Akoúō — G191

Definition

verb

to hear (in various senses)

1. absolutely
1. to be endowed with the faculty of hearing (not deaf)
2. to attend to (use the faculty of hearing), consider what is or has been said. So in exhortations
3. tropically, to understand, perceive the sense of what is said
2. with an object
1. ἀκούω τί, to hear something
1. to perceive by the ear what is announced in one's presence (to hear immediately)
2. to get by hearinq, learn (from the mouth of the teacher or narrator)
3. ἀκούω τί, a thing comes to one's ears, to find out (by hearsay), learn, (hear mediately)
4. to give ear to teaching or teacher
5. to comprehend, understand, (like Latin audio)
2. ἀκούειν is not joined with the genitive of the object unless one hear the person or thing with his own ears
1. with the genitive of a person
2. with the genitive of a thing
3. to be taught by God's inward communication

Usually translated as

hear, hearken, audience, be noised, be reported, give, come, hearer, understand

Origin

a primary verb

Occurrences

Akoúō occurs 438 times in 403 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (60), Mark (42), Luke (59), John (53), Acts (87), Romans (4), 1 Corinthians (4), 2 Corinthians (2), Galatians (3), Ephesians (5), Philippians (4), Colossians (4), 2 Thessalonians (1), 1 Timothy (1), 2 Timothy (4), Philemon (1), Hebrews (8), James (3), 2 Peter (1), 1 John (12), 2 John (1), 3 John (1), Revelation (43)

• Matthew 2:3 — When Herod the king had heard (ἀκούσας) these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
• Matthew 2:9 — When they had heard (ἀκούσαντες) the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
• Matthew 2:18 — In Rama was there a voice heard (ἠκούσθη), lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
• Matthew 2:22 — But when he heard (ἀκούσας) that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
• Matthew 4:12 — Now when Jesus had heard (ἀκούσας) that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
• Matthew 5:21 — Ye have heard (ἠκούσατε) that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
• Matthew 5:27 — Ye have heard (ἠκούσατε) that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
• Matthew 5:33 — Again, ye have heard (ἠκούσατε) that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
• Matthew 5:38 — Ye have heard (ἠκούσατε) that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
• Matthew 5:43 — Ye have heard (ἠκούσατε) that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
• Matthew 7:24 — Therefore whosoever heareth (ἀκούει) these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
• Matthew 7:26 — And every one that heareth (ἀκούων) these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
• Matthew 8:10 — When Jesus heard (ἀκούσας) it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
• Matthew 9:12 — But when Jesus heard (ἀκούσας) that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
• Matthew 10:14 — And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear (ἀκούσῃ) your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
• Matthew 10:27 — What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear (ἀκούετε) in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
• Matthew 11:2 — Now when John had heard (ἀκούσας) in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
• Matthew 11:4 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear (ἀκούετε) and see:
• Matthew 11:5 — The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear (ἀκούουσιν), the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
• Matthew 11:15 — He that hath ears to hear (ἀκουέτω), let him hear.
• Matthew 11:15 — He that hath ears to hear, let him hear (ἀκούειν).
• Matthew 12:19 — He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear (ἀκούσει) his voice in the streets.
• Matthew 12:22 — Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
• Matthew 12:24 — But when the Pharisees heard (ἀκούσαντες) it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
• Matthew 12:42 — The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear (ἀκοῦσαι) the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
• Matthew 13:9 — Who hath ears to hear (ἀκούειν), let him hear.
• Matthew 13:9 — Who hath ears to hear, let him hear (ἀκουέτω).
• Matthew 13:13 — Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing (ἀκούοντες) they hear not, neither do they understand.
• Matthew 13:13 — Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear (ἀκούουσιν) not, neither do they understand.
• Matthew 13:14 — And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear (ἀκούσετε), and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
• Matthew 13:15 — For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing (ἤκουσαν), and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
• Matthew 13:15 — For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear (ἤκουσαν) with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
• Matthew 13:16 — But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear (ἀκούει).
• Matthew 13:17 — For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear (ἀκοῦσαι) those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
• Matthew 13:17 — For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear (ἀκούετε), and have not heard them.
• Matthew 13:17 — For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard (ἤκουσαν) them.
• Matthew 13:18 — Hear (ἀκούσατε) ye therefore the parable of the sower.
• Matthew 13:19 — When any one heareth (ἀκούοντος) the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
• Matthew 13:20 — But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth (ἀκούων) the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
• Matthew 13:22 — He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth (ἀκούων) the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
• Matthew 13:23 — But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth (ἀκούων) the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
• Matthew 13:43 — Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear (ἀκούειν), let him hear.
• Matthew 13:43 — Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear (ἀκουέτω).
• Matthew 14:1 — At that time Herod the tetrarch heard (ἤκουσεν) of the fame of Jesus,
• Matthew 14:13 — When Jesus heard (ἀκούσας) of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
• Matthew 14:13 — When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard (ἀκούσαντες) thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
• Matthew 15:10 — And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear (ἀκούετε), and understand:
• Matthew 15:12 — Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard (ἀκούσαντες) this saying?
• Matthew 17:5 — While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear (ἀκούετε) ye him.
• Matthew 17:6 — And when the disciples heard (ἀκούσαντες) it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.