ἀκροατής
akroatēs
hearer
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
SupportedThe Greek word ἀκροατής (akroatēs) is defined as a "hearer." It appears four times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the biblical narrative. As a "hearer," this term refers to someone who listens or pays attention to what is being said. The limited occurrences of ἀκροατής suggest a specific context or emphasis on the importance of listening in the biblical text. This might imply that the concept of being a "hearer" is crucial in certain situations or relationships, such as in spiritual guidance or education. The word's definition and usage in the Bible highlight the value placed on attentive listening and understanding.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified
James 1:22But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
James 1:23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
James 1:25But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.