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verb

Greekἐπακούω (epakouō)
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epakouamō

Strong’sG1873

I listen to, hear favorably

stem epakou-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.

ἐπ-ακούω

[in LXX for שָׁמַע, עָנָה, etc.;]

1. to listen to.
2. to hearken to, hear with favour (one's prayer): c. gen. pers., II Co 6:2 (LXX).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1873 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ak-oo'-o

to hearken (favorably) to

Fromfrom G1909 and G191;

King Jameshear.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ἐπᾰκού-ω,
future ἐπακούσομαιLXX, later ἐπακούσω Refs:—hear, with accusative of things, ὂς πάντ᾽ ἐφορᾷς καὶ πάντ᾽ ἐπακούεις, of the Sun, Refs 8th c.BC+; proverbial, ὁπποῖόν κ᾽ εἴπῃσθα ἔπος, τοῖόν κ᾽ ἐπακούσαις as thou speakest, so wilt thou be answered, Refs 8th c.BC+: with accusative of things et genitive person, ἔπος ἐμέθεν Refs 8th c.BC+
2 overhear, μή τις τῶν ἀμυήτων ἐπακούσῃ Refs 5th c.BC+
3 hear about, hear tell of, μόχθων Refs 5th c.BC+; with participle, οἷον γᾶς Ἀσίας οὐκ ἐπακούω.. βλαστὸν φύτευμα Refs 5th c.BC+
4 give ear, listen, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. μοι 'pray attend', Refs: especially of giving ear to one who prays, of God, LXX+2nd c.BC+; or to advice, commands, etc., i.e. obey, βουλῆς LXX+8th c.BC+
5 later, like{ἐπαΐω}, perceive, understand, τῶν ᾀδομένων Refs 1st c.AD+ (or, hear distinctly).
6 ἐπακούσεταί μοι ἡ δικαιοσύνη μου shall answer for me, LXX

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.

listened to1×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
epakouamaἐπήκουσάhappened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singularlistened to1×

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
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularepakouamōepakouameepakouamiepakouama1×ἐπήκουσάepakouamēepakouamelē
you 2nd person singularepakouasōepakouaseepakouasiepakouasaepakouasēepakouaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularepakouatōepakouateepakouatiepakouataepakouatēepakouatelē
we 1st person pluralepakouanōepakouaneepakouaniepakouanaepakouanēepakouanelē
ye 2nd person pluralepakouavōepakouaveepakouaviepakouavaepakouavēepakouavelē
they 3rd person pluralepakoualōepakoualeepakoualiepakoualaepakoualēepakoualelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularepakouameiōepakouameiaepakouameiē
you 2nd person singularepakouaseiōepakouaseiaepakouaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularepakouateiōepakouateiaepakouateiē
we 1st person pluralepakouaneiōepakouaneiaepakouaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralepakouaveiōepakouaveiaepakouaveiē
they 3rd person pluralepakoualeiōepakoualeiaepakoualeiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularepakouasōrepakouasarepakouasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularepakouatōrepakouatarepakouatēr
ye 2nd person pluralepakouavōrepakouavarepakouavēr
they 3rd person pluralepakoualōrepakoualarepakoualēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularepakouamoiōepakouamoia
you 2nd person singularepakouasoiōepakouasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularepakouatoiōepakouatoia
we 1st person pluralepakouanoiōepakouanoia
ye 2nd person pluralepakouavoiōepakouavoia
they 3rd person pluralepakoualoiōepakoualoia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceepakouarōepakouariepakouaraepakouarē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceepakouarōntosepakouarintosepakouarantosepakouarēntos

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
epakoustem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

epakou 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

epakouama“listened to”happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular1×

2 Corinthians 6:2“listened to”legatō gar; Kairo dekto epakouama su kai en hēmera sōtērēau boēthama …For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold …