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Strong's #191 - ἀκούω
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ἀκούω:
impf. ᾰκουον Il. 12.442: fut. ἀκούσομαι (Act. ἀκούσω first in Hyp. Epit. 34 s. v. l., then in Lyc. 378, 686, D.H. 5.57, Matthew 12:19, etc.: aor. ἤκουσα, ᾰκουσα Il. 24.223: pf. ἀκήκοα, Lacon. ἄκουκα Plu. Lyc. 20, Ages. 21; ἤκουκα is a late form, POxy. 237 vii 23 (ii A. D.); later Ion. ἀκήκουκα Herod. 5.49: plpf. ἀκηκόειν Hdt. 2.52, 7.208; ἠκηκόειν X. Oec. 15.7; old Att. ἠκηκόη Ar. V. 800, Pax 616, Pl. Cra. 384b: — rare in Med., pres. (v. infr. 11.2): impf. ἀκούετο Il. 4.331: aor. ἠκουσάμην Mosch. 3.119: — Pass., fut. ἀκουσθήσομαι Pl. R. 507d: aor. ἠκούσθην Th. 3.38, Luc. Somn. 5: pf. ἤκουσμαι D.H. Rh. 11.10, Ps.- Luc. Philopatr. 4; ἀκήκουσμαι is dub. in Luc. Hist. Conscr. 49: plpf. ἤκουστο Anon. ap. Demetr. Eloc. 217, (παρ-) J. AJ 17.10.10. (ἀ-κοϝ-, cf. κοέω): —
I
1.hear, Hom., etc.: prop. c. acc. of thing heard, gen. of person from whom it is heard, ταῦτα Καλυψοῦς ἤκουσα Od. 12.389, cf. S. OT 43, etc.; gen. pers. freq. omitted, πάντ' ἀκήκοας λόγον Id. Aj. 480, etc.; or the acc. rei, ἄκουε τοῦ θανόντος Id. El. 792, cf. 793: — also c. gen. rei, φθογγῆς, κτύπου, hear it, Od. 12.198 (as v. l.), 21.237; λόγων S. OC 1187; once in Hom. in Med., ἀκούετο λαὸς ἀϋτῆς Il. 4.331. c. gen. objecti, hear of, hear tell of, ἀ. πατρός Od. 4.114: freq. c. part., τεθνηῶτος (sc. πατρός) ἀκούσῃς 1.289, etc.; but εἰ.. πατρὸς νόστον ἀ. ib. 287; ἀ. περί τινος Od. 19.270, cf. E. IT 964, Isoc. 5.72, Pl. R. 358d, 358e; τι περί τινος X. An. 7.7.30. in Prose the pers. from whom thing is heard freq. takes Pr, ἀ. τι ἀπό, ἐκ, παρά, πρός τινος, first in Il. 6.524, cf. Hdt. 3.62, S. OT 7, 95, Th. 1.125. less freq. c. dupl. gen. pers. et rei, hear of a thing from a person, as Od. 17.115, D. 18.9. with part. or inf. added, as εἰ πτώσσοντας ὑφ' Ἕκτορι πάντας ἀκούσαι should he hear that all are now crouching under Hector, Il. 7.129, cf. Hdt. 7.10. θ, X. Cyr. 2.4.12, D. 3.9; ἀ. αὐτὸν ὄλβιον εἶναι to hear [generally ] that he is happy, Il. 24.543, cf. X. An. 2.5.13, etc.: — also ἀ. τινὰ ὅτι or ὡς, Ἀτρεΐδην ἀκοετε ὡς.. Od. 3.193; τὸν Δαίδαλον οὐκ ἀκήκοας, ὁτι..; X. Mem. 4.2.33; ἀ. οὕνεκα S. OC 33. c. gen. et part., to express what one actually hears from a person, ταῦτ'.. ἤκουον σαφῶς Ὀδυσσέως λέγοντος S. Ph. 595; ἀ. τινὸς λέγοντος, διαλεγομένου, Pl. Prt. 320b, X. Mem. 2.4.1: rarely c. acc. et part., S. Ph. 614.
