UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: The idiom κνήθομαι τὴν ἀκοήν involves two quite distinct semantic features. One is the desire to be pleased, and the second is the means of such gratification, namely, what is heard. It would be possible to classify this idiom either under Sensory Events and States (Domain 24) or in the domain of Attitudes and Emotions. Since in RV TI2 4:3 · LV TI2 4:3 · Read together TI2 4:3 the latter seems the more focal feature of meaning, the idiom is included in the domain of Attitudes and Emotions.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to have itching ears, to desire to hear what one wants to hear, to be desirous of hearing

Semantic entry: 25.11

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Desire, Want, Wish

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to itch with respect to hearing) to have one’s ears tickled by what is heard{N:001}

Forms: κνήθομαι

Collocations: κνήθομαι τὴν ἀκοήν

TI2 4:3: RV TI2 4:3 · LV TI2 4:3 · Read together TI2 4:3

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OET-RV TI2 4:3

3 A time will come when people will no longer be tolerating scriptural teaching, but will prefer their own doctrines, so they’ll find teachers to teach what they want to hear,

OET-LV TI2 4:3

3 For/Because there _will _be a_time when they_˓will˒_ not _be _tolerating teaching of _the being _sound, but according _to their own desires, they _will _be _accumulating teachers to _themselves, being _tickled by _the ear,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κνήθω

Form 1

Sense 1: to have itching ears, to desire to hear what one wants to hear, to be desirous of hearing