verb
diakouomō
Strong’sG1251
I hear throughout, of a judicial hearing
stem diakou-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
δι-ακούω
[in LXX: De 1:16 (שׁמע), Jb 9:33 (יָד שִׁית hi.)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1251 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -ακούσομαιNT:—hear out or to the end, τι Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, of a court, try out a case, Refs; hear or learn from another, τινὸς ἄττα Refs 5th c.BC+: with genitive person, of parties to a dispute, NT+2nd c.BC+; also, to be a hearer or disciple of, Refs 1st c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| diakouemiΔιακούσομαί | will happen · Ifuture middle indicative 1st person singular | give … ahearing | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diakouomō | diakouome | diakouomē | diakouomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | diakouosō | diakouose | diakouosē | diakouoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diakouotō | diakouote | diakouotē | diakouotelē |
| we 1st person plural | diakouonō | diakouone | diakouonē | diakouonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | diakouovō | diakouove | diakouovē | diakouovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | diakouolō | diakouole | diakouolē | diakouolelē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diakouemi1×Διακούσομαί | diakouema |
| you 2nd person singular | diakouesi | diakouesa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diakoueti | diakoueta |
| we 1st person plural | diakoueni | diakouena |
| ye 2nd person plural | diakouevi | diakoueva |
| they 3rd person plural | diakoueli | diakouela |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diakouomeiō | diakouomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | diakouoseiō | diakouoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diakouoteiō | diakouoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | diakouoneiō | diakouoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | diakouoveiō | diakouoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | diakouoleiō | diakouoleiē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diakouemeia |
| you 2nd person singular | diakoueseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diakoueteia |
| we 1st person plural | diakoueneia |
| ye 2nd person plural | diakoueveia |
| they 3rd person plural | diakoueleia |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | diakouosōr | diakouosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diakouotōr | diakouotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | diakouovōr | diakouovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | diakouolōr | diakouolēr |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | diakouesar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diakouetar |
| ye 2nd person plural | diakouevar |
| they 3rd person plural | diakouelar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diakouomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | diakouosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diakouotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | diakouonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | diakouovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | diakouoloiō |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diakouemoia |
| you 2nd person singular | diakouesoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diakouetoia |
| we 1st person plural | diakouenoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | diakouevoia |
| they 3rd person plural | diakoueloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | diakouorō | diakouorē | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | diakoueri | diakouera |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | diakouorōntos | diakouorēntos | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | diakouerintos | diakouerantos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
diakou 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
diakouemi“give … ahearing”will happen · Ifuture middle indicative 1st person singular1×
Acts 23:35“give … ahearing”Diakouemi su, fēate, hotan kai tois katēgorois …he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then …