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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀκροατής

(Strong's #202 — Noun Masculine — akroates — ak-ro-at-ace' )

from akroaomai, "to listen," is used in Romans 2:13 , "of a law;" James 1:22,23 , "of the word;" James 1:25 , a (forgetful) hearer."

Note: In Ephesians 4:29; 2 Timothy 2:14 , the verb akouo, "to hear," is rendered "hearers" in the AV (RV, "them that hear").

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Hearer'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​h/hearer.html. 1940.
 
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