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Strong's #1873 - ἐπακούω
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- to give ear to, listen to
- to perceive by the ear
- to listen to
- to hear with favour, grant one's request
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ἐπᾰκού-ω,
1. fut. ἐπακούσομαι ib. Genesis 30:33, later ἐπακούσω Psalm.Solom. 18.3: — hear, c. acc. rei, ὂς πάντ' ἐφορᾷς καὶ πάντ' ἐπακούεις, of the Sun, Il. 3.277, cf. Od. 11.109; prov., ὁπποῖόν κ' εἴπῃσθα ἔπος, τοῖόν κ' ἐπακούσαις as thou speakest, so wilt thou be answered, Il. 20.250; φωνὴν ἐ. Hes. Op. 448; χρησμόν Ar. Eq. 1080: c. acc. rei et gen. pers., ἔπος ἐμέθεν Od. 19.98: c. gen. rei, εὐχῆς Ar. Nu. 263; τῆς φωνῆς Hdt. 2.70: abs., Th. 1.53, Hdt. 9.98, etc.
2. overhear, μή τις τῶν ἀμυήτων ἐπακούσῃ Pl. Tht. 155e, cf. Ar. Th. 628.
3. hear about, hear tell of, μόχθων E. Tr. 165 (lyr.); c. part., οἷον γᾶς Ἀσίας οὐκ ἐπακούω.. βλαστὸν φύτευμα S. OC 695 (lyr.); τινά τι δρῶντα Pl. Lg. 729b.
4. give ear, listen, A. Ch. 725 (anap.): c. gen. pers., ἐμοῦ 'πάκουσον S. OT 708, cf. Pl. Prt. 317d; ἐ. μοι 'pray attend ', Id. Sph. 227c: esp. of giving ear to one who prays, of God, LXX Isaiah 49:8, UPZ 78.24 (ii B.C.); or to advice, commands, etc., i.e. obey, βουλῆς Il. 2.143; δίκης Hes. Op. 275; ἐμῶν μύθων S. Ph. 1417 (anap.): c. dat. rei, τῷ κελεύσματι Hdt. 4.141; ταῖς εὐχαῖς D.H. 13.6, cf. LXX Hosea 2:21(23).
5. later, like ἐπαΐω, perceive, understand, τῶν ᾀδομένων Luc. Salt. 64, cf. Plu. Flam. 10 (or, hear distinctly).
6. ἐπακούσεταί μοι ἡ δικαιοσύνη μου shall answer for me, LXX Genesis 30:33.
ἐπακούω: 1 aorist ἐπήκουσά; from Homer down; the Sept. often for עָנָה and שָׁמַע ;
1. to give ear to, listen to; to perceive by the ear.
2. to listen to i. e. hear with favor, grant one's prayer (Aeschylus choëph. 725; τῶν εὐχῶν, Lucian, Tim. 34): τίνος, to hearken to one, 2 Corinthians 6:2 from Isaiah 49:8; often so in the Sept.
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With ἐπακούω in 2 Corinthians 6:2 (fr. LXX Isaiah 49:8) cf. the invocation to Isis by a dreamer in the Serapeum P Par 51.24 (B.C. 160) (= Selections, p. 20) ἐλθέ μοι, θεὰ θεῶν, εἵλεως γινομένη, ἐπάκουσόν μου, ἐλέησον τὰς διδύμας. So also P Leid Wv. 41 (ii/iii A.D.) κύριε. . . εἴσελθε καὶ ἐπάκουσόν με (note the late acc. of person as after the MGr ἀκούω), ib.x. 36 ἄτερ γὰρ τούτων ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἐπακούσεται, BGU IV. 1080.6 (iii/A.D. ?) κατὰ τὰς κοινὰς ἡμῶν εὐχὰς καὶ προσευχάς, ἐφ᾽ αἷς οἱ θεοὶ τέλιον (l. —ειον) ἐπακούσαντες παρέσχον, and the Christian P Oxy XII. 1494.7 (early iv/A.D.) εἵν᾽ οὕτ ̣ω ̣ς ̣ ἐπακούσῃ ὁ θαιὸς τῶν εὐχῶν ὑμῶν. In a ii/B.C. Delphic inscr. a certain Bacchius is described as having bestowed benefactions on the city—ἐπακούσας προθ [ύ ]μως τὰ ἀξιούμενα (Syll 306.11). The adj. is found in a iii/A.D. love-spell, Preisigke 4947.6 ἵνα με φιλῇ καὶ ὃ ἐὰν αὐτὴν αἰτῶ, ἐπήκοός μοι ᾖν (l. ᾖ).
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