For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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ἀκούω
Vocabulary form:
ajkouvw
Definition:
I hear, learn, obey, understand
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
428
GK:
201
Root:
ajkou
Forms:
ajkouvsw, h[kousa, ajkhvkoa, -, hjkouvsqhn
Cognates:
Acoustics (ajkoustikovV) is the science of sound.
Mnemonics:
I hear there is to be a coup.
Mnemonic Singing:
My faith looks up to thee,
thou Lamb of Calvary,
Savior divine;
now hear me while I pray,
take all my guilt away,
O let me from this day be wholly thine.
Notes:
ajkouvw can take a direct object in either the genitive or accusative.
Biblical Concordance
| 1 Corinthians 2:9 | But, as it is written, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard (ēkousen | ἤκουσεν | aor act ind 3 sg), nor has the mind of man imagined, the things that God has prepared for those who love him.” |
| 1 Corinthians 5:1 | It (akouetai | ἀκούεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) is (akouetai | ἀκούεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) actually reported (akouetai | ἀκούεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) that there is sexual immorality among you, a kind of immorality that is not tolerated even among Gentiles, for a man is living in sin with his father’s wife. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:18 | For in the first place, I (akouō | ἀκούω | pres act ind 1 sg) hear (akouō | ἀκούω | pres act ind 1 sg) that when you gather as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it, |
| 1 Corinthians 14:2 | For the one speaking in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; indeed, no one understands (akouei | ἀκούει | pres act ind 3 sg) him, yet he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:4 | was caught up into paradise and heard (ēkousen | ἤκουσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) unspeakable words which are not permitted for a man to utter. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:6 | For even if I should choose to boast, I would not be foolish, because I would be telling the truth. But I refrain from this, so that no one will give credit to me beyond what he sees in me or he hears (akouei | ἀκούει | pres act ind 3 sg) from me, |
| Galatians 1:13 | For you have heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) of my former way of life in Judaism, how intensely I used to persecute the church of God and was trying to destroy it. |
| Galatians 1:23 | They only kept hearing (akouontes | ἀκούοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “The one who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” |
| Galatians 4:21 | Tell me, you who want to be under the law, will (akouete | ἀκούετε | pres act ind 2 pl) you (akouete | ἀκούετε | pres act ind 2 pl) not listen (akouete | ἀκούετε | pres act ind 2 pl) to (akouete | ἀκούετε | pres act ind 2 pl) the law? |
| Ephesians 1:13 | You also are in him, having heard (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) the word of truth, the good news of your salvation; in him also, when you believed, you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit, |
| Ephesians 1:15 | For this reason, having heard (akousas | ἀκούσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) about your faith in the Lord Jesus and the love you extend to all the saints, |
| Ephesians 3:2 | assuming that you have heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) about the stewardship of the grace of God that was given to me for you, |
| Ephesians 4:21 | assuming that you (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) have (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) of (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus. |
| Ephesians 4:29 | Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is useful for building up, as the need arises, that it may benefit those who hear (akouousin | ἀκούουσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc). |
| Philippians 1:27 | Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or remain away, I may hear (akouō | ἀκούω | pres act subj 1 sg) that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel, |
| Philippians 1:30 | since you are experiencing the same conflict which you saw me in, and now hear (akouete | ἀκούετε | pres act ind 2 pl) that I still face. |
| Philippians 2:26 | because he has been longing for all of you and has been distressed because you heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) that he was ill. |
| Philippians 4:9 | What you have learned and received and heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) and seen in me — put these things into practice, and the God of peace will be with you. |
| Colossians 1:4 | for we have heard (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) of your faith your in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints. |
| Colossians 1:6 | which has come to you. Just as in the entire world it is bearing fruit and growing, so also is it among you from the day you heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) it and understood the grace of God in truth; |
| Colossians 1:9 | For this reason, we from the day we heard (ēkousamen | ἠκούσαμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) about you, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will his in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, spiritual |
| Colossians 1:23 | if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl), which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which became I, Paul, became a minister. |
| 2 Thessalonians 3:11 | For we hear (akouomen | ἀκούομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) that some among you are conducting themselves in a disorderly manner, doing nothing themselves, but meddling in the affairs of others. |
