STRONGS G3775:
οὖς, genitive
ὠτός, plural
ὦτα, dative
ὦσιν,
τό (cf. Latin
auris,
ausculto, audio, etc.; akin to
ἀΐω,
αἰσθάνομαι; cf.
Curtius, § 619;
Vanicek, p. 67); from
Homer down; Hebrew
אֹזֶן;
the ear;
1. properly:
Matthew 13:16;
Mark 7:33;
Luke 22:50;
1 Corinthians 2:9;
1 Corinthians 12:16;
ὦτα τίνος εἰς δέησιν, to hear supplication,
1 Peter 3:12;
ἡ γραφή πληροῦται ἐν τοῖς ὠσί τίνος, while present and hearing,
Luke 4:21 (Baruch 1:3f); those unwilling to hear a thing are said
συνέχειν (which see 2 a.)
τά ὦτα,
to stop their ears, Acts 7:57;
ἠκούσθη τί εἰς τά ὦτα τίνος, something was heard by, came to the knowledge of (
A. V. came to the ears of) one,
Acts 11:22; likewise
ἐισέρχεσθαι,
James 5:4;
γίνεσθαι, to come unto the ears of one,
Luke 1:44;
ἀκούειν εἰς τό οὖς, to hear (
A. V. in the ear i. e.) in familiar converse, privately,
Matthew 10:27 (
εἰς οὖς often so in classical Greek; cf.
Passow (Liddell and Scott), under the word, 1); also
πρός τό οὖς λαλεῖν,
Luke 12:3.
2. metaphorically equivalent to:
the faculty of perceiving with the mind, the faculty of understanding and knowing:
Matthew 13:16;
ὁ ἔχων (or
εἰ τίς ἔχει)
ὦτα (or
οὖς, in Rev.) (sometimes (especially in Mark and Luke) with
ἀκούειν added; cf.
Buttmann, § 140, 3)
ἀκουέτω, whoever has the faculty of attending and understanding, let him use it,
Matthew 11:15;
Matthew 13:9,
43;
Mark 4:9,
23;
Mark 7:16 (
T WH omit;
Tr brackets the verse);
Luke 8:8;
Luke 14:35 (34);
Revelation 2:7,
11,
17,
29;
Revelation 3:6,
13,
22;
Revelation 13:9;
τοῖς ὠσί βαρέως ἀκούειν, to be slow to understand or obey (
A. V. their ears are dull of hearing),
Matthew 13:15;
Acts 28:27 (from
Isaiah 6:10);
ὦτα ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούετε,
Mark 8:18;
ὦτα τοῦ μή ἀκούειν, (
ears that they should not hear; cf.
Buttmann, 267 (230)),
Romans 11:8;
θέσθε τούς λόγους τούτους εἰς τά ὦτα (
A. V. let these words sink into your ears i. e.) take them into your memory and hold them there,
Luke 9:44;
ἀπερίτμητος τοῖς ὦσιν (see
ἀπερίτμητος),
Acts 7:51.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Isaiah
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6:10
- Matthew
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10:27; 11:15; 13:9; 13:15; 13:16; 13:16; 13:43
- Mark
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4:9; 4:23; 7:16; 7:33; 8:18
- Luke
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1:44; 4:21; 8:8; 9:44; 12:3; 14:35; 22:50
- Acts
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7:51; 7:57; 11:22; 28:27
- Romans
-
11:8
- 1 Corinthians
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2:9; 12:16
- James
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5:4
- 1 Peter
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3:12
- Revelation
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2:7; 2:11; 2:17; 2:29; 3:6; 3:13; 3:22; 13:9