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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.
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 157 times in 152 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 20:8–1Ch 17:20)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - and he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight current among the merchants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:4 - When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:2 - that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:2 - Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:14 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - then his master must take him before the judges.[fn] He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:7 - Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20 - Slaughter it, take some of its blood and put it on the lobes of the right ears of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then splash blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:2 - Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:3 - So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:23 - Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, 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

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:24 - Moses also brought Aaron’s sons forward and put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he splashed blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:14 - The priest is to 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, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25 - He shall slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:28 - Some of the oil in his palm he is to put on the same places he put the blood of the guilt offering—on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:28 - So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:1 - Moses summoned all Israel and said: Hear, Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:4 - But to this day the LORD has not given you a mind that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:11 - when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this law before them in their hearing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28 - Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to testify against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:30 - And Moses recited the words of this song from beginning to end in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:44 - Moses came with Joshua[fn] son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:35 - There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the foreigners who lived among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:3 - Now announce to the army, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’ ” So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Ask all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember, I am your flesh and blood.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - When the brothers repeated all this to the citizens of Shechem, they were inclined to follow Abimelek, for they said, “He is related to us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:2 - said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels[fn] of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “The LORD bless you, my son!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:4 - I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you[fn] will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you, and I am next in line.” “I will redeem it,” he said.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:11 - And the LORD said to Samuel: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:17 - “What was it he said to you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:21 - When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:4 - When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept aloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:14 - But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - They repeated these words to David. But David said, “Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man and little known.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - Abner also spoke to the Benjamites in person. Then he went to Hebron to tell David everything that Israel and the whole tribe of Benjamin wanted to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22 - “How great you are, Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - But the man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels[fn] were weighed out into my hands, I would not lay a hand on the king’s son. In our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.[fn]’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:7 - “In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:52 - “May your eyes be open to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:26 - Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16 - Give ear, LORD, and hear; open your eyes, LORD, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 - Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:12 - Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2 - He went up to the temple of the LORD with the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which had been found in the temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:20 - “There is no one like you, LORD, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.

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