Hearing
ἀκοήStrong’s G0189akoē
Appears in 22 verses of the New Testament
In short
Akoē is the Greek word usually translated “hearing”, “news” and “rumors”. It appears in 22 verses of the New Testament.
“(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)”
Meaning
Usually translated “hearing”, “news” and “rumors”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- hearing 10
- news 3
- in hearing 2
- rumors 2
- ears 2
- report 2
- ear 1
- of hearing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 4
- Mark 3
- Acts 2
- Romans 2
- Galatians 2
- 2 Timothy 2
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 4:24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
- Matthew 13:14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
- Matthew 14:1At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
- Matthew 24:6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
- Mark 1:28And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
- Mark 7:35And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
Greek dictionary
ἀκοή akoē · hearing
ἀκοή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἀκούω), [in LXX: Exo.15:26, al. for שׁמע, its parts and derivatives, exc. Deu.11:22 (שׁמר) ;] 1. hearing, the sense of hearing: 1Co.12:17, 2Pe.2:8; "Hebraic dative," ἀκοῇ ακούειν (frequently in LXX; V. M, Pr., 14, 75), Mat.13:14, Act.28:26. 2. organ of hearing, the ear (Arist., al.; MM, VGT, see word): 2Ti.4:3-4; pl., Mrk.7:35, Luk.7:1, Act.17:20, Heb.5:11. 3. a thing heard, i.e., (a) a message, teaching: Jhn.12:38 and Rom.16:16,17" (LXX), Gal.3:2,5 R, mg.; λόγος ἀκοῆς, 1Th.2:13, Heb.4:2; …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hearing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HE'ARING, participle present
tense Perceiving by the ear, as sound.
- Listening to; attending to; obeying; observing what is commanded.
- Attending to witnesses or advocates in a judicial trial; trying.
All definitions and other forms of “hearing”
HE'ARING, noun
The faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
- Audience; attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard.
- Judicial trial; attention to the facts, testimony and arguments in a cause between parties, with a view to a just decision.
- The act of perceiving sounds; sensation or perception of sound.“I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear” Job 42:5“And to the others he said in my hearing” Ezekiel 9:5
- Reach of the ear; extent within which sound may be heard.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.