2. know by hearsay, ἔξοιδ' ἀκούων S. OT 105: pres. is used like a pf., νῆσός τις Συρίη κικλήσκεται, εἴ που ἀκούεις Od. 15.403, cf. 3.193; in Prose, Pl. Grg. 503c, Luc. Gall. 13.
3. abs., hearken, give ear, esp. in proclamations, ἀκούετε λεῴ oyez! oyez! Susar. 1, etc.: for S. OT 1386 v. πηγή 2.
4. οἱ ἀκούοντες readers of a book, Plb. 1.13.6, al.
II
1. listen to, give ear to, c. gen., Il. 1.381, etc.: metaph., Φωκυλίδου οὐκ ἀκούεις; Pl. R. 407a: rarely c. dat., ἀ. ἀνέρι κηδομένῳ Il. 16.515 (in S. El. 227 τίνι is Eth. dat.): with gen. of part. after dat., ὅττι οἱ ὦκ' ἤκουσε.. θεὸς εὐξαμένοιο ib. 531.
2. obey, βασιλῆος, θεοῦ, Il. 19.256, Od. 7.11: — Med., Λεωφίλου δ' ἀκούεται [πάντα ] Archil. 64.
3. hear and understand, κλύοντες οὐκ ἤκουον A. Pr. 448, cf. Ch. 5, Ar. Ra. 1173; τὸ μὴ πάντας πάντων ἀκούειν S.E. M. 1.37.
4. to be a pupil of, c. gen., D.L. 9.21.
III after Hom., serving as Pass. to λέγειν,
1. hear oneself called, be called, like Lat. audire, εἴπερ ὄρθ' ἀκούεις, Ζεῦ S. OT 903 (cf. A. Ag. 161); freq. with εὖ and κακῶς, κακῶς ἀ. ὑπό τινος to be ill spoken of by one; πρός τινος Hdt. 7.16. ά; περί τινος for a thing, Id. 6.86. ά; ἄμεινον, ἄριστα ἀ., Hdt. 2.173, 8.93, cf. S. Ph. 1313, Antipho 5.75, etc.
2. with nom. of subject, ἀκούειν κακός, καλός, S. OC 988, Pl. Ly. 207a; νῦν κόλακες καὶ θεοῖς ἐχθροὶ.. ἀκούουσι D. 18.46, etc.; ἔχαιρε ἀκούων Αἰετὸς ὁ Πύρρος Ael. NA 7.45; later in Pass. in this sense, Nonn. D. 21.220,al.
3. c. inf., ἤκουον εἶναι πρῶτοι were said to be first, Hdt. 3.131; also ἀκούσομαι μὲν ὡς ἔφυν οἴκτου πλέως S. Ph. 1074.
4. c. acc. rei, ἀ. κακά have evil spoken of one, Ar. Th. 388, cf. S. Ph. 607; ἀ. λόγον ἐσλόν Pi. I. 5(4).13; φήμας.. κακὰς ἤκουσεν E. Hel. 615.
5. οὕτως ἀ. hear it so said, i. e. at first hearing, ὡς οὕτω γ' ἀκοῦσαι Pl. Euthphr. 3b; ὥς γε οὑτωσὶ ἀκοῦσαι Id. Ly. 216a. understand, take in a certain sense, Jul. Or. 4.147a; esp. in Scholl., as Sch. E. Or. 333; τι ἐπί τινος Sch. E. Hipp. 73. Astrol., aspect mutually, of signs equidistant from an equinoctial sign, Doroth. 189, Heph. Astr. 2.2; also, = ὑπακούειν (q. v.), Id. 1.9.
ἀκούω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H8085;]
to hear, listen, attend, perceive by hearing, comprehend by hearing.
