Akroatḗs — G202

Definition

masculine noun

apparently an intensive of

Usually translated as

hearer

Origin

from akroáomai (to listen

• akoúō (G191)

Occurrences

Akroatḗs occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Romans (1), James (3)

• Romans 2:13 — (For not the hearers (ἀκροαταὶ) of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
• James 1:22 — But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers (ἀκροαταὶ) only, deceiving your own selves.
• James 1:23 — For if any be a hearer (ἀκροατὴς) of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
• James 1:25 — But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer (ἀκροατὴς), but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.