Greek noun (feminine) · G189
ἀκοή
akoeak-o-ay'
hearing; organ of hearing; a thing heard
24 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: akoḗ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G189is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G189
hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard)
The King James renders it: audience, ear, fame, which ye heard, hearing, preached, report, rumor.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
akoe is rendered "hearing; organ of hearing; a thing heard". It stands 24 times in the Greek text, across twelve books.
- Four of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "hearing".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:24News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.
Matthew 4:24ἀκοὴ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twelve of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: hearing, and organ of hearing, and a thing heard.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| hearingthe sense of hearing | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding… |
| organ of hearingthe ear (Arist. | Tagged as
| WhereMark 7:35Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released… |
| a thing heard | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 4:24News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀκοῇ5
- ἀκοῆς5
- ἀκοὰς4
- ἀκοὴ3
- ἀκοή2
- ἀκοὴν2
- ἀκοαί1
- ἀκοαῖς1
- ἀκοήν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular5N-DSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular5N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular5N-NSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural4N-APF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural1N-DPF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
Matthew
four uses
News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.
- ἀκοὴakoenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: news
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
- ἀκοῇakoeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: In hearing
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus
- ἀκοὴνakoennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: news
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
- ἀκοὰςakoasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: rumors
Mark
three uses
And the news about Jesus spread quickly through the whole region of Galilee.
- ἀκοὴakoenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: news
Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
- ἀκοαίakoainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: ears
When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
- ἀκοὰςakoasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: rumors
Luke
one use
When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.
- ἀκοὰςakoasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hearing
John
one use
This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
- ἀκοῇakoeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: report
Acts
two uses
For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”
- ἀκοὰςakoasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: ears
‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
- ἀκοῇakoeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: In hearing
Romans
three uses
But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
- ἀκοῇakoeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: report
Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
- ἀκοῆςakoesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hearing
- ἀκοὴakoenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hearing
1 Corinthians
two uses
If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
- ἀκοήakoenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hearing
- ἀκοήakoenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hearing
Galatians
two uses
I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
- ἀκοῆςakoesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hearing
Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
- ἀκοῆςakoesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hearing
1 Thessalonians
one use
And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
- ἀκοῆςakoesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hearing
2 Timothy
two uses
For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
- ἀκοήνakoennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: ear
So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
- ἀκοὴνakoennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hearing
Hebrews
two uses
For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
- ἀκοῆςakoesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of hearing
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
- ἀκοαῖςakoaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: hearings
2 Peter
one use
(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
- ἀκοῇakoeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hearing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.