verb
parakouamō
Strong’sG3878
I refuse to hear, disobey, disregard
stem parakou-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
παρ-ακούω,
[in LXX: Es 3:3, 8 (עבר, עשׂה, c. neg.) 4:14 7:4 (חרשׁ hi.), Is 65:12 (שׁמע, c. neg.), I Es 4:11, To 3:4*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3878 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
hear beside, especially hear accidentally, hear talk of, Δημοκήδεος τὴν τέχνην Refs 5th c.BC+
II eavesdrop, overhear from, δεσποτῶν ἅττ᾽ ἂν λαλῶσι Refs 5th c.BC+; π. τινός overhear him, NT+2nd c.AD+
III hear imperfectly or wrongly, misunderstand, ἀκούειν τι τοῦ λόγου, παρακούειν δέ Refs 5th c.BC+; ἑκουσίως π. Refs 1st c.BC+
IV hear carelessly, take no heed of, τῆς παραγγειλάσης φύσεως LXX+4th c.BC+
IV.2 with genitive person, NT+3rd c.BC+:—passive, to be disregarded, Refs 2nd c.BC+
IV.3 disobey, τοῦ θεοῦ LXX+1st c.AD+:—passive, Refs 1st c.AD+
IV.4 pretend not to hear, Refs 1st c.AD+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| parakouateiaπαρακούσῃ | happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular | refuses to listen | 2× |
| parakouarantosπαρακούσας | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine | overhearing | 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, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | parakouamō | parakouame | parakouami | parakouama | parakouamē | parakouamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | parakouasō | parakouase | parakouasi | parakouasa | parakouasē | parakouaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | parakouatō | parakouate | parakouati | parakouata | parakouatē | parakouatelē |
| we 1st person plural | parakouanō | parakouane | parakouani | parakouana | parakouanē | parakouanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | parakouavō | parakouave | parakouavi | parakouava | parakouavē | parakouavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | parakoualō | parakouale | parakouali | parakouala | parakoualē | parakoualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | parakouameiō | parakouameia | parakouameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | parakouaseiō | parakouaseia | parakouaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | parakouateiō | parakouateia2×παρακούσῃ | parakouateiē |
| we 1st person plural | parakouaneiō | parakouaneia | parakouaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | parakouaveiō | parakouaveia | parakouaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | parakoualeiō | parakoualeia | parakoualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | parakouasōr | parakouasar | parakouasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | parakouatōr | parakouatar | parakouatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | parakouavōr | parakouavar | parakouavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | parakoualōr | parakoualar | parakoualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | parakouamoiō | parakouamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | parakouasoiō | parakouasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | parakouatoiō | parakouatoia |
| we 1st person plural | parakouanoiō | parakouanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | parakouavoiō | parakouavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | parakoualoiō | parakoualoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | parakouarō | parakouari | parakouara | parakouarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | parakouarōntos | parakouarintos | parakouarantos1×παρακούσας | parakouarēntos |
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
parakou 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
parakouateia“refuses to listen”happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular2×
Matthew 18:17ean de parakouateia autoiu, legasar ta ekklēsa; ean de …If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church …
Matthew 18:17… ekklēsa; ean de kai tau ekklēsau parakouateia, atōr si hōsper tos ethnikos kai …… to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him …
parakouarantos“overhearing”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Mark 5:36“overhearing”tos de Iēsus parakouarantos ton logon lalorōnton legatō to archisunagōgo; …But Jesus overheard their conversation and said to Jairus …