διακούομαι
diakoúomai · G1251 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to hear a case, to provide a legal hearing, to hear a case in court
To give a judicial hearing in a legal matter
ExamplesActs 23:35 he said, “I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive as well,” giving orders for Paul to be kept in Herod’s Praetorium.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: I 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύyou 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- φημίto say 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀνακρίνω anakrínō · G350 · to examine carefully, to investigate, to study thoroughly
- A judicial/legal term for examining or investigating a case or person; frequently used in legal contexts in Acts (e.g., Acts 4:9, 12:19, 24:8, 28:18) and overlaps significantly with the sense of giving a hearing, though ἀνακρίνω emphasizes the investigative examination rather than the patient listening.
In the other Testament 1 word
- שָׁמַע shâmaʻ · H8085 · to hear, to listen, to cause to hear
- The primary Hebrew verb for 'to hear' that can also carry the legal/judicial sense of hearing a case or plea, as in Deut 1:16 and other judicial contexts; a natural translation equivalent for διακούομαι in Acts 23:35 where Paul's case will be heard.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To hear a case, to provide a legal hearing, to hear a case in court56.13
- Used of a formal judicial hearing granted to an accused party, as of the centurion's order that Paul be kept under guard until his accusers arrive so he can give him a hearing in Acts 23:35.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : future διακούσομαί; properly, to hear one through, hear to the end, hear with care,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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