verb
epakroomō
Strong’sG1874
I listen to, hear
stem epakro-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-ακροάομαι, -ῶμαι
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1874 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
={ἐπακούω}, absolutely, NT+5th c.BC+; τὸν λόγον Ant. Refs 4th c.AD+ ἐπακρό-ᾱσις, εως, ἡ, hearkening, obedience, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| epakrooleἐπηκροῶντο | was happening · theyimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural | listening to | 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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epakroomō | epakroome | epakroomē | epakroomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | epakroosō | epakroose | epakroosē | epakrooselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epakrootō | epakroote | epakrootē | epakrootelē |
| we 1st person plural | epakroonō | epakroone | epakroonē | epakroonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epakroovō | epakroove | epakroovē | epakroovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | epakroolō | epakroole1×ἐπηκροῶντο | epakroolē | epakroolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epakroomeiō | epakroomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | epakrooseiō | epakrooseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epakrooteiō | epakrooteiē |
| we 1st person plural | epakrooneiō | epakrooneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epakrooveiō | epakrooveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | epakrooleiō | epakrooleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | epakroosōr | epakroosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epakrootōr | epakrootēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | epakroovōr | epakroovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | epakroolōr | epakroolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epakroomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | epakroosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epakrootoiō |
| we 1st person plural | epakroonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | epakroovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | epakrooloiō |
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 | epakroorō | epakroorē |
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 | epakroorōntos | epakroorēntos |
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
epakro 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
epakroole“listening to”was happening · theyimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural1×
Acts 16:25… kai Silos proseuchorōntois humnale ton theon, epakroole de autoiu tois desmiois;… God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.