Vocabulary Form
ἀκούω
Definition

I hear, learn, obey, understand

Erasmian
Modern
Root
ἀκου
Frequency
428
GK
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

Luke 1:66 All who heard (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) took these things to their heart, saying, “What, then, will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.
Luke 2:18 And all who heard (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) marveled about what had been told to them by the shepherds.
Luke 2:20 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard (ēkousan | ἤκουσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) and seen, just as it had been told them.
Luke 2:46 Then after three days they found him in the temple, seated in the midst of the teachers, listening (akouonta | ἀκούοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) to them and asking them questions.
Luke 2:47 And all who heard (akouontes | ἀκούοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
Luke 4:23 And he said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ What we have heard (ēkousamen | ἠκούσαμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) happened in Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.”
Luke 4:28 And everyone in the synagogue was filled with wrath when they heard (akouontes | ἀκούοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) these things.
Luke 5:1 It happened that, when the crowd was pressing around him and listening (akouein | ἀκούειν | pres act inf ) to the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret
Luke 5:15 Then the word about him spread even more, and large crowds would come together to hear (akouein | ἀκούειν | pres act inf ) him and to be healed of their diseases.
Luke 6:18 They had come to hear (akousai | ἀκοῦσαι | aor act inf ) him speak and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were healed.
Luke 6:27 “But I say to you who are listening (akouousin | ἀκούουσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) to me: Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you,
Luke 6:47 Everyone who comes to me and hears (akouōn | ἀκούων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) my words and does them — I will show you whom he is like:
Luke 6:49 But the one who hears (akousas | ἀκούσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) and does not do them is like a man building a house on the ground without a foundation; when the river burst against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
Luke 7:3 When the centurion heard (akousas | ἀκούσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.
Luke 7:9 When Jesus heard (akousas | ἀκούσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) these things, he admired him. Turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.”
Luke 7:22 Then he answered, them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: (ēkousate | ἠκούσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear (akouousin | ἀκούουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), the dead are raised, the poor have good news brought to them.
Luke 7:29 When (akousas | ἀκούσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) all the people including the tax collectors (those who had been baptized by John) heard (akousas | ἀκούσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) this, they declared God just;
Luke 8:8 Other seed fell into good soil, and when it came up, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” As he was saying these things he began to call out, “Let (akouetō | ἀκουέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) the one who has ears to hear (akouein | ἀκούειν | pres act inf ), hear.” (akouetō | ἀκουέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg)
Luke 8:10 He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to the rest I speak in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing (akouontes | ἀκούοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) they may not understand.
Luke 8:12 Those along the path are the ones who hear (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) — then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not believe and be saved.
Luke 8:13 Those that fall on rock are the ones who, when they hear (akousōsin | ἀκούσωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl) the word, receive it with joy; but they have no root — they believe for a while but in a time of testing they fall away.
Luke 8:14 As for what fell among the thorns — these are the ones who hear (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc), but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and they do not bring fruit to maturity.
Luke 8:15 But as for that in the good soil — these are the ones who, having (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) heard (akousantes | ἀκούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) with an honest and good heart, hold firmly onto the word and bear fruit through patient endurance.
Luke 8:18 “Take care, then, how you hear! (akouete | ἀκούετε | pres act ind 2 pl) For whoever has — more will be given to him; and whoever does not have — even what he seems to have will be taken away from him.”
Luke 8:21 In response he said to them, “Those who hear (akouontes | ἀκούοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) and do the word of God are my mother and my brothers.”