to listen to
Definition:
είσ-ακούω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁמַע, also for עָנָה, etc;] to listen to, in two senses; (a) to obey: 1Co.14:21 (cf. Deu.1:43, Sir.3:6) (b) to listen, assent to; pass, to be heard: of persons praying, Mat.6:7, Heb.5:7; of the prayer offered, Luk.1:13, Act.10:31 (cf. Psa.4:2, Sir.34:26); see Cremer, 624). (AS)
Definition:
εἰσᾰκούω,
hearken or
give ear to one, ὡς ἔφατ᾽· οὐδ᾽ ἐσάκουσε. Ὀδυσσεύς [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
give way, yield to a request, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of God, τινός or τῆς προσευχῆς [
LXX]:—so in
passive, of the prayer, [
NT]; of the person, [
NT]
2) in Poets, simply,
hear, τούτου λέγοντος εἰσήκουσ᾽ ἐγώ, ὡς. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνος βροτῶν λόγον τόνδ᾽ εἰ; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
perceive, feel effect of, τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου ἐσακούσαντος τοῦ τρώματος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
passive in strict sense, ἔξωθεν εἰς τὰς οἰκίας εἰσακούεται μᾶλλον ἢ ἔσωθεν ἔξω [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
Pronounciation:
ice-ak-oo'-o
Definition:
to listen to; hear; from
g1519 (εἰς) and
g191 (ἀκούω);