ἄκουε δ' ἀν' οὖς ἔχων

ἀνέχω, [tense] impf. ἀνεῖχον: also [full] ἀνίσχω, [tense] impf. ἀνῖσχον: [tense] fut.

A

ἀνέξω Archil. 82

, Luc.Hist.Conscr.4(s. v l.), also

ἀνασχήσω Hdt.5.106

,7.14, E.IA 732: [tense] aor.

ἀνέσχον 11.17.310

, etc.; poet. ἀνέσχεθον ib.10.461, E. Med. 1027, [dialect] Ep. inf.

ἀνσχεθέειν Od.5.320

: [tense] pf.

ἀνέσχηκα S.E.M.7.190

, Phalar.Ep. 105:—[voice] Med. [full] ἀνέχομαι: [tense] impf. ἠνειχόμην (with double augm.) A.Ag. 905, S.Ph. 411, Th.1.77, etc.: [tense] fut.

ἀνέξομαι 11.5.895

, S.El. 1028, D.18.160, etc.; also

ἀνασχήσομαι A.Th. 252

, Ar.Ach. 299, [dialect] Ep. inf.

ἀνσχήσεσθαι 11.5.104

: [tense] aor.

ἀνεσχόμην 18.430

, A.Ch. 747 codd., E.Hipp. 687 (where ἠνέσχου is contra metr.); more freq. with double augm.

ἠνεσχόμην Hdt.5.48

, A.Ag. 1274; and [dialect] Att., as Ar.Nu. 1363, Th.3.28, Lys.3.3, etc.; sync.

ἠνσχόμην S.Ant. 467

; [ per.] 2sg. imper. ἄνσχεο (v. infr. c. 11):—[voice] Pass., D.H.3.55, LXX 4 Ma.1.35.

A trans., hold up, lift up, χεῖρας ἀνέσχον held up their hands in fight (v. infr. c.1), Od.18.89 (later of pugilists, hold up the hands in token of defeat, Theoc.22.129):—freq. lift up the hands in prayer,

θεοῖσι δὲ χεῖρας ἀνέσχον 11.3.318

, cf. 1.450, Archil.82, etc.; so ἄνακτι εὐχὰς ἀ. offer prayers, perhaps with uplifted hands, S.El. 636;

ἄνεχε χέρας, ἄνεχε λόγον E.El. 592

; also ἀ. τὴν χεῖρα offer the hand (to shake), Theopomp.Com.82 (dub.).

2 lift up as an offering,

τάγ' Ἀθηναίῃ ληΐτιδι.. ὑψόσ' ἀνέσχεθε χειρί 11.10.461

; as a testimony,

σκῆπτρον ἀ. πᾶσι θεοῖσι 7.412

; μαζὸν ἀ., of Hecuba entreating her son Hector, 22.80;

κενεὰς.. ἀνέσχε γλήνας A.R.2.254

;

ἄκουε δ' ἀν' οὖς ἔχων A.Fr. 126

.

3 ἀ. φλόγα hold up a torch, esp. at weddings, E.IA 732: hence the phrase ἄνεχε, πάρεχε sc. τὸ φῶς) hold up, pass on the light in procession, Id.Tr. 308, Cyc. 203, cf. Ar.V. 1326; also

ἀ. φάος σωτήριον E.Med. 482

;

τὸ σημεῖον τοῦ πυρός Th.4.111

.

4 lift up, exalt,

τὰ κείνων Pi.P.2.89

.

5 hold up, prop, sustain, οὐρανὸν καὶ γῆν, of Atlas, Paus.5.11.5;

κίων ἀ. τὴν στέγην Oenom.

ap. Eus.PE 5.34:—[voice] Pass.,

γέφυρα σκάφαις ἀνεχομένη D.H.3.55

:—but more freq.,

b metaph., uphold, maintain,

εὐδικίας Od.19.111

;

πολέμους Th.1.141

; ὄργια ἀ. keep up the revels, Ar.Th. 948;

Βάκχης ἀνέχων λέκτρ' Ἀγαμέμνων

remaining constant to,

E.Hec. 121

(v. infr. B. 3); οἰνῶπ' ἀνέχουσα κισσόν keeping constant to, haunting the ivy, S. OC 674 (s. v. l.); βαρὺν ἀνὰ θυμὸν ἔχοισα keeping up his anger, Theoc. 1.96.

