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Lexicon :: Strong's G191 - akouō

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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 heard G191 this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:9 - After hearing G191 the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:18 - “A VOICE WAS HEARD G191 IN RAMAH,
WEEPING AND GREAT MOURNING,
RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN;
AND SHE REFUSED TO BE COMFORTED,
BECAUSE THEY WERE NO MORE.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:22 - But when he heard G191 that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:12 - Now when Jesus heard G191 that John had been taken into custody, He withdrew into Galilee;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:21 - “You have heard G191 that [fn]the ancients were told, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be [fn]liable to the court.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:27 - “You have heard G191 that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY’;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:33 - “Again, you have heard G191 that [fn]the ancients were told,[fn]YOU SHALL NOT [fn]MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR [fn]VOWS TO THE LORD.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:38 - “You have heard G191 that it was said, ‘AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:43 - “You have heard G191 that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:24 - “Therefore everyone who hears G191 these words of Mine and [fn]acts on them, [fn]may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26 - “Everyone who hears G191 these words of Mine and does not [fn]act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:10 - Now when Jesus heard G191 this, He marveled and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith [fn]with anyone in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:12 - But when Jesus heard G191 this, He said, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:14 - “Whoever does not receive you, nor heed G191 your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:27 - “What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear G191 whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:2 - Now when John, [fn]while imprisoned, heard G191 of the works of Christ, he sent word by his disciples
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:4 - Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you hear G191 and see:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5 - the BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, G191 the dead are raised up, and the POOR HAVE THE [fn]GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:15 - “He who has ears to hear, G191 [fn]let him hear. G191
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:19 - “HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT;
NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR G191 HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:24 - But when the Pharisees heard G191 this, they said, “This man casts out demons only by [fn]Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42 - The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear G191 the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:9 - “He who has ears, [fn]let him hear.” G191
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13 - “Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing G191 they do not hear, G191 nor do they understand.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:14 - [fn]In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,
[fn]YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING G191, [fn]BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND;
[fn]YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:15 - FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL,
WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR G191,
AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES,
OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES,
HEAR G191 WITH THEIR EARS,
AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN,
AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:16 - “But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. G191
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:17 - “For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear G191 what you hear, G191 and did not hear G191 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 - “Hear G191 then the parable of the sower.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:19 - “When anyone hears G191 the [fn]word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:20 - “The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears G191 the word and immediately receives it with joy;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:22 - “And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears G191 the word, and the worry of the [fn]world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 - “And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears G191 the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:43 - “Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH AS THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, [fn]let him hear. G191
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:1 - At that [fn]time Herod the tetrarch heard G191 the news about Jesus,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:13 - Now when Jesus heard G191 about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the [fn]people heard G191 of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:10 - After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear G191 and understand.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:12 - Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were [fn]offended when they heard G191 this statement?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:5 - While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen G191 to Him!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:6 - When the disciples heard G191 this, they fell [fn]face down to the ground and were terrified.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:15 - “If your brother sins[fn], go and [fn]show him his fault [fn]in private; if he listens G191 to you, you have won your brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:16 - “But if he does not listen G191 to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY [fn]FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:22 - But when the young man heard G191 this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:25 - When the disciples heard G191 this, they were very astonished and said, “Then who can be saved?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:24 - And hearing G191 this, the ten became indignant with the two brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:30 - And two blind men sitting by the road, hearing G191 that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:16 - and said to Him, “Do You hear G191 what these children are saying?” And Jesus *said to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF’?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - “Listen G191 to another parable. There was a [fn]landowner who PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to [fn]vine-growers and went on a journey.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 - When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard G191 His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

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