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ἀκούω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀκούω
Greek transliteration: 
akouō
Simplified transliteration: 
akouo
Principal Parts: 
ἀκούσω, ἤκουσα, ἀκήκοα, -, ἠκούσθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
191
GK Number: 
201
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
428
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1a(8)
Gloss: 
to hear, pay attention, understand, obey
Definition: 
some list the future active as a middle deponent, ἀκούσομαι, to hear; to hearken, listen to, Mk. 4:3; Lk. 19:48; to heed, obey, Mt. 18:15; Acts 4:19; to understand, 1 Cor. 14:2; to take in or admit to mental acceptance, Mk. 4:33; Jn. 8:43, 47

Greek-English Concordance for ἀκούω

John 12:34 The crowd responded, “We have heard (ēkousamen | ἠκούσαμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) from the law that the Christ is to remain forever; so how is it that you are saying that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
John 12:47 If anyone hears (akousē | ἀκούσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) my words and does not keep them, I am not the one who will judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
John 14:24 The one who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word you are hearing (akouete | ἀκούετε | pres act ind 2 pl) is not mine, but is from the Father’s who sent me.
John 14:28 You heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard (ēkousa | ἤκουσα | aor act ind 1 sg) from my Father I have made known to you.
John 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak on his own, but will speak only what he hears (akousei | ἀκούσει | fut act ind 3 sg), and he will tell you things yet to come.
John 18:21 Why do you question me? Question those who have heard (akēkootas | ἀκηκοότας | perf act ptcp acc pl masc) as to what I said to them; they know what I said.”
John 18:37 Therefore Pilate said to him, “So you are a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king! The reason for which I was born and have come into the world, is that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens (akouei | ἀκούει | pres act ind 3 sg) to my voice.”
John 19:8 Now when Pilate heard (ēkousen | ἤκουσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) this statement, he became even more afraid.
John 19:13 On hearing (akousas | ἀκούσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) these words, Pilate brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s bench in the place called “Stone Pavement,” or in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.”
John 21:7 Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When (akousas | ἀκούσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) Simon Peter heard (akousas | ἀκούσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) that it was the Lord, he tucked in his outer garment (for he was wearing nothing underneath), and jumped into the sea.
Acts 1:4 While he was with them, he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) from me;
Acts 2:6 But when this sound was heard the crowd gathered, and they were perplexed, because each one was hearing (ēkouon | ἤκουον | imperf act ind 3 pl) them speak in his own language.
Acts 2:8 And how do (akouomen | ἀκούομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) we hear (akouomen | ἀκούομεν | pres act ind 1 pl), each of us in his own language to which he was born?
Acts 2:11 Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians — we hear (akouomen | ἀκούομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”
Acts 2:22 “Men of Israel, hear (akousate | ἀκούσατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know —
Acts 2:33 So then, exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you are both seeing and hearing (akouete | ἀκούετε | pres act ind 2 pl).
Acts 2:37 Now when they heard (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) this they were cut to the heart, and they said to Peter and the other apostles, “My brothers, what shall we do?”
Acts 3:22 Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet from among your brothers, as he raised me. You (akousesthe | ἀκούσεσθε | fut mid ind 2 pl) must (akousesthe | ἀκούσεσθε | fut mid ind 2 pl) obey (akousesthe | ἀκούσεσθε | fut mid ind 2 pl) him in all things whatsoever he speaks to you.
Acts 3:23 And it will be that every soul who does (akousē | ἀκούσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) not obey (akousē | ἀκούσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) that prophet will be destroyed from among the people.’
Acts 4:4 And many of those who had heard (akousantōn | ἀκουσάντων | aor act ptcp gen pl masc) the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
Acts 4:19 But Peter and John said in answer to them, “Whether it is right before God to (akouein | ἀκούειν | pres act inf ) obey (akouein | ἀκούειν | pres act inf ) you rather than God, you must judge,
Acts 4:20 for we cannot help speaking of the things we have seen and heard.” (ēkousamen | ἠκούσαμεν | aor act ind 1 pl)
Acts 4:24 When (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) they heard (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) this, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, you who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them,
Acts 5:5 When Ananias heard (akouōn | ἀκούων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) these words, he fell down and breathed his last. Great fear gripped all who heard (akouontas | ἀκούοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) about it.
Acts 5:11 Great fear gripped the entire church, and all who heard (akouontas | ἀκούοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) about these things.
Acts 5:21 And when they heard (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach. But when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together the council and all the elders of the sons of Israel and they sent to the prison to have them brought before them.
Acts 5:24 On hearing (ēkousan | ἤκουσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) these words, both the captain of the temple and the chief priests were perplexed about them, wondering what this could be.
Acts 5:33 Now when (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) they heard (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.
Acts 6:11 Then they secretly talked some men into saying, “We have heard (akēkoamen | ἀκηκόαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
Acts 6:14 for we have heard (akēkoamen | ἀκηκόαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) him say that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
Acts 7:2 And Stephen said: “My brothers and fathers, hear (akousate | ἀκούσατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Acts 7:12 But Jacob, hearing (akousas | ἀκούσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) that there was grain in Egypt, sent our fathers out on their first visit.
Acts 7:34 Surely I have seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, and I (ēkousa | ἤκουσα | aor act ind 1 sg) have (ēkousa | ἤκουσα | aor act ind 1 sg) heard (ēkousa | ἤκουσα | aor act ind 1 sg) their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
Acts 7:54 Now when they heard (akouontes | ἀκούοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.
Acts 8:6 And with one accord the crowds paid attention to what was being said by Philip as they heard (akouein | ἀκούειν | pres act inf ) him and saw the signs that he was performing.
Acts 8:14 Now when (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) the apostles in Jerusalem heard (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John,
Acts 8:30 So Philip ran to him and heard (ēkousen | ἤκουσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) him reading Isaiah the prophet and he said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
Acts 9:4 and falling to the ground, he heard (ēkousen | ἤκουσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
Acts 9:7 The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing (akouontes | ἀκούοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) the voice but seeing no one.
Acts 9:13 But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard (ēkousa | ἤκουσα | aor act ind 1 sg) from many about this man, how much harm he did to your saints at Jerusalem.
Acts 9:21 And all who heard (akouontes | ἀκούοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) him were astonished and said, “Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was trying to destroy those who called on this name? And has he not come here for the very purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?”
Acts 9:38 Since Lydda is near Joppa, the disciples, hearing (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) that Peter was there, sent two men to him urging him, “Do not delay in coming to us.”
Acts 10:22 And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright man and one who fears God, who is well spoken of by the whole nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear (akousai | ἀκοῦσαι | aor act inf ) words from you.”
Acts 10:33 So immediately I sent for you, and you did well by coming. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear (akousai | ἀκοῦσαι | aor act inf ) all that has been commanded you by the Lord.”
Acts 10:44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were listening (akouontas | ἀκούοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) to the message.
Acts 10:46 For they were hearing (ēkouon | ἤκουον | imperf act ind 3 pl) them speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter declared,
Acts 11:1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard (ēkousan | ἤκουσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.
Acts 11:7 I also heard (ēkousa | ἤκουσα | aor act ind 1 sg) a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’
Acts 11:18 When they heard (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) these things, they fell silent, and they glorified God, saying, “So then even to the Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

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