ἐπακούσομαι

ἐπακούω

hear: aor subj mid 1st sg (epic)

ἐπακούω

hear: fut ind mid 1st sg

ἐπακούω

hear: aor subj mid 1st sg (epic)

ἐπακούω

hear: fut ind mid 1st sg

ἐπᾰκού-ω, [tense] fut. ἐπακούσομαι ib. Ge.30.33, later

A

ἐπακούσω Psalm.Solom.18.3

:—hear, c. acc. rei, ὂς πάντ' ἐφορᾷς καὶ πάντ' ἐπακούεις, of the Sun, Il.3.277, cf. Od.11.109; prov., ὁπποῖόν κ' εἴπῃσθα ἔπος, τοῖόν κ' ἐπακούσαις as thou speakest, so wilt thou be answered, Il.20.250;

φωνὴν ἐ. Hes.Op. 448

;

χρησμόν Ar.Eq. 1080

: c. acc. rei et gen. pers.,

ἔπος ἐμέθεν Od.19.98

: c. gen. rei,

εὐχῆς Ar.Nu. 263

;

τῆς φωνῆς Hdt.2.70

: abs., Th.1.53, Hdt.9.98, etc.

2 overhear,

μή τις τῶν ἀμυήτων ἐπακούσῃ Pl.Tht. 155e

, cf. Ar.Th. 628.

3 hear about, hear tell of,

μόχθων E.Tr. 165

(lyr.); c. part.,

οἷον γᾶς Ἀσίας οὐκ ἐπακούω.. βλαστὸν φύτευμα S.OC 695

(lyr.);

τινά τι δρῶντα Pl.Lg. 729b

.

4 give ear, listen, A.Ch. 725 (anap.): c. gen. pers.,

ἐμοῦ 'πάκουσον S.OT 708

, cf. Pl.Prt. 317d; ἐ. μοι 'pray attend', Id.Sph. 227c: esp. of giving ear to one who prays, of God, LXXIs.49.8, UPZ78.24 (ii B.C.); or to advice, commands, etc., i.e. obey,

βουλῆς Il.2.143

;

δίκης Hes.Op. 275

;

ἐμῶν μύθων S.Ph. 1417

(anap.): c. dat. rei,

τῷ κελεύσματι Hdt.4.141

;

ταῖς εὐχαῖς D.H.13.6

, cf. LXXHo.2.21(23).

5 later, like ἐπαΐω, perceive, understand,

τῶν ᾀδομένων Luc.Salt.64

, cf. Plu.Flam.10 (or, hear distinctly).

6 ἐπακούσεταί μοι ἡ δικαιοσύνη μου shall answer for me, LXXGe.30.33.

ἐπακούω fut. ἐπακούσομαι; 1 aor. ἐπήκουσα; pf. 3 sg. ἐπακήκοε LXX; inf. ἐπακηκοέναι (Just., D. 137, 4); 1 aor. pass. 3 sg. ἐπηκούσθη 2 Ch 30:27 (s. ἀκούω; Hom. [Il. 2, 143 in the sense ‘hear about’]+; Tat. 30, 2 ‘understand’ a foreign tongue). On LXX s. JBarr, JTS 31, ’80, 67–72.

① to pay close attention to what one is told w. implication of being responsive, hear, listen to (Aeschyl., Choëph. 725; Lucian, Tim. 34 τ. εὐχῶν; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 478, 6=BGU 1080, 6; IMaronIsis 7; PGM 13, 207 μοι; LXX; τῆς φωνῆς ἡμῶν En 103:14; 106:8; Jos., Ant. 9, 10) τινός someone (Lucian, Pseudolog. 23; UPZ 78, 24 [159 B.C.] Isis, ἐπάκουσόν μου; PGM 3, 497; Gen 17:20 al.; TestAbr A 14 p. 94, 2 [Stone p. 36]; JosAs 14:2) 1 Cl 8:3 (quot. of unknown orig.; cp. Is 65:24); B 3:5; ἐπήκουσά σου 2 Cor 6:2 (Is 49:8; CCox, Biblica 62, ’81, 251–58); τῆς δεήσεως GJs 2:4; 4:1f; 20:3 (last not pap); προσευχομένου Ἰωνᾶ AcPlCor 2:30.—OWeinreich, Θεοὶ ἐπήκοοι: MAI 37, 1912, 1–68.

② to act appropriately in response to what one hears, heed, obey (Hes., Op. 275; Hdt. 4, 141; Pla., Soph., 227c; Vett. Val. 67, 16; Judg 2:17 A; 1 Macc 10:38 v.l.) abs. πρέπον ἐστὶν ἐ. κατὰ μηδεμίαν ὑπόκρισιν it is fitting to be obedient without hypocrisy IMg 3:2. ἔμπροσθέν τινος before someone = obey someone B 12:11 (Is 45:1).—New Docs 1, 15. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.