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ἀκούω
akoúō · Greek · Strong's G191 · 427 occurrences
The KJV renders 33 different Hebrew and Greek words as “come”
What it means
to hear (in various senses)
a primary verb;
How the KJV renders it
give audience, come, hearer, ken, be noised, be reported, understand
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“come”
also renders enístēmi (G1764), katérchomai (G2718), anabaínō (G305), paragínomai (G3854), phthánō (G5348), diérchomai (G1330), apérchomai (G565), páreimi (G3918), gínomai (G1096), érchomai (G2064), synérchomai (G4905), chōréō (G5562), symplēróō (G4845), katantáō (G2658), parérchomai (G3928), phérō (G5342), prosérchomai (G4334), epiporeúomai (G1975), deûte (G1205), deûro (G1204), epibaínō (G1910), hḗkō (G2240), dârak (H1869), hûwk (H1946), hâlak (H1980), hâphak (H2015), zâkar (H2142), yâlad (H3205), mᵉṭâʼ (H4291), nâthan (H5414), çᵉliq (H5559), qârâh (H7136)
“understand”
“hearer”
also renders akroatḗs (G202)
Questions this word decides
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- Is 1 Enoch inspired or canonical scripture?
- Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews?
Where it appears
427 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 2:9 V-AAI-3S1 Corinthians 5:1 V-PPI-3S1 Corinthians 11:18 V-PAI-1S1 Corinthians 14:2 V-PAI-3S1 John 1:1 V-2RAI-1P-ATT1 John 1:3 V-2RAI-1P-ATT1 John 1:5 V-2RAI-1P-ATT1 John 2:7 V-AAI-2P1 John 2:18 V-AAI-2P1 John 2:24 V-AAI-2P1 John 3:11 V-AAI-2P1 John 4:3 V-2RAI-2P-ATT1 John 4:5 V-PAI-3S1 John 4:6 V-PAI-3S1 John 5:14 V-PAI-3S1 John 5:15 V-PAI-3S1 Timothy 4:16 V-PAP-APM2 Corinthians 12:4 V-AAI-3S2 Corinthians 12:6 V-PAI-3S2 John 1:6 V-AAI-2P2 Peter 1:18 V-AAI-1P2 Thessalonians 3:11 V-PAI-1P2 Timothy 1:13 V-AAI-2S2 Timothy 2:2 V-AAI-2S2 Timothy 2:14 V-PAP-GPM2 Timothy 4:17 V-AAS-3P3 John 1:4 V-PAS-1SActs 1:4 V-AAI-2PActs 2:6 V-IAI-3PActs 2:8 V-PAI-1PActs 2:11 V-PAI-1PActs 2:22 V-AAM-2PActs 2:33 V-PAI-2PActs 2:37 V-AAP-NPMActs 3:22 V-FDI-2PActs 3:23 V-AAS-3SActs 4:4 V-AAP-GPMActs 4:19 V-PANActs 4:20 V-AAI-1PActs 4:24 V-AAP-NPMActs 5:5 V-PAP-APMActs 5:11 V-PAP-APMActs 5:21 V-AAP-NPMActs 5:24 V-AAI-3PActs 5:33 V-AAP-NPMActs 6:11 V-2RAI-1P-ATTActs 6:14 V-2RAI-1P-ATTActs 7:2 V-AAM-2PActs 7:12 V-AAP-NSMActs 7:34 V-AAI-1SActs 7:54 V-PAP-NPMActs 8:6 V-PANActs 8:14 V-AAP-NPMActs 8:30 V-AAI-3SActs 9:4 V-AAI-3SActs 9:7 V-PAP-NPMActs 9:13 V-AAI-1SActs 9:21 V-PAP-NPMActs 9:38 V-AAP-NPMActs 10:22 V-AAN
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.