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GreekG0189Noun (Feminine)

ἀκοή

akoē

22Occurrences
G0189Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard)

from G191 (ἀκούω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. hearing, the sense of hearing: "Hebraic dative," *ἀκοῇ ακούειν *(frequently in LXX
V
M, Pr., 14, 75).
2.organ of hearing, the ear (Arist. MM, VGT, )
3.a thing heard, i.e.
(a)a message, teaching
(b)a report, rumour
LXX: for שׁמע, its parts and derivatives, exc. (שׁמר)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ἀκοή appears 22 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
4
Mark
3
2 Timothy
2
Acts
2
Galatians
2
Hebrews
2
Romans
2
1 Corinthians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 12:17BSB

If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

2 Timothy 4:4BSB

So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

Galatians 3:5BSB

Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?

Luke 7:1BSB

When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.

Matthew 4:24BSB

News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.