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Lexicon :: Strong's G189 - akoē

Aa
ἀκοή
Transliteration
akoē (Key)
Pronunciation
ak-o-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:221,34

Strong’s Definitions

ἀκοή akoḗ, ak-o-ay'; from G191; hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard):—audience, ear, fame, which ye heard, hearing, preached, report, rumor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's G189 in the following manner: hearing (10x), ears (4x), fame (3x), rumour (2x), report (2x), audience (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's G189 in the following manner: hearing (10x), ears (4x), fame (3x), rumour (2x), report (2x), audience (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

  1. the sense of hearing

  2. the organ of hearing, the ear

  3. the thing heard

    1. instruction, namely oral

      1. of preaching the gospel

    2. hearsay, report or rumour

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀκοή akoḗ, ak-o-ay'; from G191; hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard):—audience, ear, fame, which ye heard, hearing, preached, report, rumor.
STRONGS G189:
ἀκοή, -ῆς, ἡ, (from an assumed perfect form ἤκοα, cf. ἀγορά above [but cf. Epic ἀκουή; Curtius, p. 555]);
1. hearing, by which one perceives sounds; sense of hearing 1 Corinthians 12:17; 2 Peter 2:8. Hebraistically, ἀκοῇ ἀκούειν by hearing to hear, i. e., to perceive by hearing, Matthew 13:14; Acts 28:26 (Isaiah 6:9); cf. Winers Grammar, § 44, 8 Rem. 3, p. 339; § 54, 3, p. 466; [Buttmann, 183f (159)].
2. the organ of hearing, the ear: Mark 7:35; Luke 7:1; 2 Timothy 4:3, 4; Acts 17:20; Hebrews 5:11.
3. thing heard;
a. instruction, namely oral; specifically, the preaching of the gospel, [A. V. text report]: John 12:38; Romans 10:16f (τίς ἐπίστευσε τῇ ἀκοῇ ἡμῶν; from Isaiah 53:1, Hebrew שְׁמוּעָה, which in 2 Samuel 4:4, etc., is rendered ἀγγελία); ἀκοὴ πίστεως preaching on the necessity of faith, (German Glaubenspredigt), Galatians 3:2, 5; λόγος ἀκοῆς equivalent to λ. ἀκουσθείς [cf. Winer's Grammar, 531 (494f)]: 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 4:2.
b. hearsay, report, rumor; τινός, concerning anyone: Matthew 4:24; Matthew 14:1; Matthew 24:6; Mark 1:28; Mark 13:7. (Frequent in Greek writings.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
4:4
Isaiah
6:9; 53:1
Matthew
4:24; 13:14; 14:1; 24:6
Mark
1:28; 7:35; 13:7
Luke
7:1
John
12:38
Acts
17:20; 28:26
Romans
10:16
1 Corinthians
12:17
Galatians
3:2; 3:5
1 Thessalonians
2:13
2 Timothy
4:3; 4:4
Hebrews
4:2; 5:11
2 Peter
2:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G189 matches the Greek ἀκοή (akoē),
which occurs 41 times in 39 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5 - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23 - If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13 - And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5 - if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1 - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2 - and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24 - Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah’s people to transgress.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:22 - And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:30 - And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that the tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 -
The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me:
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:23 - He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - And the tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the Tent of Jehovah, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:7 - Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me; thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:6 - Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:2 -
Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice,
And the sound that goeth out of his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:5 -
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear;
But now mine eye seeth thee:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44 -
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me;
The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:7 -
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings:
His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:9 - And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:7 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:1 - Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:24 - We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:24 - And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith Jehovah, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but to hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:18 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - And Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that were besieging Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they brake up from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:14 - I have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23 - Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:43 - The king of Babylon hath heard the tidings of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56 - For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:44 - But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him; and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:12 - When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1 - The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:12 - Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:2 -
O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid:
O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years;
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath remember mercy.
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