noun · masculine
akroatos
Greekἀκροατής (akroatēs)
Strong’sG202
a hearer of, a listener to
stem akroat-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἀκροατής, οῦ, ὁ (v. supr.)
[in LXX: Is 3:3 (לַחַשׁ), Si 3:29;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G202 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidak-ro-at-ace'
apparently an intensive of G191); a hearer (merely)
Fromfrom ἀκροάομαι (to listen;
King Jameshearer.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | akroatos2×ἀκροατὴς | akroatois2×ἀκροαταὶ |
| object accusative | akroaton | akroatoin |
| direct address vocative | akroator | akroatoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | akroatou | akroatoiu |
| to, for dative | akroato | akroatoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
akroato is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
akroatos“hearer”subjectnominative singular2×
James 1:23“hearer”hoti ei tinos akroatos logou atō kai ouk poiētos, houtos eoikatē anēro katanoarōto tem prosōpem tau genesiau autou en esoptre,For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
James 1:25“hearer”tos de parakuptaratos eis nomon teleion ton tau eleutheriau kai paramenaratos, ouk akroatos epilēsmonau gineratos alla poiētos ergeu, houtos makarios en ta poiēsia autou eti.But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so — not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer — he will be blessed in what he does.
akroatois“hearers”subjectnominative plural2×
Romans 2:13“hearers”ouk gar tois akroatois nomou dikaiois para to theo, alla tois poiētois nomou dikaiili.For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
James 1:22“hearers”Ginevōr de poiētois logou kai mē akroatois monem paralogizerōtois heautoin.Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.