ἘΠΗΚΟΥΣΑ, ἐπηκουσα
EPĒKOUSA, epēkousa
Sounds Like: ep-ay-KOO-sah
Translations: listened to, heard, obeyed, answered
From the root: ἘΠΑΚΟΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (epi, meaning 'upon' or 'to') and the verb 'ἀκούω' (akouo, meaning 'to hear'). It means to listen to, hear, or obey, often implying a favorable or attentive hearing, such as listening to a prayer or obeying a command. It can also mean to answer, especially in the context of prayer.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 1st Person Singular or 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G1874 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 122:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Corinthians — 6:2
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!
- ἘΠΑΚΟΥΣΟΜΑΙ — I will listen to, I will hearken to, I will answer, I will obey
- 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
- 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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