ἀκούω | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

ἀκούω

Definition

I hear, learn, obey, understand

Erasmian

Modern

Root

ἀκου

Frequency

428

201

Forms

ἀκούσω, ἤκουσα, ἀκήκοα, -, ἠκούσθην

Cognates

Acoustics (ajkoustikovV) is the science of sound.

Mnemonics

I hear there is to be a coup.

Mnemonic Singing

My faith looks up to thee,
thou Lamb of Calvary,
Savior divine;
now hear me while I pray,
take all my guilt away,
O let me from this day be wholly thine.

Song

Notes

ἀκούω can take a direct object in either the genitive or accusative.

Biblical Concordance

1 Corinthians 2:9	But, as it is written, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard (ēkousen \| ἤκουσεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), nor has the mind of man imagined, the things that God has prepared for those who love him.”
1 Corinthians 5:1	It (akouetai \| ἀκούεται \| pres pass ind 3 sg) is (akouetai \| ἀκούεται \| pres pass ind 3 sg) actually reported (akouetai \| ἀκούεται \| pres pass ind 3 sg) that there is sexual immorality among you, a kind of immorality that is not tolerated even among Gentiles, for a man is living in sin with his father’s wife.
1 Corinthians 11:18	For in the first place, I (akouō \| ἀκούω \| pres act ind 1 sg) hear (akouō \| ἀκούω \| pres act ind 1 sg) that when you gather as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it,
1 Corinthians 14:2	For the one speaking in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; indeed, no one understands (akouei \| ἀκούει \| pres act ind 3 sg) him, yet he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 12:4	was caught up into paradise and heard (ēkousen \| ἤκουσεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) unspeakable words which are not permitted for a man to utter.
2 Corinthians 12:6	For even if I should choose to boast, I would not be foolish, because I would be telling the truth. But I refrain from this, so that no one will give credit to me beyond what he sees in me or he hears (akouei \| ἀκούει \| pres act ind 3 sg) from me,
Galatians 1:13	For you have heard (ēkousate \| ἠκούσατε \| aor act ind 2 pl) of my former way of life in Judaism, how intensely I used to persecute the church of God and was trying to destroy it.
Galatians 1:23	They only kept hearing (akouontes \| ἀκούοντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “The one who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
Galatians 4:21	Tell me, you who want to be under the law, will (akouete \| ἀκούετε \| pres act ind 2 pl) you (akouete \| ἀκούετε \| pres act ind 2 pl) not listen (akouete \| ἀκούετε \| pres act ind 2 pl) to (akouete \| ἀκούετε \| pres act ind 2 pl) the law?
Ephesians 1:13	You also are in him, having heard (akousantes \| ἀκούσαντες \| aor act ptcp nom pl masc) the word of truth, the good news of your salvation; in him also, when you believed, you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,
Ephesians 1:15	For this reason, having heard (akousas \| ἀκούσας \| aor act ptcp nom sg masc) about your faith in the Lord Jesus and the love you extend to all the saints,
Ephesians 3:2	assuming that you have heard (ēkousate \| ἠκούσατε \| aor act ind 2 pl) about the stewardship of the grace of God that was given to me for you,
Ephesians 4:21	assuming that you (ēkousate \| ἠκούσατε \| aor act ind 2 pl) have (ēkousate \| ἠκούσατε \| aor act ind 2 pl) heard (ēkousate \| ἠκούσατε \| aor act ind 2 pl) of (ēkousate \| ἠκούσατε \| aor act ind 2 pl) him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus.
Ephesians 4:29	Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is useful for building up, as the need arises, that it may benefit those who hear (akouousin \| ἀκούουσιν \| pres act ptcp dat pl masc).
Philippians 1:27	Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or remain away, I may hear (akouō \| ἀκούω \| pres act subj 1 sg) that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel,
Philippians 1:30	since you are experiencing the same conflict which you saw me in, and now hear (akouete \| ἀκούετε \| pres act ind 2 pl) that I still face.
Philippians 2:26	because he has been longing for all of you and has been distressed because you heard (ēkousate \| ἠκούσατε \| aor act ind 2 pl) that he was ill.
Philippians 4:9	What you have learned and received and heard (ēkousate \| ἠκούσατε \| aor act ind 2 pl) and seen in me — put these things into practice, and the God of peace will be with you.
Colossians 1:4	for we have heard (akousantes \| ἀκούσαντες \| aor act ptcp nom pl masc) of your faith your in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.
Colossians 1:6	which has come to you. Just as in the entire world it is bearing fruit and growing, so also is it among you from the day you heard (ēkousate \| ἠκούσατε \| aor act ind 2 pl) it and understood the grace of God in truth;
Colossians 1:9	For this reason, we from the day we heard (ēkousamen \| ἠκούσαμεν \| aor act ind 1 pl) about you, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will his in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, spiritual
Colossians 1:23	if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard (ēkousate \| ἠκούσατε \| aor act ind 2 pl), which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which became I, Paul, became a minister.
2 Thessalonians 3:11	For we hear (akouomen \| ἀκούομεν \| pres act ind 1 pl) that some among you are conducting themselves in a disorderly manner, doing nothing themselves, but meddling in the affairs of others.
1 Timothy 4:16	Watch yourself and the teaching; be persistent in them; for by so doing you will save both yourself and those hearing (akouontas \| ἀκούοντας \| pres act ptcp acc pl masc) you.
2 Timothy 1:13	Hold to the pattern of healthy words that you (ēkousas \| ἤκουσας \| aor act ind 2 sg) have (ēkousas \| ἤκουσας \| aor act ind 2 sg) heard (ēkousas \| ἤκουσας \| aor act ind 2 sg) from me in the faith and the love that is in Christ Jesus.