6 put forth,

δάφνα ἀ. πτόρθους E.Hec. 459

(lyr.).

II hold back, check,

ἄνεχ' ἵππους 11.23.426

;

ἀ. τὰ ὅπλα διὰ τῶν ἀνακλητικῶν D.H.9.21

; ἀ. Σικελίαν μὴ ὑπ' αὐτοὺς εἶναι keep it from being.., Th.6.86;

ἑαυτὸν ἀπό τινος Plu.2.514a

:—[voice] Pass.,

ἀνέχεται τὰ πάθη ὑπὸ τοῦ λογισμοῦ LXX4 Ma.1.35

.

B intr., rise up, emerge,

ἀνσχεθέειν.. ὑπὸ κύματος ὁρμῆς Od.5.320

; of a diver, Hdt.8.8;

σκόπελοι ἐν τῷ Νείλῳ ὀξέες ἀ. Id.2.29

;

ἀ. ἐς ἀέρα A.R.3.1383

.

b esp. in form ἀνίσχω, of the sun,

πρὸς ἥλιον ἀνίσχοντα Hdt.3.98

, etc.; so

λαμπὰς ἀνίσχει A.Ag.93

(lyr.);

ἅμ' ἡλίῳ ἀνίσχοντι X.Cyn.6.13

, cf. Eub.119.9.

c of events, arise, happen, Hdt.5.106,7.14.

d appear, show oncself,

ἄελπτον ὄμμα.. φήμης ἀνασχόν S.Tr. 204

; turn out, prove to be,

μελοποιὸς ἢ τραγῳδὸς ἄριστος Eun.Hist.p.209D.

e stand up,

κίονες περὶ τοίχοις A.R. 3.217

.

2 come forth,

αἰχμὴ παρὰ.. ὦμον ἀνέσχεν 11.17.310

, cf. Plu. Caes.44; of a headland, jut out into the sea, Hdt.7.123, Th.1.46, etc.;

ἀ. πρὸς τὸ Σικελικὸν πέλαγος Id.4.53

, cf. D.23.166; ἐς τὸν πόντον [τὴν ἄκρην] ἀνέχοντα jutting out with its headland into the sea, Hdt. 4.99 (dub. l.); reversely,

κοιλάδες ἐς μεσόγαιαν ἐκ θαλάσσης ἀ. Str. 3.2.4

.

3 hold on, keep doing, c. part.,

ἀ. διασκοπῶν Th.7.48

; σε.. στέρξας ἀνέχει is constant in his love for thee, S.Aj. 212 (lyr., cf. supr. A.1.5b): c. dat.,

τελεταῖς

practise regularly,

Eun.Hist.p.249

D.: abs., wait,

ταύτῃ ἀνέχειν Th.8.94

, cf. 2.18.

4 hold up, cease,

Ζεὺς οὔθ' ὕων πάντεσσ' ἁνδάνει οὔτ' ἀνέχων Thgn.26

, cf. X.HG1.6.28; dub. l. in Hp.Epid.5.20.

5 c. gen., cease from,

οὐδὲ.. καμάτων ἀνέχουσι γυναῖκες S.OT 174

;

τοῦ πολέμου App.Pun.75

;

τοῦ φονεύειν Plu.Alex. 33

.—Hom. uses no tense intr. exc. [tense] aor.

C [voice] Med., hold up what is one's own,

ὁ δ' ἀνέσχετο μείλινον ἔγχος 11.5.655

;

δούρατ' ἀνασχόμενοι 11.594

, etc.: hence ἀνασχόμενος is often used abs. (sc. ἔγχος, ξίφος, etc.),

πλῆξεν ἀ. 3.362

;

κόψε δ' ἀ. Od.14.425

;

πὺξ μάλ' ἀνασχομένω πεπληγέμεν 11.23.660

; also ἄντα δ' ἀνασχομένω χερσί ib. 686.

II hold oneself up, bear up, οὐδέ σ' ὀΐω δηρὸν ἔτ' ἀνσχήσεσθαι ib.5.285, cf.Od.11.375: [tense] aor. imper. ἀνάσχεο, = τέτλαθι, be of good courage, 11.1.586;

ἄνσχεο

be patient,

23.587

; ἀνὰ δ' ἔχευ is prob. l. for ἀνὰ δ' εὖ in Archil.6.2: in [tense] pres. part., ἀνεχόμενοι φέρουσι τὸν χειμῶνα they bear with patience, Hdt.4.28; Stoic motto

ἀνέχου καὶ ἀπέχου Gell.17.19

.

2 c. acc.,

τοσσάδ' ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ᾗσιν ἀνέσχετο κήδεα 11.18.430

;

ἦ δὴ πολλὰ κάκ' ἄνσχεο σὸν κατὰ θυμόν 24.518

;

τὴν δουλοσύνην οὐκ ἀ. Hdt.1.169

;

τὰ πρὶν κακὰ ἠνειχόμεσθα A.Ag. 905

, etc.;

χαλκὸν ἀνασχέσθαι 11.4.511

, etc.: c. acc.pers., οὐ γὰρ ξείνους.. ἀνέχονται they do not suffer or bear with strangers, Od.7.32, cf. 17.13;

τῶν ἵππων οὔτι ἀνεχομένων τὰς καμήλους Hdt.7.87

;

τούτους ἀνάσχου δεσπότας E.Alc. 304

, cf. Eup.6 D.: c. acc. rei et gen. pers.,

οὐδεὶς ἂν αὐτοῦ ἀγελαστὶ ἠνέσχετο ταῦτα τὰ ἔπη Ath.5.188c

, cf. Ar.Lys. 507.

3 c. gen., dub. in Hom., δουλοσύνης ἀνέχεσθαι v.l. in Od.22.423; so

ἅπαντος ἀνδρὸς ἀ. Pl.Prt. 323a

, cf. D.19.16; to be content with,

τοῦ ἐν σώματι κάλλους Plot.5.9.2

.

4 the dependent clause is mostly (always in Hom.) in part., οὐ μάν σε.. ἀνέξομαι ἄλγε' ἔχοντα I will not suffer thee to have.., 11.5.895; οὐ γὰρ ἀεργὸν [ὄντα] ἀνέξομαι I will not suffer one [to be].., Od.19.27;

εἰ τὸν.. θανόντ' ἄθαπτον ἠνσχόμην νέκυν S.Ant. 467

;

οὐκ ἀνέξεται τίκτοντας ἄλλους E.Andr. 712

; καὶ γάρ κ'.. ἀνεχοιμην ἥμενος for I would be content to sit.., Od.4.595;

σοῦ κλύων ἀνέξεται A.Pers. 838

, cf. S. El. 1028, Ph. 411;

ἀνάσχεσθε σιγῶσαι Id.Fr. 679

; also

οὐ σῖγ' ἀνέξει; Id.Aj.75

: freq. in Prose, Hdt.1.80, 206, 5.19, al., Th.2.74, etc.;

ἄποτος ἀ. Arist.HA 596a2

; also

ἀ. τοῦ ἄλλα λέγοντος Pl.R. 564d

;

ἀ. τῶν οἰκείων ἀμελουμένων Id.Ap. 31b

;

οὐδ' ἂν ἠνέσχεσθε εἴ τις.. D. 21.170

:—also in [voice] Act.,

ἀνέσχηκα Phalar.Ep. 105

.

