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G1801 ἐνωτίζομαι (enōtízomai)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I take into my ear, listen to

Strong's Definition

to take in one's ear, i.e. to listen

Derivation: middle voice from a compound of G1722 (ἐν) and G3775 (οὖς);

KJV Usage: hearken

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐνωτίζομαι: in Biblical writings deponent middle; 1 aorist imperative 2 person plural ἐνωτίσασθε; equivalent to ἐν ὠτίοις δέχομαι (Hesychius), to receive into the ear; give ear to: τί, Act_2:14; the Sept. for δΖΰΑζΔιο; elsewhere only in ecclesiastical and Byzantine writings, and in these also as deponent passive. Cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexicc., p. 693f; (Sturz, Dial. Alex., p. 166; Winer's Grammar, 33).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐνωτίζομαι enōtizomai 1x to give ear, listen, pay attention to, Act_2:14

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† ἐνωτίζομαι ( < οὖς ), depon . mid ., [in LXX chiefly for H238 hi .;] to give ear to, hearken to: c . acc , Act_2:14 .† Also used for H3176 H8085

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐνωτίζομαι [page 220] Vorstius de Hebraismis NT , p. 10 ff. questions the coinage of this word by the LXX translators in order to render the Heb. δΖΰΖεΖιγ , and thinks that it was already in use in common speech ( non noviter ea a Graecis Interpretibus, aut a scriptoribus N.T., est fabricata; sed in vulgari sermone obtinuerat iam ante ). Anz, however, regards (p. 378) the constr. with the dat. found in Exo_15:26 BAF as due to Hebraistic influence ( μΐξΔφΐεΙϊΘιε εΐδΗΝΰΗεΗπΐϊΜΘ ). We are unable to cite any ex. of the verb from vernacular sources, but ἐνώτιον earring, as in Exo_35:22 , Isa_3:20 , is fairly common, e.g. BGU IV. 1101 .7 (B.C. 13) ἐνωτίω (ν ) χ̣ρ̣υ̣σ̣(ῶν ), P Ryl II. 124 .30 (i/A.D.) ἐν̣ω̣διον χρυσοῦν , al. : in P Petr I. 12 .24 we find the form ἐνώιδιον , as in Attic inscrr. from B.C. 398 onwards, cf. Meisterhans Gr. pp. 65, 79.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἐνωτίζομαι [Etym: οὖς] Dep. "to hearken to" a thing, τι NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐνωτίζομαι (οὖς), depon. mid., [in LXX chiefly for אָזַן hi. ;] to give ear to, hearken to: with accusative, Act.2:14.† Also used for יָחַל שָׁמַע (AS)

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