Akoḗ — G189

G189 · Greek — ἀκοή

Pronunciation: ak-o-ay'

Definition

feminine noun

hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard)

  1. hearing, by which one perceives sounds
  2. the organ of hearing, the ear
  3. a thing heard
    1. instruction, namely oral
    2. hearsay, report, rumor

Usually translated as

hearing, fame, report, audience, which ye heard, preached, ear, rumor

Origin

from G191

Occurrences

Akoḗ occurs 22 times in 20 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (3), Mark (2), Luke (1), John (1), Acts (2), Romans (2), 1 Corinthians (1), Galatians (2), 1 Thessalonians (1), 2 Timothy (2), Hebrews (2), 2 Peter (1)

Strong's Lexicon — A