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Strong's #189 - ἀκοή
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- the sense of hearing
- the organ of hearing, the ear
- the thing heard
- instruction, namely oral
- of preaching the gospel
- hearsay, report or rumour
- instruction, namely oral
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ἀκοή, ἡ, ἀκουή· (ἀκοϝ, cf. ἀκούω): —
I
1. hearing, sound heard, ἕκαθεν δέ τε γίγνετ' ἀ. Il. 16.634.
2. thing heard, tidings, μετὰ πατρὸς ἀκουὴν ἱκέσθαι, βῆναι, Od. 2.308, 4.701; κατὰ τὴν Σόλωνος ἀκοήν according to Solon's story, Pl. Ti. 21a; report, Pi. P. 1.84, 90; ἀ. σοφοῖς thing for wise men to listen to, ib. 9.78; ἀκοῇ ἱστορεῖν, παραλαβεῖν τι by hearsay, Hdt. 2.29, 148; ἐπίστασθαι Antipho 5.67, Th. 4.126; ἐξ ἀκοῆς λέγειν Pl. Phd. 61d; τὰς ἀ. τῶν προγεγενημένων traditions, Th. 1.20; ἀκοαὶ.. λόγων Id. 1.73; ἀκοὴν μαρτυρεῖν, προσάγειν, give, bring hearsay evidence, D. 57.4; βαρὺν.. ἀκοῆς ψόφον AP 6.220 (Diosc.); ἐκ γὰρ ἀκουῆς οἰκτίρω σε ib. 7.220 (Agath.).
II
1. sense of hearing, Hdt. 1.38, etc.; joined with ὄψις, Pl. Phd. 65b, etc.; οἷς ὦτα μέν ἐστιν, ἀκοαὶδὲ οὐκ ἔνεισιν Ph. 1.474.
2. act of hearing, ἐς ἀκοὰν ἐμήν to my hearing, my ear, A. Pr. 689; γᾶρυν ἀραρεῖν ἀκοαῖσι Simon. 41; ὀξεῖαν ἀ... λόγοις διδούς S. El. 30; ἀκοῇ κλύειν Id. Ph. 1412; ἀκοαῖς δέχεσθαι, εἰς ἀκοὰς.. ἥκειν, E. IT 1496, Ph. 1480; δι' ἀκοῆς αἰσθάνεσθαι Pl. Lg. 900a; ἀκοὴν ὑπειπών demanding a hearing, E. HF 962; τοῖς ἀκροάμασι τὰς ἀ. ἀνατεθεικώς Plb. 24.5.9.
3. ear, ὀππάτεσσι δ' οὖδεν ὄρημ', ἐπιρρόμβεισι δ' ἄκουαι Sapph. 2.12, cf. A.R. 4.17; ἀπεσθίει μου τὴν ἀ. Hermipp. 52, cf. Pherecr. 199; δυσὶν ἀκοαῖς κρίνειν with two ears, Arist. Pol. 1287b27, cf. Pr. 960a30, Call. Fr. 106.5.
III hearing, listening to, ἀκοῆς ἄξιος Pl. Tht. 142d; εἰς ἀκοὴν φωνῆς within hearing of.., D.S. 19.41. obedience, ἀ. ὑπὲρ θυσίαν ἀγαθή LXX 1 Kings 15:22. in pl., place where supernatural voices are heard, IG 4.955.10 (Epid.), Marin. Procl. 32; αἱ ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ Aristid. Or. 47(23).13.
ἀκοή, (ῆς, ἡ, (from an assumed perfect form ἤκοα, cf. ἀγορά above (but cf. epic Ακουν; Curtius, p. 555));
1. hearing, by which one perceives sounds; sense of hearing 1 Corinthians 12:17; 2 Peter 2:8. Hebraistically, ἀκοή ἀκούειν by hearing to hear, i. e., to perceive by hearing, Matthew 13:14; Acts 28:26 (Isaiah 6:9); cf. Winers Grammar, § 44, 8 Rem. 3, p. 339; § 54, 3, p. 466; (Buttmann, 183f (159)).
2. the organ of hearing, the ear: Mark 7:35; Luke 7:1; 2 Timothy 4:3, 4; Acts 17:20; Hebrews 5:11.
3. a thing heard;
a. instruction, namely oral; specifically, the preaching of the gospel, (A. V. text report): John 12:38; Romans 10:16f (τίς ἐπίστευσε τῇ ἀκοή ἡμῶν; from Isaiah 53:1, Hebrew שְׁמוּעָה, which in 2 Samuel 4:4, etc., is rendered ἀγγελία); ἀκοή πίστεως preaching on the necessity of faith, (German Glaubenspredigt), Galatians 3:2, 5; λόγος ἀκοῆς equivalent to λόγος ἀκουσθείς (cf. Winer's Grammar, 531 (494f)): 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 4:2.
b. hearsay, report, rumor; τίνος, concerning anyone: Matthew 4:24; Matthew 14:1; Matthew 24:6; Mark 1:28; Mark 13:7. (Frequent in Greek writings.)
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ἀκοή , -ῆς , ἡ ,
(< ἀκούω ),
[in LXX: Exodus 15:26, al. for H8085, its parts and derivatives, exc. Deuteronomy 11:22 (H8104);]
1. hearing, the sense of hearing: 1 Corinthians 12:17, 2 Peter 2:8; "Hebraic dative," ἀκοῇ ἀκούειν (freq. in LXX; v. M, Pr., 14, 75), Matthew 13:14, Acts 28:26.
2. organ of hearing, the ear (Arist., al.; MM, VGT, s.v.): 2 Timothy 4:3-4; pl., Mark 7:35, Luke 7:1, Acts 17:20, Hebrews 5:11.
3. a thing heard, i.e.,
(a) a message, teaching: John 12:38 and Romans 10:16-17 (LXX) Galatians 3:2; Galatians 3:5 R, mg.; λόγος ἀκοῆς , 1 Thessalonians 2:13, Hebrews 4:2;
(b) a report, rumour: c. gen. pers., Matthew 4:24; Matthew 14:1; Matthew 24:6, Mark 1:28; Mark 13:7 (Cremer, 82, 623; MM, VGT, s.v.).†
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The word is sometimes concrete, denoting ";the ear"; : so in the late document cited above under ἀκλινής, and in P Oxy I. 129.4 (vi/AD.) εἰς ἀκοὰς ἐμὰς ἦλθεν. Much earlier is Wünsch AF 1.17 (i/ii A.D.) where ἀκοάς stands between ἐνκέφαλον [πρόσω ]πον and ὀφρ [ῦς ] μυκτῆρας. Its more normal sense of ";hearing"; appears in a would-be cultured letter, BGU IV. 1080.6 (iii/A.D.) ( = Chrest. I. p. 564) καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ ἀκοῇ ἀπόντες ὡς παρόντες διαθέσι ηὐφράνθημεν : the writer is able to quote Homer. It is joined with ὄσφρησις (as in 1 Corinthians 12:17) in the quasi-literary P Ryl II. 63.5 (iii/A.D.—an astrological dialogue).
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