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οὖς

MainId: 003680000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ο

StrongCodes: G3775

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'ὠτίον and ὠτσᾇριον are formally diminutive derivatives of οὖς, but how much diminutive meaning is involved is questionable.'}

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003680001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: οὖς

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ὠτός

   RelatedLemmas: [{'Word': 'ἐνωτίζομαι', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ὠτάριον', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ὠτίον', 'Meanings': []}]

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003680001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 8.24

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products

      LEXSubDomains: Parts of the Body

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-01-28 13:37:50

         Glosses: ear{N:001}

      LEXReferences: MAT 11:15, MAT 13:9, MAT 13:15, MAT 13:16, MAT 13:43, MARK 4:9, MARK 4:23, MARK 7:33, MARK 8:18, LUKE 8:8, LUKE 14:35, LUKE 22:50, ACTs 7:51, ROM 11:8, 1COR 2:9, 1COR 12:16, REV 2:7, REV 2:11, REV 2:17, REV 2:29, REV 3:6, REV 3:13, REV 3:22, REV 13:9

   2. LEXID: 003680001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 24.54

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Sensory Events and States

      LEXSubDomains: Hear

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-01-28 13:37:50

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:οὖς}[a] ‘ear,’ {D:8.24}) the activity of hearing

         Glosses: ['to hear', 'hearing']

      LEXReferences: LUKE 1:44, LUKE 4:21, ACTs 11:22, ACTs 28:27, YAC 5:4, 1PET 3:12

   3. LEXID: 003680001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 28.73

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Know

      LEXSubDomains: Not Able To Be Known, Secret

      LEXCollocations: ['εἰς τὸ οὖς', 'πρὸς τὸ οὖς']

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-01-28 13:37:50

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

         Glosses: ['in secret', 'in private', 'privately']

         Comments: 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 {D:33.91}.

      LEXReferences: MAT 10:27, LUKE 12:3

   4. LEXID: 003680001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 33.91

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Speak, Talk

      LEXCollocations: πρὸς τὸ οὖς λαλέω

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-01-28 13:37:50

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

         Glosses: ['to whisper', 'to speak quietly']

         Comments: For another treatment of the phrase πρὸς τὸ οὖς, see {D:28.73}.

      LEXReferences: LUKE 12:3

   5. LEXID: 003680001005000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 24.70

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Sensory Events and States

      LEXSubDomains: Hear

      LEXCollocations: συνέχω τὰ ὦτα

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-01-28 13:37:50

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

         Glosses: ['to refuse to listen', 'to refuse to pay attention']

         Comments: 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.’

      LEXReferences: ACTs 7:57

   6. LEXID: 003680001006000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 24.64

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Sensory Events and States

      LEXSubDomains: Hear

      LEXCollocations: τίθεμαι εἰς τὰ ὦτα

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-01-28 13:37:50

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

         Glosses: to listen carefully to

         Comments: For another interpretation of this idiom in {S:04200904400010}, see {D:29.5}.

      LEXReferences: LUKE 9:44

   7. LEXID: 003680001007000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 29.5

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Memory and Recall

      LEXSubDomains: Storing of Information

      LEXCollocations: τίθεμαι εἰς τὰ ὦτα

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-01-28 13:37:50

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

         Glosses: ['to bear in mind', 'to remember well', 'to not forget']

         Comments: For another interpretation of the idiom τίθεμαι εἰς τὰ ὦτα in {S:04200904400010}, see {D:24.64}.

      LEXReferences: LUKE 9:44

   8. LEXID: 003680001008000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 32.46

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Understand

      LEXSubDomains: Lack of Capacity for Understanding

      LEXCollocations: τοῖς ὠσὶν βαρέως ἀκούω

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-01-28 13:37:50

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

         Glosses: ['to be slow to understand', 'to be mentally dull']

      LEXReferences: MAT 13:15, ACTs 28:27