The meaning of “ἀκοή”
Understanding akoḗ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
audience, ear, fame, which ye heard, hearing, preached, report, rumor. - hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard)
ἀκοή
audience, ear, fame, which ye heard, hearing, preached, report, rumor. - hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 14:1 | “At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,” Word: ἀκοή (akoḗ) | |
| Luke 7:1 | “Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.” Word: ἀκοή (akoḗ) | |
| Acts 28:26 | “Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:” Word: ἀκοή (akoḗ) | |
| 1 Corinthians 12:17 | “If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?” Word: ἀκοή (akoḗ) | |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:13 | “For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.” Word: ἀκοή (akoḗ) |