What does ἀκοή · πίστις mean in the Bible?
ἀκοή · πίστις is a Greek phrase meaning "hearing characterized by faith or the message received in faith".
Greek · G189, G4102
ἀκοῆς πίστεως
Hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard) · faith
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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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πίστις G4102 faith
Pronunciation pístis
Trust in God or Christ as the decisive principle of Christian life and salvation, not mere intellectual assent.
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What does ἀκοῆς πίστεως (akoēs pisteōs) mean in the Bible?
ἀκοή · πίστις is a Greek phrase meaning "hearing characterized by faith or the message received in faith".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G189, G4102?
G189, G4102 is connected to 24 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. hearing characterized by faith or the message received in faith
Source Gloss
hearing characterized by faith or the message received in faith
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×
Word Origins
ἀκοῆς πίστεως 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