5 rarely c. inf., suffer,

οὐκ ἀνέξομαι τὸ μὴ οὐ.. A.Eu. 914

;

κοκκύζειν τὸν ἀλεκτρυόν' οὐκ ἀνέχονται Cratin.311

;

ἀνακεκλίσθαι οὐκ ἀ. Aret.SA1.9

;

ἀ. πάντα ὑπομένειν Alciphr.3.34

;

σὺν ἄλλοις βιοῦν οὐκ ἀ. Ael.NA6.30

.

b dare to do,

ἀνέσχοντο τὸν ἐπιόντα δέξασθαι Hdt.7.139

.

c οὐκ ἀ., c. inf., refuse to do.., POxy.903.36,al.

III rarely, hold on by one another, hang together,

ἀνά τ' ἀλλήλησιν ἔχονται Od.24.8

.

ἀκούω fut. ἀκούσω SibOr 4, 175; Mt 12:19; 13:14 (Is 6:9); J 5:25, 28; 10:16, ἀκούσομαι EpArist 5; Ac 3:22 (Dt 18:15); 28:28 (freq. w. vv.ll.); 1 aor. ἤκουσα; pf. ἀκήκοα; ptc. ἠκουκώς Hs 5, 4, 2. Pass.: fut. ἀκουσθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἠκούσθην; pf. 3 sg. ἤκουσται Dt 4:32 (Hom.+) ‘hear’, as a passive respondent to λέγω.

① lit. to have or exercise the faculty of hearing, hear

ⓐ abs. τὰ ὦτα ἀκούουσιν Mt 13:16; κωφοὶ ἀ. 11:5; cp. Mk 7:37; Lk 7:22; τοῖς ὠσὶν βαρέως ἀ. be hard of hearing Mt 13:15 (Is 6:10); ἀκοῇ ἀ. Mt 13:14; Ac 28:26 (both Is 6:9). ἀκούοντες οὐκ ἀκούουσιν they hear and yet do not hear Mt 13:13 (s. Aeschyl., Prom. 448 κλύοντες οὐκ ἤκουον; Demosth. 25 [Against Aristogeiton 1], 89, citing the maxim ὁρῶντας μὴ ὁρᾶν καὶ ἀκούοντας μὴ ἀκούειν), cp. Mk 8:18 (Ezk 12:2) and s. 7 below. In the protasis of a challenge to hearers, by which their attention is drawn to a special difficulty: ὁ ἔχων ὦτα (οὖς) ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω, w. variations (Arrian, Ind. 5, 1 ὅστις ἐθέλει φράζειν …, φραζέτω) Mt 11:15 v.l.; 13:9 v.l., 43 v.l.; Mk 4:9, 23; 7:15 [16] v.l.; Lk 8:8; 14:35 (EBishop, BT 7, ’56, 38–40); Rv 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9. Cp. Ox 1081 verso, 6–8; s. 7 below for the restored text. For the sense of the impv. in these challenges also s. 7. S. οὖς 2.

ⓑ w. obj. (on the syntax B-D-F §173; 416, 1; Rob. 506f; on the LXX s. Johannessohn, Kasus, 36; Helbing, Kasussyntax 150ff).

α. foll. by a thing as obj. in acc. (Diod S 8, 32, 1 τὶ something) Mt 11:4; 13:17ff; Lk 7:22; 1J 1:1, 3. τὴν φωνήν (UPZ 77 I, 25) Mt 12:19; J 3:8; Ac 22:9 (but see 7 below); 1 Cl 39:3 (Job 4:16); (pass. Mt 2:18 [Jer 38:15]; Rv 18:22). τὸν λόγον Mt 13:20ff; J 5:24. τοὺς λόγους, τὰ ῥήματα Mt 10:14; J 8:47 s. 4 below; Ac 2:22. πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων Mt 24:6. τὴν βλασφημίαν 26:65. τὸν ἀσπασμόν Lk 1:41. ἄρρητα ῥήματα 2 Cor 12:4. τὸν ἀριθμόν Rv 9:16. τὴν ἀποκάλυψιν Hv 3, 12, 2. Pass. τὰ ἀκουσθέντα what has been heard i.e. the message Hb 2:1. ἠκούσθη ὁ λόγος εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῆς ἐκκλησίας … ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ the report reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem Ac 11:22. Oft. the obj. is to be supplied fr. context Mt 13:17; Mk 4:15; J 6:60a; Ac 2:37; 8:30; 9:21; Ro 10:14. καθὼς ἀκούω = ἃ ἀ. J 5:30.

