STRONGS G189:
ἀκοή,
-ῆς,
ἡ, (from an assumed perfect form
ἤκοα, cf.
ἀγορά above [but cf. Epic
ἀκουή; Curtius, p. 555]);
1. hearing, by which one perceives sounds;
sense of hearing 1 Corinthians 12:17;
2 Peter 2:8. Hebraistically,
ἀκοῇ ἀκούειν by hearing to hear, i. e., to perceive by hearing,
Matthew 13:14;
Acts 28:26 (
Isaiah 6:9); cf. Winers Grammar, § 44, 8 Rem. 3, p. 339; § 54, 3, p. 466; [Buttmann, 183f (159)].
2. the organ of hearing, the ear:
Mark 7:35;
Luke 7:1;
2 Timothy 4:3,
4;
Acts 17:20;
Hebrews 5:11.
3. thing heard;
a. instruction, namely oral; specifically,
the preaching of the gospel, [
A. V. text
report]:
John 12:38;
Romans 10:16f (
τίς ἐπίστευσε τῇ ἀκοῇ ἡμῶν; from
Isaiah 53:1, Hebrew
שְׁמוּעָה, which in
2 Samuel 4:4, etc., is rendered
ἀγγελία);
ἀκοὴ πίστεως preaching on the necessity
of faith, (German
Glaubenspredigt),
Galatians 3:2,
5;
λόγος ἀκοῆς equivalent to
λ.
ἀκουσθείς [cf. Winer's Grammar, 531 (494f)]:
1 Thessalonians 2:13;
Hebrews 4:2.
b. hearsay, report, rumor;
τινός,
concerning anyone:
Matthew 4:24;
Matthew 14:1;
Matthew 24:6;
Mark 1:28;
Mark 13:7. (Frequent in Greek writings.)
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