What does ἀκροατής (akroatḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἀκροατής (akroatḗs) is a Greek word meaning "a hearer (merely)".
Greek · G202
ἀκροατής
A hearer (merely)
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ἀκροατής G202
Pronunciation akroatḗs
What does ἀκροατής (akroatḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἀκροατής (akroatḗs) is a Greek word meaning "a hearer (merely)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G202?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hearers (2), hearer (1), who hears (1).
Where does ἀκροατής (akroatḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 2:13. Its strongest book concentrations include James (3), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It hearers 2× Romans 2:13, James 1:22
hearer 1× James 1:25
who hears 1× James 1:23
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 2:13
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Romans 1 James 3
Source forms
ἀκροαταὶ 2x akroatai Romans 2:13, James 1:22
ἀκροατὴς 2x akroatēs James 1:23, James 1:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Romans 2:13, James 1:22
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x James 1:23, James 1:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a hearer (merely)
Strong's G202
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a hearer (merely)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 2:13 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀκροαταὶ akroatai
a hearer of, a listener to
Read verse James 1:22 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀκροαταί, akroatai
a hearer of, a listener to
Read verse James 1:23 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀκροατὴς akroathv
a hearer of, a listener to
Read verse James 1:25 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀκροατὴς akroathv
a hearer of, a listener to
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (4) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rom 2:13 · Jas 1:22 2×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Jas 1:23 · Jas 1:25 2×
Word Origins
ἀκροατής 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