ἀκοή akoē

Greek word for “hearing” · Strong’s G189 · used 24 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

ἀκοή, -ῆς, ἡ; (ἀκούω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for akoē in context, with how often each is used:

• hearing 10
• news 3
• rumors 2
• ears 2
• report 2
• hearing? 1
• your hearing 1
• ear 1
• their hearing 1
• hearings 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 10 (2), Galatians 3 (2), 2 Timothy 4 (2), Matthew 4 (1), Matthew 13 (1), Matthew 14 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Mark 1 (1), Mark 7 (1), Mark 13 (1)

Forms

• ἀκοῇ 5
• ἀκοῆς 5
• ἀκοὰς 4
• ἀκοὴ 3
• ἀκοὴν 2
• ἀκοή 2
• ἀκοαί 1
• ἀκοήν 1
• ἀκοαῖς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with akoē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 6
• Ἡσαΐας Hēsaias “Isaiah” 3
• θροέω throeō “to alarm” 2
• πίστις pistis “faith” 4
• ὅλος holos “all” 3
• λόγος logos “word” 4
• πόλεμος polemos “war” 2
• ἐνεργέω energeō “be active” 2
• ἔργον ergon “work” 3
• συνίημι suniēmi “to understand” 2
• οὔπω oupō “not yet” 2
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 3

Key verses

The verses using akoē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 4:24 — And 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…
• Matthew 13:14 — And 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…
• Matthew 24:6 — And 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.
• John 12:38 — That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been…
• Acts 28:26 — Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
• Romans 10:16 — But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
• Romans 10:17 — So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
• Galatians 3:2 — This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
• 1 Thessalonians 2:13 — For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as…
• 2 Timothy 4:3 — For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
• Hebrews 4:2 — For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
• Hebrews 5:11 — Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.