearing of your son and of your grandson, how I dealt severely with the Egyptians, and how I [fn]put My signs among them, that you may know that I am Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:2 - “Speak now in the [fn]hearing of the people so that each man may ask from his neighbor and each woman from her neighbor for articles of silver and articles of gold.”

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Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this in [fn]a book as a memorial and [fn]recite it in Joshua’s hearing, [fn]that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - then his master shall bring him to [fn]God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. Then his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:7 - Then he took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, “All that Yahweh has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20 - “You shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the lobes of his sons’ right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet, and splash the rest of the blood around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:2 - And Aaron said to them, “Tear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:3 - Then all the people tore off the gold rings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:23 - [fn]And Moses slaughtered it and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:24 - He also brought Aaron’s sons near; and Moses put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ear and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot. Moses then splashed the rest of the blood around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:14 - “The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - “Of the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall put some on the right ear lobe of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25 - “Next he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:28 - “The priest shall then put some of the oil that is in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:28 - “Say to them, ‘As I live,’ declares Yahweh, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will surely do to you;

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Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them:

“Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the judgments which I am speaking today in your [fn]hearing, that you may learn them and be careful to do them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:4 - “Yet to this day Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:11 - when all Israel comes to appear before Yahweh your God at the place which He will choose, you shall read this law in front of all Israel in their hearing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28 - “Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:30 -

Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were complete:

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Then Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and [fn]Joshua the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:35 - There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel with the women and the little ones and the sojourners who were [fn]going among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:3 - “So now, [fn]come, call out in the hearing of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is afraid and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.’” So 22,000 people returned, but 10,000 remained.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Speak, now, in the hearing of all the lords of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother’s [fn]relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the hearing of all the lords of Shechem; and [fn]they were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our [fn]relative.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:2 - He said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and spoke of it [fn]in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; it was I who took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:4 - “So I thought to uncover this matter in your hearing, saying, ‘Acquire it before those who are sitting here and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if no one redeems it, tell me that I may know; for there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am after you.’” And he said, “I will redeem it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:11 - And Yahweh said to Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:17 - And he said, “What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:21 - So Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the hearing of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:4 - Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:14 - But Samuel said, “What then is this sound of the sheep in my ears and the sound of the oxen which I am hearing?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - So Saul’s servants spoke these words in [fn]David’s hearing. But David said, “Is it trivial in your eyes to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - And she fell at his feet and said, “On me [fn]alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak in your ears, and listen to the words of your maidservant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - Abner also spoke in the hearing of Benjamin; and in addition Abner went to speak in the hearing of David in Hebron all that was good in the sight of Israel and in the sight of the whole house of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22 - “For this reason You are great, O Lord Yahweh; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - So the man said to Joab, “Even if I should receive one thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not send forth my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘[fn]Keep for me the young man Absalom!’

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“In my distress I called upon Yahweh,

And I called to my God;

And out of His temple He heard my voice,

And my cry for help came into His ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:52 - that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your slave and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You.

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Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, “Speak now to your servants in Aramaic, for we [fn]understand it; and do not speak with us in [fn]Judean in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16 - “Incline Your ear, O Yahweh, and hear; open Your eyes, O Yahweh, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to [fn]reproach the living God.

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‘Because of your raging against Me,

And because your [fn]presumptuousness has come up to My ears,

Therefore I will put My hook in your nose,

And My bridle in your lips,

And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:12 - therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2 - And the king went up to the house of Yahweh and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:20 - “O Yahweh, there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

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