Quick Definition
διακούω v. I hear throughout, of a judicial hearing
Strong's Definition
middle voice from 1223 and 191; to hear throughout, i.e. patiently listen (to a prisoner's plea)
KJV Usage: hear
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀκούω
56.13 · Courts and Legal Procedures · Judicial Hearing, Inquiry
to hear a case, to provide a legal hearing, to hear a case in court to give a judicial hearing in a legal matter In some languages the most satisfactory way of speaking about ‘a court hearing’ is to describe the relationship between the principal participants. This may sometimes be done by translating ‘for a judge to listen to an accuser and a defender.’
1 ἀκούω[g] and διακούω apparently differ somewhat in meaning from ἀνακρίνω[b] (56.12) in that the former two seem to be more neutral in connotation and do not appear to imply later condemnation.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δι-ακούω : fut. διακούσομαι ; prop. to hear one through, hear to the end, hear with care, hear fully, (ef. διά, C. 2] (Xen., Plat., sqq.) : of a judge trying a cause, Acts xxiii. 353; so in Deut. i. 16; Dio Cass. 80, 53 (36).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διακούω diakouō 1x
to hear a thing through; to hear judicially, Acts 23:35*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δι-ακούω
[in LXX: De 1:16 (שׁמע), Jb 9:33 (יָד שִׁית hi.)* ;]
to hear through, hear fully; technically, to hear judicially (as De, l.c.; of. Deiss., BS, 230): Ac 23:35.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διακούω is common in the judicial sense, with vez. person. as in Ac Thus P Grenf I. 118 (n.c. 157) διακούσαντα [αὐτῶν προσανενεγκεῖν] ἐπὶ σὲ τὰ συ]γκεκριμένα, so 18, P Pay 119!” (c, A.D. 100) ἐπιστολὴν τοῦ ἡγεμόνος πρὸς Διονύσιν τὸν στρατηγὸν διακοῦσαι αὐτοῦ, P Giss I. 46! (time οἱ Hadrian—petition to the Praefect) ἀξιοῦμέν σε τὸν τοῦ νομοῦ βοηθὸν διακοῦσαι ἡμῶν, BGU I. 168% (ii/iii A.D.) ὅθεν ἀξιῶ «νον διακοῦσαί μου πρὸς αὐτούς, P Lond 9241 (a.p. 187-8) (=III. p. 135), ete. In Sy// 9298 (ii/B.c.) καὶ καθίσαντες ἐν τῷ ἱε[ρ]ῶι τῆς ᾿Αρτέμιδος τῆς Λευκοφρυηνῆς διηκούσαμεν Other inscriptional DBR τῶν διαφερομένων, we have ven. rer. citations are OG/S 335°° (ii/i8.c —decree of the Pitanaei) ἄρξονται διακούειν κ[αὶ καθ᾽ ἕκαστον σκοποῦντες ποή]σονται τὴν κρίσιν μεθ᾽ ὅρκου, Sy// ο2810 (beginning of ii/B.c.), Magn 103°° (224 half ii/A.p.), 76. 93a! (after A.D. 190) ete.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διακούω (diakouō) — to give a hearing. διᾰκούω, future -ακούσομαι[NT]:—hear out or to the end, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, of a court, try out a case, [Refs]; hear or learn from another, τινὸς ἄττα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive person, of parties to a dispute, [NT+2nd c.BC+]; also, to be a hearer or disciple of, [Refs 1st c.BC+]