1. Intrans.: Mark 4:3; Mark 7:37, James 2:5, Revelation 2:7, al.; τ . ὠοίν , Matthew 13:15 (LXX); c. cogn. dat., ἀκοῇ ἀ . (see ἀκοή ), Matthew 13:14, Acts 28:26 (LXX); ὁ ἔχων ὦτα (οὖς ) ἀκούειν , ἀκουσάτω , Matthew 11:15, Mark 4:23, Revelation 2:7, al.
2. Trans., prop. c. acc rei, of thing heard, gen. pers., from whom heard (LS, s.v.): Acts 1:4; c. acc rei, Matthew 12:19, John 3:8 (Abbott, JG, 76), Acts 22:9, al.; c. dupl. acc, John 12:18, 1 Corinthians 11:18; c. gen. rei, John 7:40 (Abbott, JV, 116); τ . φωνῆς (cf. Heb. H6963 H8085, Exodus 18:19), John 5:25; John 5:28, Acts 9:7 (on the distinction bet, this and ἀ . φωνήν , Acts 9:4, v. M, Pr., 66; Field, Notes, 117; Abbott, Essays, 93 f.); of God answering prayer, John 9:31, 1 John 5:14-15; c. acc rei, seq. παρά , John 8:26; John 8:40, Acts 10:22, 2 Timothy 2:2; id. seq. ἀπό , 1 John 1:5; c. gen. pers. seq. ptcp., Mark 14:58, Luke 18:36, al.
(On NT usage generally, v. Bl., § 36, 5; Cremer, 82.)
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The verb is of course common enough, and needs little or no illustration, having few peculiarities. Its use for a judicial hearing (as Acts 25:22) may be paralleled with P Iand 9.10 (ii/A.D.) καὶ [μέ ]χ ̣[ρ ̣ι ̣] τ ̣ούτου οὔπο ἠκούσθ [η ̣μ ̣]εν ̣, and P Oxy VII. 1032.59 (A.D. 162), where the epistrategus endorses a petition with ἀκουσθήσε ̣τ ̣αι. So in BGU II. 511ii. 2 ( = Chrest. I. p. 26), an account written about A.D. 200 of a trial before Claudius, we have ἀκούει Κλαύδιος Καῖσα [ρ Σέβαστος Ἰσιδώρου ] γυμνασιάρχου πόλεως Ἀ [λεξανδρέων ] κατὰ Ἀγρίππου βασιλέω [ς ]. The last example will illustrate ἀκούειν with normal gen. of person : P Par 48.4 (B.C. 153) ( = Witkowski .2 p. 91) ἀκούσαντες. . τὰ περὶ σοῦ συνβεβηκότα will serve for accus. rei, and will also illustrate the common use with περί, since the phrase is a mixture of ἀκ. περὶ σοῦ and ἀκ. τά σοι συνβεβηκότα (Witk.). The same papyrus shows us the participial object clause, 1.2 ἀκούσαντες δὲ ἐν τῷ μεγάλῳ Σαραπιείου ὄντα σε. In P Amh II. 37.8 (ii/B.C.) ἐκούομεν δὲ μὴ παραγεγονέ [ναι. . . we have apparently the infin. construction, and so in P Grenf II. 36.15 (B.C. 95), ἠκούσαμεν τὸν μῦν καταβεβρωκέναι τὸν σπόρον —Witkowski (.2 p. 120, cf. p. xiv.) allows the writer to be ";modice eruditus."; For ἀκούειν ὡς cf. CPHerm 22.5 : for the commoner ὅτι, P Tebt II. 416.8 (iii/A.D.) μὴ οὖν ἀκούσῃς ἀνθ ̣ρ ̣ω ̣πων ὅτι μέλλω μένιν ἐνθάδε. With the introductory imper., as in Mark 4:3, cf. the dialogue in P Ryl II. 63.8 (iii/A.D.) where ἄκουε precedes an exposition.
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