οὖς ous

Greek word for “ear” · Strong’s G3775 · used 36 times in 34 verses

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Meaning

οὖς genitive, ὠτός, τό;

How it is translated

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

• ears 22
• ear 13
• hearing 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 13 (4), Revelation 2 (4), Revelation 3 (3), Mark 4 (2), Acts 7 (2), Matthew 10 (1), Matthew 11 (1), Mark 7 (1), Mark 8 (1), Luke 1 (1)

Forms

• ὦτα 16
• οὖς 13
• ὠσὶν 5
• ὦτά 1
• ὠσίν 1

Words used with it

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

• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 24
• ὀφθαλμός ophthalmos “eye” 8
• ἐκκλησία ekklēsia “assembly” 8
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 9
• νικάω nikaō “to conquer” 3
• καμμύω kammuō “to close” 2
• βαρέως bareōs “difficultly” 2
• παχύνω pachunō “to thicken” 2
• καρδία kardia “heart” 4
• δῶμα dōma “housetop” 2
• σκοτία skotia “darkness” 2
• βλέπω blepō “to see” 3

Key verses

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

• Matthew 10:27 — What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
• Matthew 13:9 — Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
• Matthew 13:15 — For 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,…
• Luke 9:44 — Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
• Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
• Romans 11:8 — (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
• 1 Corinthians 2:9 — But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
• James 5:4 — Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are…
• 1 Peter 3:12 — For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
• Revelation 2:7 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst…
• Revelation 2:11 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
• Revelation 2:17 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a…

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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.