Akoē ἀκοή

Akoē (Greek ἀκοή, Strong's G189) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “hearing”. It occurs 24 times in 22 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Akoē, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 4:24
  And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.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 13:14
  And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
• Matthew 14:1
  At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus
• Matthew 24:6
  And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.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.

Mark

• Mark 1:28
  And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.And the news about Jesus spread quickly through the whole region of Galilee.
• Mark 7:35
  And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
• Mark 13:7
  And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Luke

• Luke 7:1
  Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.

John

• John 12:38
  That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?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?”

Acts

• Acts 17:20
  For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”
• Acts 28:26
  Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”

Romans

• Romans 10:16
  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
• Romans 10:17
  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 12:17
  If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?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?

Galatians

• Galatians 3:2
  This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?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?
• Galatians 3:5
  He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?

1 Thessalonians

• 1 Thessalonians 2:13
  For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.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.

2 Timothy

• 2 Timothy 4:3
  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;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.
• 2 Timothy 4:4
  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 4:2
  For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.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.
• Hebrews 5:11
  Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 2:8
  (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).