ἘΠΑΚΟΥΣΟΜΑΙ, ἐπακουσομαι
EPAKOUSOMAI, epakousomai
Sounds Like: ep-ah-KOO-so-mai
Translations: I will listen to, I will hearken to, I will answer, I will obey
From the root: ἘΠΑΚΟΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi, meaning 'upon' or 'to') and the verb ἀκούω (akouō, meaning 'to hear'). It means to listen attentively to someone or something, often with the implication of responding or obeying. It is used to describe the act of giving ear to a request, prayer, or command, and consequently acting upon it.
Inflection: Future, Middle/Passive Voice, Indicative Mood, First Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1873 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 8:3
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 81:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΑΚΟΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΑΚΗΚΟΩΣ — having heard, having listened, having obeyed, having given ear to
- ἘΠΑΚΟΥΕΙ — he hears, he listens, he answers, he heeds
- ἘΠΑΚΟΥΕΙΣ — you hear, you listen, you obey
- ἘΠΑΚΟΥΣΑΝ — they heard, they listened, they answered, they hearkened
- ἘΠΑΚΟΥΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of having heard, of having listened, of having heeded, of having answered
- ἘΠΑΚΟΥΣΑΤΕ — Hearken!, Listen!, Answer!
- ἘΠΑΚΟΥΣΟΝ — hear, listen, give ear, hearken, answer
- ἘΠΑΚΟΥΣΤΟΣ — heard, listened to, granted, answerable, audible
- ἘΠΑΚΟΥΣΩΣΙ — they may hear, they may listen, they may give ear, they may answer
- ἘΠΑΚΟΥΩ — to hear, to listen, to answer, to obey, to give ear to, to hearken
- ἘΠΗΚΟΥΣΑ — listened to, heard, obeyed, answered
- ἘΠΗΚΟΥΣΑΣ — you heard, you listened, you answered, you heeded
- ἘΠΗΚΟΥΣΑΤΕ — you heard, you listened, you obeyed
- ἘΠΗΚΟΥΣΕ — he heard, he listened, he answered, he gave heed
- ἘΠΗΚΟΥΣΕΝ — he heard, he listened, he answered, he hearkened
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