UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: ἀκροατής; -οῦ

Related lemmas: ἀκροατήριον · ἐπακροάομαι

Sense 1: hearer

Semantic entry: 24.56

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: Hear

Definition: (derivative of ἀκροάομαι ‘to hear,’ not occurring in the NT) one who hears

Notes: In rendering RV ROM 2:13 · LV ROM 2:13 · Read together ROM 2:13, it may be necessary to specify certain limitations with regard to being ‘hearers,’ for example, ‘for not just those who listen to the Law are righteous in God’s sight’ or ‘for those who merely listen to the Law are not the ones who are righteous in God’s sight.’

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

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OET-RV ROM 2:13

13 because listening to the law doesn’t make people right with God, but rather it’s those who obey the law who’ll be declared guiltless.

OET-LV ROM 2:13

13 for/because not the listeners of_the_law are righteous with the god, but the doers of_the_law will _be _being _justified.

JAM 1:22: RV JAM 1:22 · LV JAM 1:22 · Read together JAM 1:22

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OET-RV JAM 1:22

22 Don’t delude yourselves by just listening to the message, but put it into practice in your daily lives.

OET-LV JAM 1:22

22 And be _becoming doers of_the_message, and not only listeners deluding yourselves.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

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

JAM: RV JAM 1:22–23 · RV JAM 1:25 · LV JAM 1:22–23 · LV JAM 1:25 · Read together JAM 1:22–23 · Read together JAM 1:25

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀκροατής

Form 1

Sense 1: hearer