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STRONGS NUMBER G1873

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Word Summary
epakouō: to listen to, to hearken to
Original Word: ἐπακούω
Transliteration: epakouō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ak-oo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to listen to, to hearken to
Meaning: to listen to, to hearken to
Strong's Concordance
hear.

From epi and akouo; to hearken (favorably) to -- hear.

see GREEK epi

see GREEK akouo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1873: ἐπακούω

ἐπακούω: 1 aorist ἐπήκουσά; from Homer down; the Sept. often for עָנָה and שָׁמַע ;

1. to give ear to, listen to; to perceive by the ear.

2. to listen to i. e. hear with favor, grant one's prayer (Aeschylus choëph. 725; τῶν εὐχῶν, Lucian, Tim. 34): τίνος, to hearken to one, 2 Corinthians 6:2 from Isaiah 49:8; often so in the Sept.



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