οὖς, genitive 
ὠτός, plural 
ὦτα, dative 
ὦσιν, 
τό (cf. Latin
auris,
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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