β. τί τινος hear someth. fr. someone τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, ἣν ἠκούσατέ μου the promise which you heard from me Ac 1:4. Still other constrs. occur, which are also poss. when the hearing is not directly fr. the mouth of the informant, but involves a report which one has received fr. the pers. in any way at all (s. below 3d). τὶ ἔκ τινος (Od. 15, 374; Hdt. 3, 62 ἐκ τοῦ κήρυκος) 2 Cor 12:6. τὶ παρά τινος (Soph., Oed. R. 7 παρʼ ἀγγέλων; Pla., Rep. 6, 506d; Demosth. 6, 26; Jer 30:8; Jos., Bell. 1, 529) J 8:26, 40 (τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀ. as Diod S 16, 50, 2); 15:15; Ac 10:22; 28:22; 2 Ti 2:2; w. attraction of the relative λόγων ὧν παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἤκουσας teachings which you have heard from me 1:13; τὶ ἀπό τινος (Thu. 1, 125, 1) 1J 1:5. Hebraistically ἀπὸ τ. στόματός τινος Lk 22:71 (cp. ἐκ τ. στόμ. τ. Ex 23:13; Ezk 3:17; 33:7).

γ. foll. by a thing as obj. in gen. (Hdt. 8, 135; X., Cyr. 3, 1, 8; Demosth. 18, 3; B-D-F §173, 2; Rob. 507) hear someth. τῆς βλασφημίας (= τὴν βλ. Mt 26:65) Mk 14:64. συμφωνίας καὶ χορῶν Lk 15:25; τῆς φωνῆς (BGU 1007, 11 [III B.C.] ἀκούσαντες φωνῆς) J 5:25, 28; Ac 9:7 (on the experience of Paul and his companions cp. Maximus Tyr. 9, 7d–f: some see a divine figure, others see nothing but hear a voice, still others both see and hear); 11:7; 22:7 (HMoehring, NovT 3, ’59, 80–99; s. Rob. 506). τῶν λόγων Lk 6:47. τῶν ῥημάτων J 12:47.

ⓒ hear, listen to w. gen. of the pers. and a ptc. (Pla., Prot. 320b; X., Symp. 3, 13; Herm. Wr. 12, 8; Jos., Ant. 10, 105 ἤκουσε τοῦ προφήτου ταῦτα λέγοντος): ἠκούσαμεν αὐτοῦ λέγοντος we have heard him say Mk 14:58; ἀκοῦσαι προσευχομένου Παύλου AcPl Ha 2, 12. ἤκουον εἷς ἕκαστος … λαλούντων αὐτῶν each one heard them speaking Ac 2:6, 11; Rv 16:5, 7 (in vs. 7 the altar speaks); Hv 1, 3, 3. W. acc. instead of gen. πᾶν κτίσμα … καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς πάντα ἤκουσα λέγοντας (v.l. λέγοντα) Rv 5:13. Used without ptc. w. pronoun only: μου (Dio Chrys. 79 [28], 14) Mk 7:14; Ac 26:3. αὐτῶν Lk 2:46. αὐτοῦ vs. 47; 15:1; 19:48; 21:38; J 3:29 etc. ἡμῶν Ac 24:4.—ἀ. τινὸς περί τινος (since Hdt. 7, 209; IG II, 168 [338 B.C.]) hear someone (speak) about someth. Ac 17:32. ἤκουσεν αὐτοῦ περὶ τῆς … πίστεως he heard him speak about faith Ac 24:24, cp. Hm 11:7.—W. ὅτι foll. (X., Cyr. 3, 3, 18) J 14:28; Ac 22:2.—Abs. οἱ ἀκούοντες the hearers (Diod S 4, 7, 4) Lk 6:27; MPol 7:3. Esp. impv. ἄκουε listen! Mk 12:29 (Dt 6:4); Hs 5, 1, 3; pl. Mk 4:3. ἀκούσατε Ac 7:2; 13:16; AcPl Ha 8, 10. W. συνίετε listen and try to understand Mt 15:10.

