Greek verb · G3878
παρακούω
parakouopar-ak-oo'-o
to overhear.; to hear amiss or imperfectly.; Later (as in LXX, Polyb., Plut.
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: parakoúō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3878is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3878
to mishear, i.e. (by implication) to disobey
The King James renders it: neglect to hear.
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
parakouo is rendered "to overhear.; to hear amiss or imperfectly.; Later (as in LXX, Polyb., Plut.". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to overhear.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 18:17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
Matthew 18:17παρακούσῃ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to overhear., and to hear amiss or imperfectly., and Later (as in LXX, Polyb., Plut..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to overhear. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 18:17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church… |
| to hear amiss or imperfectly. | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| Later (as in LXX, Polyb., Plut.also in π. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 18:17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church… |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| παρά | para | from/with/beside | Uses192 |
| παραδίδωμι | paradidomi | to deliver | Uses119 |
| παρακαλέω | parakaleo | to plead/comfort | Uses108 |
| παραβολή | parabole | parable | Uses50 |
| παραλαμβάνω | paralambano | to take | Uses49 |
| παραγίνομαι | paraginomai | to come | Uses36 |
| παραγγέλλω | parangello | to order | Uses31 |
| παράκλησις | paraklesis | encouragement | Uses29 |
| παράπτωμα | paraptoma | trespass | Uses19 |
| παρατίθημι | paratithemi | to set before | Uses19 |
| παραχρῆμα | parachrema | instantly | Uses18 |
| παράδοσις | paradosis | tradition | Uses13 |
and 60 more on the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- παρακούσῃ2
- παρακούσας1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-AAS-3S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
Matthew
two uses
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
- παρακούσῃparakouseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he shall fail to listen
- παρακούσῃparakouseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he shall fail to listen
Mark
one use
But Jesus overheard their conversation and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”
- παρακούσαςparakousasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having ignored
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 family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.