ἀκούω in the New Testament

Definitions

Thayer

1) to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf
2) to hear
2b) to attend to, consider what is or has been said
2c) to understand, perceive the sense of what is said
3) to hear something
3a) to perceive by the ear what is announced in one's presence
3b) to get by hearing learn
3c) a thing comes to one's ears, to find out, learn
3d) to give ear to a teaching or a teacher
3e) to comprehend, to understand
Part of Speech: verb
Citing in TDNT: 1:216, 34

Strong

G191
A primary verb; to hear (in various senses): - give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), ([shall]) hear (-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.

Louw-Nida

GlossSection
a hear24.52
b be able to hear24.58
(ἀκοῇ ἀκούω) listen carefully24.63
(ἀκούω εἰς τὸ οὖς) hear in secret24.67
d pay attention to31.56
f understand32.1
(τοῖς ὠσὶν βαρέως ἀκούω) be mentally dull32.46
c receive news33.212
e obey36.14
g hear legal case56.13

Classical Greek Dictionaries

These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.

Perseus Digital Library

University of Chicago's Logion lexicon

Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen

Strong's dictionary

Crosswalk

Thayer's dictionary plus other information.

LaParola

From this site's dictionary (in Italian)

In the New Testament

SBLWestcott/HortTischendorfByzantine
6
1
2
1
1
14
20
4
1
14
5
7
3
1
1
4
2
15
1
2
2
7
2
15
2
51
3
33
2
1
7
3
8
1
2
1
2
7
1
5
1
4
1
1
2
3
8
4
2
13
1
4
7
35
10
19
1
4
25
1
17
4
Total427
6
1
2
1
1
15
20
4
1
14
5
7
3
1
1
4
2
15
1
2
2
7
2
15
2
52
3
33
2
1
7
3
8
1
1
1
2
7
1
5
1
4
1
1
2
3
8
4
2
13
1
5
6
35
10
19
1
4
25
1
17
4
Total428
6
1
2
1
1
15
19
4
1
14
5
7
3
1
1
4
2
15
1
2
2
7
2
15
2
52
3
33
2
1
7
3
8
1
1
1
2
7
1
5
1
4
1
1
3
3
7
4
2
13
1
4
7
35
10
19
1
4
25
1
17
4
Total427
1
6
1
2
1
1
16
24
4
1
14
5
1
8
3
1
1
4
2
17
1
2
2
5
3
15
2
50
3
35
2
1
7
2
8
1
1
1
2
9
1
5
1
4
1
1
4
2
1
6
4
1
14
1
4
7
35
10
17
1
4
24
1
18
4
Total436

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