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 John 4:6	We are from God. The person who knows God listens (akouei \| ἀκούει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to us, but whoever is not from God does (akouei \| ἀκούει \| pres act ind 3 sg) not listen (akouei \| ἀκούει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
1 John 5:14	And this is the confidence we have as we approach him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears (akouei \| ἀκούει \| pres act ind 3 sg) us.
1 John 5:15	And if we know that he hears (akouei \| ἀκούει \| pres act ind 3 sg) us regarding whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
2 John 1:6	And this is love: that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard (ēkousate \| ἠκούσατε \| aor act ind 2 pl) from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
3 John 1:4	I have no greater joy than this: to hear (akouō \| ἀκούω \| pres act subj 1 sg) that my children are walking in the truth.
Revelation 1:3	Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and those who hear (akouontes \| ἀκούοντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc) and keep what is written in it, for the time is near.
Revelation 1:10	I was in the spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard (ēkousa \| ἤκουσα \| aor act ind 1 sg) behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
Revelation 2:7	He who has an ear, let him hear (akousatō \| ἀκουσάτω \| aor act imperative 3 sg) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Revelation 2:11	He who has an ear, let him hear (akousatō \| ἀκουσάτω \| aor act imperative 3 sg) what the Spirit is saying to the churches. The one who conquers will not be harmed by the second death.
Revelation 2:17	He who has an ear, let him hear (akousatō \| ἀκουσάτω \| aor act imperative 3 sg) what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna. And I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name which no one can understand except the one who receives it.
Revelation 2:29	He who has an ear, let him hear (akousatō \| ἀκουσάτω \| aor act imperative 3 sg) what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
Revelation 3:3	Remember, then, what you received and heard (ēkousas \| ἤκουσας \| aor act ind 2 sg); obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.
Revelation 3:6	He who has an ear, let him hear (akousatō \| ἀκουσάτω \| aor act imperative 3 sg) what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
Revelation 3:13	He who has an ear, let him hear (akousatō \| ἀκουσάτω \| aor act imperative 3 sg) what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
Revelation 3:20	Take note! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears (akousē \| ἀκούσῃ \| aor act subj 3 sg) my voice and opens the door, I will enter his house and eat with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:22	He who has an ear, let him hear (akousatō \| ἀκουσάτω \| aor act imperative 3 sg) what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”
Revelation 4:1	After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard (ēkousa \| ἤκουσα \| aor act ind 1 sg) speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”
Revelation 5:11	Then I looked, and I heard (ēkousa \| ἤκουσα \| aor act ind 1 sg) the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and their number was ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands,
Revelation 5:13	Then I (ēkousa \| ἤκουσα \| aor act ind 1 sg) heard (ēkousa \| ἤκουσα \| aor act ind 1 sg) every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
Revelation 6:1	Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard (ēkousa \| ἤκουσα \| aor act ind 1 sg) one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”
Revelation 6:3	And when he opened the second seal, I heard (ēkousa \| ἤκουσα \| aor act ind 1 sg) the second living creature saying, “Come!”
Revelation 6:5	And when he opened the third seal, I heard (ēkousa \| ἤκουσα \| aor act ind 1 sg) the third living creature saying, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.
Revelation 6:6	And I heard (ēkousa \| ἤκουσα \| aor act ind 1 sg) what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, but do not harm the oil and the wine!”
Revelation 6:7	And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard (ēkousa \| ἤκουσα \| aor act ind 1 sg) the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come!”
Revelation 7:4	And I heard (ēkousa \| ἤκουσα \| aor act ind 1 sg) the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel: