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Notes: As in the case of other so-called semantic derivatives, it seems best in this instance likewise to employ only evident glosses. One could, of course define the process of hearing as ‘perceiving by means of the ears,’ but such a definition would be unnecessarily artificial.; 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 here 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 at this point.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἀκοή; -ῆς

Related lemmas: ἀκούω

Sense 1: to hear, hearing{N:001}

Semantic entry: 24.52

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: Hear

MAT 13:14: RV MAT 13:14 · LV MAT 13:14 · Read together MAT 13:14

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OET-RV MAT 13:14

14 and so the prophecy written by (Isaiah) is being fulfilled:
⇔ ‘When you listen you will hear, but you certainly won’t understand,
⇔ and when you look you will see, but you certainly won’t perceive anything,

OET-LV MAT 13:14

14 And the prophecy of _Aʸsaias/(Yəshaˊ^yāh) is _being _fulfilled to _them which saying:
With _hearing you _all _will _be _hearing but by _no _means you _all _may_ not _understand, and seeing you _all _will _be _seeing but by _no _means you _all _may_ not _perceive.

LUK 7:1: RV LUK 7:1 · LV LUK 7:1 · Read together LUK 7:1

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OET-RV LUK 7:1

7 After Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) had finished sharing those messages with the people, he entered the town of Kafarnaoum (Capernaum).

OET-LV LUK 7:1

7 After he _fulfilled all the messages of _him in the hearing of _the people, he _came _in into Kafarnaʼoum.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 13:14 · LV MAT 13:14 · Read together MAT 13:14

LUK: RV LUK 7:1 · LV LUK 7:1 · Read together LUK 7:1

ACT: RV ACT 17:20 · LV ACT 17:20 · Read together ACT 17:20

GAL: RV GAL 3:2 · RV GAL 3:5 · LV GAL 3:2 · LV GAL 3:5 · Read together GAL 3:2 · Read together GAL 3:5

TH1: RV TH1 2:13 · LV TH1 2:13 · Read together TH1 2:13

HEB: RV HEB 4:2 · RV HEB 5:11 · LV HEB 4:2 · LV HEB 5:11 · Read together HEB 4:2 · Read together HEB 5:11

PE2: RV PE2 2:8 · LV PE2 2:8 · Read together PE2 2:8

Sense 2: ability to hear, hearing

Semantic entry: 24.53

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: Hear

Definition: the faculty of hearing

Notes: In some languages it may be better to speak about the organs involved rather than the related faculties, for example, ‘if the whole body were an eye, what about the ears?’

MRK 7:35: RV MRK 7:35 · LV MRK 7:35 · Read together MRK 7:35

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OET-RV MRK 7:35

35 Then the man could hear, and his tongue was released and he began to speak properly.

OET-LV MRK 7:35

35 And the ears of _him were _opened _up, and the bond of _the tongue of _him was _untied/released, and he _was _speaking correctly.

CO1 12:17: RV CO1 12:17 · LV CO1 12:17 · Read together CO1 12:17

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17 If your whole body was an eye, how could you hear? But then, if your whole body was an ear, how could you smell anything?

OET-LV CO1 12:17

17 If all the body were an_eye, where is the hearing?
If all were hearing, where is the smelling?

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 7:35 · LV MRK 7:35 · Read together MRK 7:35

CO1: RV CO1 12:17 · LV CO1 12:17 · Read together CO1 12:17

HEB: RV HEB 5:11 · LV HEB 5:11 · Read together HEB 5:11

Sense 3: what is heard, message

Semantic entry: 24.57

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: Hear

Definition: (derivative of ἀκούω[a] ‘to hear,’ 24.52: ἀκοή / 24.52: ἀκούω) that which is heard by someone

Notes: In a number of languages the closest equivalent of ‘message’ would be ‘that which is said’ rather than ‘that which is heard,’ and accordingly, one may perhaps best translate RV ROM 10:16 · LV ROM 10:16 · Read together ROM 10:16 as ‘who has believed what we said.’

JHN 12:38: RV JHN 12:38 · LV JHN 12:38 · Read together JHN 12:38

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OET-RV JHN 12:38

38 This fulfilled what the prophet Yeshayah (Isaiah) wrote,
⇔ “Yahweh, who believed our report?
⇔ And who was Yahweh’s power revealed to?”

OET-LV JHN 12:38

38 in _order _that the message of _Aʸsaias/(Yəshaˊ^yāh) the prophet may _be _fulfilled that he _said:
master, who believed in _the report of _us?
And to _whom was _revealed the arm of_the_master?

ROM 10:16: RV ROM 10:16 · LV ROM 10:16 · Read together ROM 10:16

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16 But not everyone accepted the good message, just like the prophet Yeshayah (Isaiah) wrote: ‘Yahweh, who believed our report?’

OET-LV ROM 10:16

16 But not all submitted to _the good _message.
For/Because Aʸsaias/(Yəshaˊ^yāh) is _saying:
master, who believed in _the report of _us?

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 12:38 · LV JHN 12:38 · Read together JHN 12:38

ROM: RV ROM 10:16–17 · LV ROM 10:16–17 · Read together ROM 10:16–17

GAL: RV GAL 3:2 · RV GAL 3:5 · LV GAL 3:2 · LV GAL 3:5 · Read together GAL 3:2 · Read together GAL 3:5

TH1: RV TH1 2:13 · LV TH1 2:13 · Read together TH1 2:13

HEB: RV HEB 4:2 · LV HEB 4:2 · Read together HEB 4:2

Sense 4: news, report, information

Semantic entry: 33.213

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Inform, Announce

Definition: (derivative of ἀκούω [source selector 000002][c] ‘to receive news,’ 33.212: ἀκούω) the content of the news which is heard

Notes: In a number of languages, however, it is impossible to speak of ‘news spreading.’ It therefore may be necessary to render RV MAT 4:24 · LV MAT 4:24 · Read together MAT 4:24 as ‘people throughout the whole country of Syria kept hearing from one another about him.’

MAT 4:24: RV MAT 4:24 · LV MAT 4:24 · Read together MAT 4:24

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OET-RV MAT 4:24

24 and the news about this went all the way up to Aram (Syria). So they brought all their sick and diseased people to him, as well as those who were suffering or demon-possessed, along with those who had seizures or were paralysed, and Yeshua healed them.

OET-LV MAT 4:24

24 And the report of _him went _away into all the Suria/(ʼArām).
And they _brought to _him all the ones sickly, having with _various diseases, and being _gripped _with with _torments, being _demon _possessed, and being _epileptic, and paralytic, and he _healed them.

MAT 14:1: RV MAT 14:1 · LV MAT 14:1 · Read together MAT 14:1

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OET-RV MAT 14:1

14 Around that time, King Herodes (Herod) the Tetrarch heard the news about Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus),

OET-LV MAT 14:1

14 At that the time, Haʸrōdaʸs the quarter _ruler heard the report of_Yaʸsous,

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 4:24 · RV MAT 14:1 · RV MAT 24:6 · LV MAT 4:24 · LV MAT 14:1 · LV MAT 24:6 · Read together MAT 4:24 · Read together MAT 14:1 · Read together MAT 24:6

MRK: RV MRK 1:28 · RV MRK 13:7 · LV MRK 1:28 · LV MRK 13:7 · Read together MRK 1:28 · Read together MRK 13:7

Sense 5: to accept, to listen to, to listen and respond, to pay attention and respond, to heed

Semantic entry: 31.56

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Accept As True

Definition: to believe something and to respond to it on the basis of having heard

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

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4 so not only will they avoid hearing the truth, they’ll be following myths instead.

OET-LV TI2 4:4

4 and on _one _hand they _will _be _turning _away from the hearing the truth, on _the _other _hand they _will _be _being _turned _away to the myths.

Sense 6: to listen carefully, to listen and listen

Semantic entry: 24.63

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: Hear

Definition: (a Semitic idiom, literally: to hear with hearing) to listen intently and with presumed continuity

Collocations: ἀκοῇ ἀκούω

ACT 28:26: RV ACT 28:26 · LV ACT 28:26 · Read together ACT 28:26

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OET-RV ACT 28:26

26 Go to these people and tell them,
⇔ When you listen you will hear but not understand,
⇔ and when you look you will see but not perceive it.

OET-LV ACT 28:26

26 saying:
Be _gone to the this people, and say:
In _hearing you _all _will _be _hearing, and by _no _means you _all _may_ not _understand, and seeing you _all _will _be _seeing, and by _no _means you _all _may_ not _perceive.

Sense 7: 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:002}

Collocations: κνήθομαι τὴν ἀκοήν

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

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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

ἀκοή

Form 1

Sense 1: to hear, hearing{N:001}

Sense 2: ability to hear, hearing

Sense 3: what is heard, message

Sense 4: news, report, information

Sense 5: to accept, to listen to, to listen and respond, to pay attention and respond, to heed

Sense 6: to listen carefully, to listen and listen

Sense 7: to have itching ears, to desire to hear what one wants to hear, to be desirous of hearing