ἀκούω
akouō
ἀκούω,
[in LXX chiefly for שׁמע ]
to hear, listen, attend, perceive by hearing, comprehend by hearing.
1. Intrans.: Mrk.4:3 7:37, Jas.2:5, Rev.2:7, al.; τ. ὠσίν, Mat.13:15 (LXX); with cogn. dative, ακοῇ ἀ. (see: ἀκοή), Mat.13:14, Act.28:26" (LXX) ; ὁ ἔχων ὦτα (οὖς) ἀκούειν, ἀκουσάτω, Mat.11:15, Mrk.4:23, Rev.2:7, al.
2. Trans., prop. with accusative of thing(s), of thing heard, genitive of person(s), from whom heard (LS, see word): Act.1:4; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.12:19, Jhn.3:8 (Abbott, JG, 76), Act.22:9, al.; with dupl. accusative, Jhn.12:18, 1Co.11:18; with genitive of thing(s), Jhn.7:40 (Abbott, JV, 116); τ. φωνῆς (cf. Heb. שָׁמַע בְּקוֹל, Exo.18:19), Jhn.5:25, 28 Act.9:7 (on the distinction bet. this and ἀ. φωνήν, ib. 4, see M, Pr., 66; Field, Notes, 117; Abbott, Essays, 93f.); of God answering prayer, Jhn.9:31, 1Jn.5:14, 15; with accusative of thing(s), before παρά, Jhn.8:26, 40 Act.10:22, 2Ti.2:2; id. before ἀπό, 1Jn.1:5; with genitive pars. before ptcp., Mrk.14:58, Luk.18:36, al. (On NT usage generally, see Bl., §36, 5; Cremer, 82.)
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- Acts 11:22 Ἠκούσθη
When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
- Acts 13:7 ἀκοῦσαι
an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.
- Acts 13:16 ἀκούσατε
Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!
- Acts 13:44 ἀκοῦσαι
On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
- Acts 13:48 Ἀκούοντα
When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
- Acts 14:9 ἤκουσεν
This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.
- Acts 14:14 Ἀκούσαντες
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,
- Acts 15:7 ἀκοῦσαι
After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
- Acts 15:12 ἤκουον
The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
- Acts 15:13 ἀκούσατέ
When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!
- Acts 15:24 ἠκούσαμεν
It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
- Acts 16:14 ἤκουεν
Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
- Acts 16:38 ἀκούσαντες
So the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.
- Acts 17:8 ἀκούοντας
On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.
- Acts 17:21 ἀκούειν
Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
- Acts 17:32 ἈκούσαντεςἈκουσόμεθά
When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”
- Acts 18:8 ἀκούοντες
Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.
- Acts 18:26 ἀκούσαντες
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
- Acts 19:2 ἠκούσαμεν
and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 19:5 Ἀκούσαντες
On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 19:10 ἀκοῦσαι
This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
- Acts 19:26 ἀκούετε
And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
- Acts 19:28 Ἀκούσαντες
When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
- Acts 21:12 ἠκούσαμεν
When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
- Acts 21:20 ἀκούσαντες
When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
- Acts 21:22 ἀκούσονται
What then should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.
- Acts 22:1 ἀκούσατέ
“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
- Acts 22:2 ἀκούσαντες
When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
- Acts 22:7 ἤκουσα
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
- Acts 22:9 ἤκουσαν
My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
- Acts 22:14 ἀκοῦσαι
Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
- Acts 22:15 ἤκουσας
You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
- Acts 22:22 Ἤκουον
The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
- Acts 22:26 Ἀκούσας
On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
- Acts 23:16 Ἀκούσας
But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.
- Acts 24:4 ἀκοῦσαί
But in order not to burden you any further, I beg your indulgence to hear us briefly.
- Acts 24:24 ἤκουσεν
After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
- Acts 25:22 ἀκοῦσαιἈκούσῃ
Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
- Acts 26:3 ἀκοῦσαί
especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
- Acts 26:14 ἤκουσα
We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
- Acts 26:29 ἀκούοντάς
“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”
- Acts 28:15 ἀκούσαντες
The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.
- Acts 28:22 ἀκοῦσαι
But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
- Acts 28:26 ἀκούσετε
‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
- Acts 28:27 ἤκουσανἀκούσωσιν
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
- Acts 28:28 ἀκούσονται
Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
- Romans 10:14 ἤκουσανἀκούσωσιν
How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
- Romans 10:18 ἤκουσαν
But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
- Romans 11:8 ἀκούειν
as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
- Romans 15:21 ἀκηκόασιν
Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”