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ἀκροατής

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀκροατής, οῦ, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
akroatēs
Simplified transliteration: 
akroates
Numbers
Strong's number: 
202
GK Number: 
212
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1f
Gloss: 
hearer
Definition: 
a hearer, Rom. 2:13; Jas. 1:22, 23, 25*

Greek-English Concordance for ἀκροατής

Romans 2:13 for it is not the hearers (akroatai | ἀκροαταί | nom pl masc) of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
James 1:22 But be doers of the word and not merely hearers (akroatai | ἀκροαταί | nom pl masc), deceiving yourselves.
James 1:23 For if someone is a hearer (akroatēs | ἀκροατής | nom sg masc) of the word and not a doer, he is like a person who looks at his natural face in a mirror;
James 1:25 But the person who looks intently into the perfect law, the law that provides liberty, and continues in it, not having become a forgetful hearer (akroatēs | ἀκροατής | nom sg masc) but an active doer — he will be blessed in his doing.