② legal t.t. to hear a legal case, grant a hearing to someone (X., Hell. 1, 7, 9 al.; PAmh 135, 14; PIand 9, 10; 15; BGU 511 II, 2; POxy 1032, 59) w. παρά τινος: ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ πρῶτον παρʼ αὐτοῦ without first giving him a hearing J 7:51 (SPancaro, Biblica 53, ’72, 340–61).—Ac 25:22.

③ to receive news or information about someth., learn about someth.

ⓐ abs. ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς when Jesus learned about it (the death of J. Bapt.) Mt 14:13.—Mk 3:21; 6:14 (s. HLjungvik, ZNW 33, ’34, 90–92); Ro 10:18. W. ἀναγγέλλειν 15:21 (Is 52:15).

ⓑ w. gen. of person οὗ οὐκ ἤκουσαν of whom they have not heard Ro 10:14a.—W. acc. of thing (X., Cyr. 1, 1, 4; Diod S 19, 8, 4; Chion, Ep. 12 ἀκ. τὴν τυραννίδα; Herodian 4, 4, 8) learn of τὴν ἀγάπην Phlm 5. τὴν ἀναστροφήν Gal 1:13. τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Χριστοῦ Mt 11:2. τὴν ἐνέδραν the ambush Ac 23:16: Χριστιανισμὸν ἀ. hear Christianity IPhld 6:1; τὴν οἰκονομίαν Eph 3:2. τὴν πίστιν 1:15; Col 1:4. τὴν ὑπομονήν Js 5:11.—Pass. ἀκούεται ἐν ὑμῖν πορνεία it is reported that there is immorality among you 1 Cor 5:1 (schol. on Nicander, Ther. 139 τοῦτο ἐξακούεται=this report is heard). ἐὰν ἀκουσθῇ τοῦτο ἐπὶ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος if this should come to the prefect’s ears Mt 28:14.

ⓒ ἀ. τι περί τινος (since Hdt. 2, 43) learn someth. about someone Lk 9:9; 16:2.—ἀ. περί τινος (Jos., Vi. 246) Lk 7:3.

ⓓ w. prep., to denote the author or source of the information (s. 1bβ) ἀ. τι παρά τινος: τῶν ἀκουσάντων παρὰ Ἰωάννου who had learned fr. John (who Jesus was) J 1:40, cp. 6:45 (Simplicius in Epict. p. 110, 35 τὸ ἀκοῦσαι παρὰ θεοῦ, ὅτι ἀθάνατός ἐστιν ἡ ψυχή); ἀ. τι ἔκ τινος: ἠκούσαμεν ἐκ τοῦ νόμου we have heard from the law (when it was read in the synagogue) J 12:34, where ἀ. approaches the technical sense learn (a body of authoritative teaching), as 1J 1:5 (s. above); 2:7, 24 et al. (OPiper, JBL 66, ’47, 437 n. 1). ἀ. ἀπό τινος περί τινος Ac 9:13.

ⓔ w. ὅτι foll. (SIG 370, 21; PTebt 416, 8; BGU 246, 19; Josh l0:1; Da 5:14 Theod.; 1 Macc 6:55; 4 Macc 4:22; cp. the constr. ἀ. τινὰ ὅτι Od. 3, 193; X., Mem. 4, 2, 33) Mt 2:22; 4:12 al.—Pass. ἠκούσθη ὅτι ἐν οἴκῳ ἐστίν it became known that he was in the house Mk 2:1 (s. B-D-F §405, 2). οὐκ ἠκούσθη ὅτι it is unheard of that J 9:32.

