ἐπακροάομαι
epakroáomai · G1874 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to listen to
To listen to, with the probable implication of one’s own interest
ExamplesActs 16:25 Now about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
How it’s used In 2 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
- δέσμιοςprisoner 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 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 2 words
- ἀκούω akoúō · G191 · to hear, hearing, to be able to hear
- The standard Greek verb for 'to hear' or 'to listen'; ἐπακροάομαι is essentially an intensified or more focused form of ἀκούω, with the prefix ἐπι- emphasizing attentive or intentional listening, but both can denote listening to someone speak.
- εἰσακούω eisakoúō · G1522 · to listen to, to heed, to pay attention to what is said
- A compound verb meaning 'to listen to' or 'to hear favorably,' often implying attentive hearing or answering; shares with ἐπακροάομαι the sense of focused, intentional listening rather than merely perceiving sound.
In the other Testament 2 words
- שָׁמַע shâmaʻ · H8085 · to hear, to listen, to cause to hear
- The standard Hebrew verb for 'to hear' or 'to listen,' regularly used as the translation equivalent for Greek verbs of hearing/listening including ἐπακροάομαι; covers both the act of hearing and attentive listening with understanding.
- אָזַן ʼâzan · H238 · to listen, to pay attention
- A Hebrew verb specifically denoting attentive listening or 'giving ear,' closer in nuance to the intensive/attentive sense of ἐπακροάομαι than simple hearing; often used in contexts of careful attention to speech or instruction.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To listen to24.61
- This verb describes attentively hearing something with interest, used of the other prisoners listening to Paul and Silas praying and singing hymns at midnight in the Philippian jail — "the prisoners were listening to them" (Acts 16:25).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπακρωμαι: 3 person plural imperfect ἐπηκροῶντο; to listen to: with the genitive of a…
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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