Ear
οὖςStrong’s G3775ous
Appears in 35 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ous is the Greek word usually translated “ears”, “ear” and “hearing”. It appears in 35 verses of the New Testament.
“What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.”
Meaning
Usually translated “ears”, “ear” and “hearing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- ears 22
- an ear 8
- ear 5
- hearing 1
- in ears 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 8
- Luke 7
- Matthew 6
- Mark 5
- Acts 4
- 1 Corinthians 2
9 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 11:15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Matthew 13:9Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Matthew 13:15For 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 with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
- Matthew 13:16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
- Matthew 13:43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Mark 4:9And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Greek dictionary
οὖς ous · ear
οὖς genitive, ὠτός, τό, [in LXX chiefly for אֹזֶן ;] the ear: Mat.13:16, Mrk.7:33, Luk.22:50, 1Co.2:9 12:16, 1Pe.3:12; ἐν τ. ὠσί, Luk.4:21; εἰς τ. ὦτα ἀκούεσθαι, Act.7:57; γίνεσθαι, Luk.1:44; εἰσέρχεσθαι, Jas.5:4; εἰς τ. οὖς ἀκούειν, Mat.10:27; πρὸς τ. οὖς λαλεῖν, Luk.12:3; τὰ ὦ. συνέχειν (MM, xviii), Act.7:57. Metaphorical, of understanding, perceiving, knowing: Mat.13:16; ὁ ἔχων (εἴ τις ἔχει) οὖς ἀκουσάτω, Rev.2:7, 11 2:17, 29 3:6, 13 13:9; ὁ ἔχων (ὃς ἔχει, εἴ τις ἔχει) ὦτα (ἀκούειν) ἀκουέτω, Mat.11:15 13:9, 43, Mrk.4:9, 23 7:16 (R, mg.), Luk.8:8 14:35; τοῖς ὠ. βαρέως ἀκούειν, Mat.13:15 Ac …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ear” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
E'AR, noun
[Latin auris, whence auricula; audio.]
- The organ of hearing; the organ by which sound is perceived; and in general, both the external and internal part is understood by the term.
- The sense of hearing, or rather the power of distinguishing sounds and judging of harmony; the power of nice perception of the differences of sound, or of consonances and dissonances.
- In the plural, the head or person.
- The top, or highest part.
All definitions and other forms of “ear”
- A favorable hearing; attention; heed; regard.
- Disposition to like or dislike what is heard; opinion; judgment; taste.
- Any part of a thing resembling an ear; a projecting part from the side of any thing; as the ears of a vessel used as handles.
- The spike of corn; that part of certain plants which contains the flowers and seeds; as an ear of wheat or maiz.
EAR, verb intransitive
To shoot, as an ear; to form ears, as corn.
EAR, verb transitive
[Latin aro.]
To plow or till.
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.