What does ἀκοή · ἀκούω mean in the Bible?
ἀκοή · ἀκούω is a Greek phrase meaning "Hear, hear with the ear".
Greek · G189, G191
ἀκοῇ ἀκούσετε
Hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard) · to hear (in various senses)
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ἀκοή G189 hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard)
Pronunciation akoḗ
The thing heard rather than merely the act of hearing; doctrine, message, or report received.
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ἀκούω G191 to hear (in various senses)
Pronunciation akoúō
Hearing that demands obedient response, not mere acoustic perception of sound
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What does ἀκοῇ ἀκούσετε (akoē akousete) mean in the Bible?
ἀκοή · ἀκούω is a Greek phrase meaning "Hear, hear with the ear".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G189, G191?
G189, G191 is connected to 24 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Hear, hear with the ear
Source Gloss
Hear, hear with the ear
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 7 Aligned forms 24 Case pattern Accusative (7) Number pattern Singular (18)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 4:24 · Mark 1:28 · Rom 10:17 · 1 Cor 12:17 5×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Mark 7:35 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rom 10:17 · Gal 3:2 · Gal 3:5 · 1 Thess 2:13 · Heb 4:2 5×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 13:14 · John 12:38 · Acts 28:26 · Rom 10:16 · 2 Pet 2:8 5×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Heb 5:11 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 24:6 · Mark 13:7 · Luke 7:1 · Acts 17:20 4×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 14:1 · 2 Tim 4:3 · 2 Tim 4:4 3×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 411 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 260 present 118 future 13 imperfect 11 perfect 9
Voice
active 395 passive 11 middle 5
Mood
indicative 183 participle 133 infinitive 36 imperative 32 subjunctive 27
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:18 ἠκούσθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 2:22 ἀκούσας aorist active participle participle Matthew 2:3 ἀκούσας aorist active participle participle Matthew 2:9 ἀκούσαντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 4:12 Ἀκούσας aorist active participle participle Matthew 5:21 Ἠκούσατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:27 Ἠκούσατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:33 ἠκούσατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:38 Ἠκούσατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:43 Ἠκούσατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 7:24 ἀκούει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 7:26 ἀκούων present active participle participle Matthew 8:10 ἀκούσας aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:12 ἀκούσας aorist active participle participle Matthew 10:14 ἀκούσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 10:27 ἀκούετε present active indicative ongoing Matthew 11:15 ἀκουέτω present active imperative imperative Matthew 11:2 ἀκούσας aorist active participle participle Matthew 11:5 ἀκούουσιν present active indicative ongoing Matthew 12:19 ἀκούσει future active indicative prospective Matthew 12:24 ἀκούσαντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 12:42 ἀκοῦσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 13:13 ἀκούοντες present active participle participle Matthew 13:14 ἀκούσετε future active indicative prospective Matthew 13:15 ἤκουσαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 13:15 ἀκούσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 13:16 ἀκούουσιν present active indicative ongoing Matthew 13:17 ἀκοῦσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 13:17 ἀκούετε present active indicative ongoing Matthew 13:17 ἤκουσαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 13:18 ἀκούσατε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 13:19 ἀκούοντος present active participle participle Matthew 13:20 ἀκούων present active participle participle Matthew 13:22 ἀκούων present active participle participle Matthew 13:23 ἀκούων present active participle participle Matthew 13:43 ἀκουέτω present active imperative imperative Matthew 13:9 ἀκουέτω present active imperative imperative Matthew 14:1 ἤκουσεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 14:13 Ἀκούσας aorist active participle participle Matthew 14:13 ἀκούσαντες aorist active participle participle
+371 more occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἀκοῇ ἀκούσετε is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain