τὸ+μὴ+πάντας+πάντων+ἀκούειν

ἀκούω: [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

A

ᾰκουον Il.12.442

: [tense] fut. ἀκούσομαι ([voice] Act. ἀκούσω first in Hyp.Epit.34 s. v. l., then in Lyc.378, 686, D.H.5.57, Ev.Matt.12.19, etc.: [tense] aor. ἤκουσα, [dialect] Ep.

ᾰκουσα Il.24.223

: [tense] pf. ἀκήκοα, [dialect] Lacon.

ἄκουκα Plu.Lyc.20

, Ages.21; ἤκουκα is a late form, POxy. 237 vii 23 (ii A. D.); later [dialect] Ion.

ἀκήκουκα Herod.5.49

: [tense] plpf.

ἀκηκόειν Hdt.2.52

, 7.208;

ἠκηκόειν X.Oec.15.7

; old [dialect] Att.

ἠκηκόη Ar.V. 800

, Pax 616, Pl.Cra. 384b:—rare in [voice] Med., [tense] pres. (v. infr. 11.2): [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

ἀκούετο Il.4.331

: [tense] aor.

ἠκουσάμην Mosch.3.119

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

ἀκουσθήσομαι Pl. R. 507d

: [tense] aor.

ἠκούσθην Th.3.38

, Luc.Somn.5: [tense] pf.

ἤκουσμαι D.H. Rh.11.10

, Ps.-Luc.Philopatr.4; ἀκήκουσμαι is dub. in Luc.Hist. Conscr.49: [tense] plpf.

ἤκουστο Anon.

ap. Demetr.Eloc. 217, ([etym.] παρ-) J.AJ17.10.10. ( ἀ-κοϝ-, cf. κοέω):— hear, Hom., etc.: prop. c. acc. of thing heard, gen. of person from whom it is heard,

ταῦτα Καλυψοῦς ἤκουσα Od.12.389

, cf. S.OT43, etc.; gen. pers. freq. omitted,

πάντ' ἀκήκοας λόγον Id.Aj. 480

, etc.; or the acc. rei,

ἄκουε τοῦ θανόντος Id.El. 792

, cf. 793:—also c. gen. rei, φθογγῆς, κτύπου, hear it, Od.12.198 (as v. l.), 21.237;

λόγων S.OC 1187

; once in Hom. in [voice] Med.,

ἀκούετο λαὸς ἀϋτῆς Il.4.331

.

b c. gen. objecti, hear of, hear tell of,

ἀ. πατρός Od.4.114

: freq. c. part., τεθνηῶτος (sc. πατρός)

ἀκούσῃς 1.289

, etc.; but εἰ.. πατρὸς νόστον ἀ. ib. 287;

ἀ. περί τινος Od.19.270

, cf. E.IT 964, Isoc.5.72, Pl.R. 358d, 358e;

τι περί τινος X.An.7.7.30

.

c in Prose the pers. from whom thing is heard freq. takes Prep., ἀ. τι ἀπό, ἐκ, παρά, πρός τινος, first in Il.6.524, cf. Hdt.3.62, S.OT7,95, Th.1.125.

d less freq. c. dupl. gen. pers. et rei, hear of a thing from a person, as Od.17.115, D.18.9.

e with part. or inf. added, as εἰ πτώσσοντας ὑφ' Ἕκτορι πάντας ἀκούσαι should he hear that all are now crouching under Hector, Il.7.129, cf. Hdt.7.10.θ, X.Cyr.2.4.12, D.3.9; ἀ. αὐτὸν ὄλβιον εἶναι to hear [ generally] that he is happy, Il.24.543, cf. X.An.2.5.13, etc.:—also ἀ. τινὰ ὅτι or ὡς, Ἀτρεΐδην ἀκοετε ὡς.. Od.3.193; τὸν Δαίδαλον οὐκ ἀκήκοας, ὁτι..; X.Mem.4.2.33;

ἀ. οὕνεκα S.OC33

.

f c. gen. et part., to express what one actually hears from a person,

ταῦτ'.. ἤκουον σαφῶς Ὀδυσσέως λέγοντος S. Ph. 595

; ἀ. τινὸς λέγοντος, διαλεγομένου, Pl.Prt. 320b, X.Mem.2.4.1: rarely c. acc. et part., S.Ph. 614.

2 know by hearsay,

ἔξοιδ' ἀκούων S.OT 105

: [tense] pres. is used like a [tense] pf.,

νῆσός τις Συρίη κικλήσκεται, εἴ που ἀκούεις Od.15.403

, cf. 3.193; in Prose, Pl.Grg. 503c, Luc. Gall.13.

3 abs., hearken, give ear, esp. in proclamations, ἀκούετε λεῴ oyez! oyez! Susar.1, etc.: for S.OT 1386 v. πηγή 2.

4 οἱ ἀκούοντες readers of a book, Plb.1.13.6, al.

II listen to, give ear to, c. gen., Il.1.381, etc.: metaph.,

Φωκυλίδου οὐκ ἀκούεις

;

Pl.R. 407a

: rarely c. dat.,

ἀ. ἀνέρι κηδομένῳ Il.16.515

(in S.El. 227 τίνι is Eth. dat.): with gen. of part. after dat., ὅττι οἱ ὦκ' ἤκουσε.. θεὸς εὐξαμένοιο ib. 531.

2 obey, βασιλῆος, θεοῦ, Il.19.256, Od.7.11:—[voice] Med., Λεωφίλου δ' ἀκούεται [ πάντα] Archil.64.

3 hear and understand,

κλύοντες οὐκ ἤκουον A.Pr. 448

, cf. Ch.5, Ar.Ra. 1173;

τὸ μὴ πάντας πάντων ἀκούειν S.E.M.1.37

.

4 to be a pupil of, c. gen., D.L.9.21.

III after Hom., serving as [voice] Pass. to λέγειν, hear oneself called, be called, like Lat. audire,

εἴπερ ὄρθ' ἀκούεις, Ζεῦ S.OT 903

(cf. A.Ag. 161); freq. with εὖ and κακῶς, κακῶς ἀ. ὑπό τινος to be ill spoken of by one;

πρός τινος Hdt.7.16

.ά; περί τινος for a thing, Id.6.86.ά; ἄμεινον, ἄριστα ἀ., Hdt.2.173,8.93, cf. S.Ph. 1313, Antipho 5.75, etc.

2 with nom. of subject, ἀκούειν κακός, καλός, S.OC 988, Pl.Ly. 207a;

νῦν κόλακες καὶ θεοῖς ἐχθροὶ.. ἀκούουσι D.18.46

, etc.;

ἔχαιρε ἀκούων Αἰετὸς ὁ Πύρρος Ael.NA7.45

; later in [voice] Pass. in this sense, Nonn.D. 21.220,al.

3 c. inf., ἤκουον εἶναι πρῶτοι were said to be first, Hdt. 3.131; also

ἀκούσομαι μὲν ὡς ἔφυν οἴκτου πλέως S.Ph. 1074

.

4 c. acc. rei, ἀ. κακά have evil spoken of one, Ar.Th. 388, cf. S.Ph. 607;

ἀ. λόγον ἐσλόν Pi.I.5(4).13

;

φήμας.. κακὰς ἤκουσεν E.Hel. 615

.

5 οὕτως ἀ. hear it so said, i. e. at first hearing,

ὡς οὕτω γ' ἀκοῦσαι Pl. Euthphr.3b

;

ὥς γε οὑτωσὶ ἀκοῦσαι Id.Ly. 216a

.

IV understand, take in a certain sense, Jul.Or.4.147a; esp. in Scholl., as Sch.E.Or. 333; τι ἐπί τινος Sch.E.Hipp.73.

V Astrol., aspect mutually, of signs equidistant from an equinoctial sign, Doroth.189, Heph. Astr.2.2; also, = ὑπακούειν (q. v.), Id.1.9.

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.