Akroatēs ἀκροατής
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| ἀκροατής | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | akroatēs |
| Strong's number | G202 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | hearer |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | James (3) |
Akroatēs (Greek ἀκροατής, Strong's G202) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “hearer”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
ἀκροατής, οῦ, ὁ (see supr.)
[in LXX: Isa.3:3 (לַחַשׁ), Sir.3:29 ;]
a hearer: Rom.2:13, Jas.1:22, 23, 25.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Isa.3:3 (לַחַשׁ), Sir.3:29 ;]
a hearer: Rom.2:13, Jas.1:22, 23, 25.†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | hearers (2), hearer (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | hearers (2), who hears (1), hearer (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Akroatēs, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Romans
- Romans 2:13(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
James
- James 1:22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- James 1:23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
- James 1:25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).