ὨΤΑ, ὠτα
ŌTA, ōta
Sounds Like: OH-tah
Translations: ears, an ear
From the root: ΟΥ̓Σ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the anatomical organ of hearing, the ear. In Koine Greek, it is commonly used in both literal and figurative senses, such as 'ears to hear' (meaning to understand or pay attention). ὨΤΑ is the plural form of the noun.
Inflection: Nominative or Accusative, Plural, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3775 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 22:6
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 9:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 13:366
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 14:23
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 53:1
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 12:2, 33:1, 39:8, 51:3, 69:5, 70:2, 123:3
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 1:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 20:8, 23:13, 23:16, 50:4
- Exodus — 10:2, 11:2, 17:14, 24:7
- Numbers — 14:28
- Deuteronomy — 29:4, 31:11, 31:28, 31:30, 32:44
- Joshua — 9:8
- 1 Samuel — 3:11, 8:21, 11:4, 18:23, 25:24
- 2 Samuel — 3:19
- 1 Kings — 8:52, 12:24
- 2 Kings — 21:12
- 2 Chronicles — 6:40, 7:15
- Nehemiah — 8:3
- 1 Maccabees — 10:7
- Psalms — 17:7, 33:16, 57:5, 113:14, 129:2, 134:17
- Psalms of Solomon — 18:3
- Odes — 4:9
- Proverbs — 18:15, 21:13, 23:9, 23:12
- Wisdom — 15:15
- Sirach — 17:6, 25:9
- Isaiah — 5:9, 30:21, 32:3, 33:15, 35:5, 36:11, 42:20, 43:8, 48:8, 49:20, 50:5
- Jeremiah — 5:21, 6:10, 9:20, 19:3, 33:15, 35:7, 36:29, 42:15, 43:6, 43:13, 43:15, 43:21
- Lamentations — 3:56
- Baruch — 2:31
- Ezekiel — 9:1, 12:2, 16:12, 23:25, 24:26
- Micah — 7:16
- Zechariah — 7:11
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 11:15, 13:9, 13:16, 13:43
- Mark — 4:9, 4:23, 7:33, 8:18
- Luke — 1:44, 8:8, 9:44, 14:35
- Acts — 7:57, 11:22
- Romans — 11:8
- James — 5:4
- 1 Peter — 3:12
From the same root
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