ἀκροατής
akroatēs
“hearer”
Definition
apparently an intensive of G191 (ἀκούω)); a hearer (merely)
from (to listen;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
ἀκροατής appears 4 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
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