UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: ear{N:001}

Semantic entry: 8.24

Semantic domains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products

Subdomains: Parts of the Body

Sense 2: to hear, hearing

Semantic entry: 24.54

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: Hear

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of οὖς[a] ‘ear,’ 8.24: οὖς / 8.24: ὠτάριον / 8.24: ὠτίον) the activity of hearing

Sense 3: in secret, in private, privately

Semantic entry: 28.73

Semantic domains: Know

Subdomains: Not Able To Be Known, Secret

Definition: (idioms, literally: into the ear, and: to the ear) pertaining to what is known only by those who hear a particular message in private

Notes: A phrase such as ‘whatever you hear in secret’ may be rendered as ‘whatever you hear when no one else is listening.’|For another treatment of the phrase πρὸς τὸ οὖς λαλέω, see 33.91: λαλέω / 33.91: οὖς / 33.91: πρός.

Collocations: εἰς τὸ οὖς; πρὸς τὸ οὖς

Sense 4: to whisper, to speak quietly

Semantic entry: 33.91

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Speak, Talk

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to speak to the ear) to speak quietly and presumably to a restricted audience

Notes: For another treatment of the phrase πρὸς τὸ οὖς, see 28.73: εἰς / 28.73: οὖς / 28.73: πρός.

Collocations: πρὸς τὸ οὖς λαλέω

Sense 5: to refuse to listen, to refuse to pay attention

Semantic entry: 24.70

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: Hear

Definition: (an idiom, literally: hold the ears closed) to refuse to listen to what is being said

Notes: In some languages the refusal to hear may be expressed idiomatically as ‘they put their hands over their ears’ or ‘they closed their ears’ or ‘the words never entered their heads.’

Collocations: συνέχω τὰ ὦτα

Sense 6: to listen carefully to

Semantic entry: 24.64

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: Hear

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to put into the ears) to listen carefully to, with the implication of not forgetting

Notes: For another interpretation of this idiom in RV LUK 9:44 · LV LUK 9:44 · Read together LUK 9:44, see 29.5: οὖς / 29.5: τίθημι.

Collocations: τίθεμαι εἰς τὰ ὦτα

Sense 7: to bear in mind, to remember well, to not forget

Semantic entry: 29.5

Semantic domains: Memory and Recall

Subdomains: Storing of Information

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to place in the ears) to continue to bear something in mind

Notes: For another interpretation of the idiom τίθεμαι εἰς τὰ ὦτα in RV LUK 9:44 · LV LUK 9:44 · Read together LUK 9:44, see 24.64: οὖς / 24.64: τίθημι.

Collocations: τίθεμαι εἰς τὰ ὦτα

Sense 8: to be slow to understand, to be mentally dull

Semantic entry: 32.46

Semantic domains: Understand

Subdomains: Lack of Capacity for Understanding

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to hear heavily with the ears) to be mentally slow or dull in comprehending

Collocations: τοῖς ὠσὶν βαρέως ἀκούω