To ignore
παρακούωStrong’s G3878parakouō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Parakouō is the Greek word usually translated “shall fail to listen” and “having ignored”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.”
Meaning
Usually translated “shall fail to listen” and “having ignored”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he shall fail to listen 2
- having ignored 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
παρακούω parakouō · to ignore
παρ-ακούω [in LXX: Est.3:3, 8 (עָבַר, עָשָׂה, with neg.) Est.4:14 7:4 (חָרַשׁ hi.), Isa.65:12 (שָׁמַע, with neg.), I Est.4:11, Tob.3:4 * ;] 1. to overhear. 2. to hear amiss or imperfectly. 3. Later (as in LXX, Polyb., Plut.; also in π., see MM, xviii), to hear without heeding, take no heed: Mrk.5:36; with genitive, Mat.18:17.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ignore” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IGNO'RE, verb transitive
To be ignorant. [Not in use.]
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.