ⓕ w. acc. and inf. foll. (Hom. et al.; Jos., Ant. 11, 165; 13, 292) J 12:18; 1 Cor 11:18. W. acc. and ptc. (X., Cyr. 2, 4, 12; Herodian 2, 12, 4) Ac 7:12; 3J 4.

④ to give careful attention to, listen to, heed ἀ. τινός someone (Hom. et al.) ἀκούετε αὐτοῦ Mt 17:5; Lk 9:35; Ac 3:22 (all three Dt 18:15); cp. Mt 18:15; Lk 16:29, 31; J 10:8; Ac 4:19. W. acc. of thing J 8:47 (s. 1bα); PEg² 53f (restored).—Abs. (PsSol 2:8) obey, listen αὐτοὶ καὶ ἀκούσονται Ac 28:28; cp. Mt 18:16; J 5:25b; agree 9:27a.

⑤ to pay attention to by listening, listen to ἀ. τινός someone/someth. (Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 14 I, 18; 461, 6) Mk 6:11; J 6:60b. Of God (Hom.+) Ac 7:34 (Ex 3:7); J 9:31; 11:41f; 1J 5:14f; AcPt Ox 849, 27.—Abs. καθὼς ἠδύναντο ἀ. as they were able to listen Mk 4:33 (EMolland, SymbOsl 8, 1929, 83–91; s. also 7 below).

⑥ to be given a nickname or other identifying label, be called (Demosth. 18, 46 κόλακες ἀκούουσι; Diog. L. 2, 111 a derisive nickname; 2, 140) ἤκουσαν προδόται γονέων they were called betrayers of their parents Hv 2, 2, 2.

⑦ to hear and understand a message, understand (Teles p. 47, 12; Galen: CMG Suppl. I p. 12, 29; Aelian, VH 13, 46; Apollon. Dysc., Syntax p. 295, 25 [Gramm. Gr. II/2 p. 424, 5 U.] ἀκούειν= συνιέναι τῶν ἠκουσμένων; Sext. Emp., Math. 1, 37 τὸ μὴ πάντας πάντων ἀκούειν; Julian, Orat. 4 p. 147a; PGM 3, 453 ἀκούσεις τὰ ὄρνεα λαλοῦντα; Philo, Leg. All. 2, 35) abs. (Is 36:11) 1 Cor 14:2. Perh. also Mk 4:33 (s. 5 above, and cp. Epict. 1, 29, 66 τ. δυναμένοις αὐτὰ ἀκοῦσαι). On the form of Lk 6:27a cp. Cleopatra 16, 57 ὑμῖν δὲ λέγω τοῖς εὖ φρονοῦσιν. W. acc. τὸν νόμον understand the law Gal 4:21; perh. Ac 22:9; 26:14 (s. 1bα above) belong here. Cp. also the play on words (1a above) ἀκούοντες οὐκ ἀκούουσιν Mt 13:13; cp. Mk 8:18. Here belong also the imperatives in Mt 11:15; 13:9, 43; Mk 4:9, 23; 7:15 [16] v.l.; Lk 8:8; 14:35; Rv 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9; also ὁ ἔχων ὦ[τ]α τ[ῶν ἀ]|περάντων [ἀ]κο[ύει?]ν ἀ|κουέτω one who has ears to hear the things that are without limits let him hear Ox 1081, 6–8, rev. on the basis of the Coptic, s. SJCh 89, 5f; cp. Borger, GGA 122.—ἀκούω is occasionally used as a perfective present: I hear= I have heard (so as early as Il. 24, 543; Aristoph., Frogs 426; X., An. 2, 5, 13, Mem. 2, 4, 1; 3, 5, 26; Pla., Rep. 583d; Theocr. 15, 23) Lk 9:9; 1 Cor 11:18; 2 Th 3:11. B-D-F §322.—B. 1037; 1339. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.