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Lexicon :: Strong's G189 - akoē

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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 24 times in 22 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:24 - Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:14 - “And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:

‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not perceive;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:1 - At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:6 - “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all[fn] these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:28 - And immediately His fame spread throughout all the region around Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:35 - Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:7 - “But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must happen, but the end is not yet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:1 - Now when He concluded all His sayings in the hearing of the people, He entered Capernaum.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:38 - that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke:

“Lord, who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:20 - “For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:26 - “saying,

‘Go to this people and say:
“Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand;
And seeing you will see, and not perceive;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:16 - But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “LORD, who has believed our report?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:17 - So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:17 - If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:2 - This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:5 - Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:13 - For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:3 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:4 - and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:2 - For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them,[fn] not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:11 - of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:8 - (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)—
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