Strong's Greek · G202
G202 akroatḗs
ἀκροατής
ak-ro-at-ace'
hearer
Looking for Hebrew H202 ʼôwn? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G202. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
akroatḗs appears 4 times in Scripture, in Romans and James. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a hearer (merely)
In the King James Version
hearer
Derivation
from ἀκροάομαι (to listen; apparently an intensive of G191 (ἀκούω));
Appears 4 times in Scripture
“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.”
“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.”
“Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.”
“For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
