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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; 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); 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 ( 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 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G191 matches the Greek ἀκούω (akouō),
which occurs 437 times in 402 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 9 (Mat 2:3–Mat 21:45)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:3 - When Herod the king had heard G191 these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:9 - When they had heard G191 the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:18 - In Rama was there G191  a voice heard, G191 lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:22 - But when he heard G191 that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:12 - Now when Jesus had heard G191 that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:21 - Ye have heard G191 that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:27 - Ye have heard G191 that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:33 - Again, ye have heard G191 that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:38 - Ye have heard G191 that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:43 - Ye have heard G191 that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:24 - Therefore whosoever heareth G191 these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26 - And every one that heareth G191 these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:10 - When Jesus heard G191 it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:12 - But when Jesus heard G191 that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:14 - And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear G191 your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:27 - What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear G191 in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:2 - Now when John had heard G191 in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:4 - Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear G191 and see:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5 - The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, G191 the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:15 - He that hath ears to hear, G191 let him hear. G191
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:19 - He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear G191 his voice in the streets.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:24 - But when the Pharisees heard G191 it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear G191 the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:9 - Who hath ears to hear, G191 let him hear. G191
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13 - Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing G191 they hear G191 not, neither do they understand.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:14 - And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, G191 and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:15 - For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, G191 and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear G191 with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:16 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. G191
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:17 - For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear G191 those things which ye hear, G191 and have G191  not heard G191 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 - Hear G191 ye therefore the parable of the sower.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:19 - When any one heareth G191 the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:20 - But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth G191 the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:22 - He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth G191 the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 - But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth G191 the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:43 - Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, G191 let him hear. G191
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:1 - At that time Herod the tetrarch heard G191 of the fame of Jesus,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:13 - When Jesus heard G191 of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard G191 thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:10 - And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, G191 and understand:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:12 - Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard G191 this saying?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:5 - While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye G191 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:6 - And when the disciples heard G191 it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:15 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear G191 thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:16 - But if he will G191  not hear G191 thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:22 - But when the young man heard G191 that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:25 - When his disciples heard G191 it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:24 - And when the ten heard G191 it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:30 - And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard G191 that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:16 - And said unto him, Hearest thou G191 what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - Hear G191 another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 - And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard G191 his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

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