| 1 Timothy 4:16 | Watch yourself and the teaching; be persistent in them; for by so doing you will save both yourself and those hearing (akouontas | ἀκούοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) you. |
| 2 Timothy 1:13 | Hold to the pattern of healthy words that you (ēkousas | ἤκουσας | aor act ind 2 sg) have (ēkousas | ἤκουσας | aor act ind 2 sg) heard (ēkousas | ἤκουσας | aor act ind 2 sg) from me in the faith and the love that is in Christ Jesus. |
| 2 Timothy 2:2 | and what you have heard (ēkousas | ἤκουσας | aor act ind 2 sg) from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these things to faithful men, who will also be able to teach others. |
| 2 Timothy 2:14 | Remind them of these things, solemnly charging them before God not to continue fighting about words, which results in nothing beneficial but only in the ruin of those listening (akouontōn | ἀκουόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc). |
| 2 Timothy 4:17 | But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled, namely, all the Gentiles might hear (akousōsin | ἀκούσωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl), and I was rescued from the mouth of a lion. |
| Philemon 1:5 | because I hear (akouōn | ἀκούων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) of your love for all the saints and your faith in the Lord Jesus. |
| Hebrews 2:1 | Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard (akoustheisin | ἀκουσθεῖσιν | aor pass ptcp dat pl neut), lest we drift away from it. |
| Hebrews 2:3 | how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? Which at first was declared by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard (akousantōn | ἀκουσάντων | aor act ptcp gen pl masc), |
| Hebrews 3:7 | Therefore just as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you (akousēte | ἀκούσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) hear (akousēte | ἀκούσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) his voice, |
| Hebrews 3:15 | As it is said, “Today, if you (akousēte | ἀκούσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) hear (akousēte | ἀκούσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.” |
| Hebrews 3:16 | For who were they who heard (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) and rebelled? Were they not really all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? |
| Hebrews 4:2 | For we also had good news proclaimed to us just as they did; but the word they heard did not benefit those who were not united with those who (akousasin | ἀκούσασιν | aor act ptcp dat pl masc) listened (akousasin | ἀκούσασιν | aor act ptcp dat pl masc) in faith |
| Hebrews 4:7 | God again ordains a certain day — “today” — saying through David, after so long a time, just as it has been said before, “Today, if you (akousēte | ἀκούσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) hear (akousēte | ἀκούσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) his voice, do not harden your hearts.” |
| Hebrews 12:19 | to the blast of a trumpet and a sound of words which made those who heard (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) it beg that no further message be given to them, |
| James 1:19 | Understand this, my dear brothers: everyone must be quick to listen (akousai | ἀκοῦσαι | aor act inf ), slow to speak, and slow to become angry. |
| James 2:5 | Listen (akousate | ἀκούσατε | aor act imperative 2 pl), my dear brothers! Did not God choose those whom the world considers poor to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him? |
| James 5:11 | For sure, we regard as blessed those who persevered. You (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) have (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) of (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) the perseverance of Job and have seen the result of the Lord's activity, that the Lord is exceedingly compassionate and merciful. |
| 2 Peter 1:18 | We (ēkousamen | ἠκούσαμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) ourselves heard (ēkousamen | ἠκούσαμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. |
| 1 John 1:1 | That which has existed from the beginning, which we have heard (akēkoamen | ἀκηκόαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl), which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and our hands have touched, concerning the word of life — |
| 1 John 1:3 | that which we have seen and heard (akēkoamen | ἀκηκόαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. |
| 1 John 1:5 | Now this is the message that we have heard (akēkoamen | ἀκηκόαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) from him and are proclaiming to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him. |
| 1 John 2:7 | Dear friends, it is not a new commandment that I write to you, but an old commandment — one that you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message you have already heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl). |
| 1 John 2:18 | My children, it is the last hour! And just as you heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) that the Antichrist would come, even now many antichrists have appeared. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. |
| 1 John 2:24 | Let what you heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) from the beginning abide in you. If what you (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father. |
| 1 John 3:11 | For this is the message that you heard (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) from the beginning: that we should love one another. |
| 1 John 4:3 | but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard (akēkoate | ἀκηκόατε | perf act ind 2 pl) was coming, and now is already in the world. |
| 1 John 4:5 | They are of the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens (akouei | ἀκούει | pres act ind 3 sg) to (akouei | ἀκούει | pres act ind 3 sg) them. |
Mnemonics
mnemonic
I can hear the baby coo.