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οὖς

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greekNew TestamentNoun · neuter36 occurrences9 books34 verses

Definition

οὖς genitive, ὠτός, τό,

[in LXX chiefly for אֹזֶן ;]

the ear: Matthew 13:16, Mark 7:33, Luke 22:50, 1 Corinthians 2:9; 12:16, 1 Peter 3:12; ἐν τ. ὠσί, Luke 4:21; εἰς τ. ὦτα ἀκούεσθαι, Acts 7:57; γίνεσθαι, Luke 1:44; εἰσέρχεσθαι, James 5:4; εἰς τ. οὖς ἀκούειν, Matthew 10:27; πρὸς τ. οὖς λαλεῖν, Luke 12:3; τὰ ὦ. συνέχειν (MM, xviii), Acts 7:57. Metaphorical, of understanding, perceiving, knowing: Matthew 13:16; ὁ ἔχων (εἴ τις ἔχει) οὖς ἀκουσάτω, Revelation 2:7, 11; 2:17, 29; 3:6, 13; 13:9; ὁ ἔχων (ὃς ἔχει, εἴ τις ἔχει) ὦτα (ἀκούειν) ἀκουέτω, Matthew 11:15; 13:9, 43, Mark 4:9, 23; 7:16 (R, mg.), Luke 8:8; 14:35; τοῖς ὠ. βαρέως ἀκούειν, Matthew 13:15, Acts 28:27" (LXX) ; ὦ. ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούειν, Mark 8:18; ὦ. τοῦ μὴ ἀκούειν, Romans 11:8; θέσθε εἰς τὰ ὦ., Luke 9:44; ἀπερίτμητος τοῖς ὠ., Acts 7:51.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as οὖς:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

36 total
  1. Matthew 10:27οὖς · ear
    What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
  2. Matthew 11:15ὦτα · ears
    He who has ears, let him hear.
  3. Matthew 13:9ὦτα · ears
    He who has ears, let him hear.”
  4. Matthew 13:15ὠσὶν · ears; ὠσὶν · ears
    For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
  5. Matthew 13:16ὦτα · ears
    But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
  6. Matthew 13:43ὦτα · ears
    Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
  7. Mark 4:9ὦτα · ears
    Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
  8. Mark 4:23ὦτα · ears
    If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
  9. Mark 7:33ὦτα · ears
    So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
  10. Mark 8:18ὦτα · ears
    ‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?
  11. Luke 1:44ὦτά · ears
    For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
  12. Luke 4:21ὠσὶν · hearing
    …and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
  13. Luke 8:8ὦτα · ears
    Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
  14. Luke 9:44ὦτα · ears
    “Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”
  15. Luke 12:3οὖς
    What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
  16. Luke 14:35ὦτα · ears
    It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
  17. Luke 22:50οὖς · ear
    And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
  18. Acts 7:51ὠσίν · ears
    You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
  19. Acts 7:57ὦτα · ears
    At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
  20. Acts 11:22ὦτα · ears
    When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
  21. Acts 28:27ὠσὶν · ears; ὠσὶν · ears
    For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
  22. Romans 11:8ὦτα · ears
    …as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
  23. 1 Corinthians 2:9οὖς · ear
    Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
  24. 1 Corinthians 12:16οὖς · ear
    And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
  25. James 5:4ὦτα · ears
    Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
  26. 1 Peter 3:12ὦτα · ears
    For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
  27. Revelation 2:7οὖς · an ear
    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
  28. Revelation 2:11οὖς · an ear
    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
  29. Revelation 2:17οὖς · an ear
    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
  30. Revelation 2:29οὖς · an ear
    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
  31. Revelation 3:6οὖς · an ear
    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
  32. Revelation 3:13οὖς · an ear
    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
  33. Revelation 3:22οὖς · an ear
    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
  34. Revelation 13:9οὖς · an ear
    He who has an ear, let him hear: