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To hear

ἀκούωStrong’s G0191

akouō

Appears in 401 verses of the New Testament

In short

Akouō is the Greek word usually translated “having heard”, “hearing” and “hear”. It appears in 401 verses of the New Testament.

“For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.”
2 Thessalonians 3:11 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having heard”, “hearing” and “hear”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having heard 88
  • hearing 38
  • to hear 35
  • i heard 31
  • heard 26
  • you have heard 18
  • he should hear 16
  • you hear 9

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 87
  • Matthew 59
  • Luke 58
  • John 54
  • Revelation 43
  • Mark 41

23 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 401 verses, by book
1 Corinthians 4
2:95:111:1814:2
2 Corinthians 2
12:412:6
Galatians 3
1:131:234:21
Philippians 4
1:271:302:264:9
Colossians 4
1:41:61:91:23
2 Thessalonians 1
3:11
1 Timothy 1
4:16
2 Timothy 4
1:132:22:144:17
Philemon 1
1:5
2 Peter 1
1:18
2 John 1
1:6
3 John 1
1:4
Greek dictionary

ἀκούω akouō · to hear

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. …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “hear” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HEAR, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive heard, but more correctly heared.

  1. To perceive by the ear; to feel an impression of sound by the proper organs; as, to hear sound; to hear a voice; to hear words.
  2. To give audience or allowance to speak.“He sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ” Acts 24:24
  3. To attend; to listen; to obey.
  4. To attend favorably; to regard.“They think they shall be heard for their much speaking” Matthew 6:7
All definitions and other forms of “hear”
  1. To grant an answer to prayer.“I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice” Psalms 116:1
  2. To attend to the facts, evidence, and arguments in a cause between parties; to try in a court of law or equity. Song of Solomon 2:14
  3. To acknowledge a title; a Latin phrase.
  4. To be a hearer of; to sit under the preaching of; as, what minister do you hear? [A colloquial use of the word.]
  5. To learn.“I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him” John 8:26
  6. To approve and embrace.

HEAR, verb intransitive

To enjoy the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. He is deaf, he cannot hear

  1. To listen; to hearken; to attend.
  2. To be told; to receive by report.“I hear there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it” 1 Corinthians 11:18

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.