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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g191 Greek: akouo

Hearken:

"to hear," is rendered "hearken" in the AV and RV, in Mar 4:3; Act 4:19; 7:2; 15:13; Jam 2:5; in the RV only, in Act 3:22, 23; 13:16 (AV, "give audience"); Act 15:12, "hearkened" (AV "gave audience").
See HEAR, No. 1.

Note: In Act 12:13, hupakouo, lit., "to hearken," with the idea of stillness, or attention (hupo, "under," akouo, "to hear"), signifies "to answer a knock at a door," RV, "to answer" (AV, "to hearken").
See OBEY.

2 Strong's Number: g1873 Greek: epakouo

Hearken:

denotes "to hearken to," 2Cr 6:2, RV (see HEAR, A, No. 4).

3 Strong's Number: g1801 Greek: enotizomai

Hearken:

"to give ear to, to hearken" (from en, "in" and ous, "an ear"), is used in Act 2:14, in Peter's address to the men of Israel.

4 Strong's Number: g3980 Greek: peitharcheo

Hearken:

"to obey one in authority, be obedient" (peithomai, "to be persuaded," arche, "rule"), is translated "to hearken unto" in Act 27:21, in Paul's reminder to the shipwrecked mariners that they should have given heed to his counsel.
See OBEY.

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