ἐπακούω: 1 aorist ἐπήκουσά; from Homer down; the Sept. often for ςΘπΘδ and ωΘΡξΗς ; 1. to give ear to, listen to; to perceive by the ear. 2. to listen to i. e. hear with favor, grant one's prayer (Aeschylus choëph. 725; τῶν εὐχῶν, Lucian, Tim. 34): τίνος, to hearken to one, 2Co_6:2 from Isa_49:8; often so in the Sept.

ἐπακούω epakouō 1x gen., to listen or hearken to; to hear with favor, 2Co_6:2

ἐπ -ακούω , [in LXX for H8085 , H6030 , etc.;] 1. to listen to. 2. to hearken to, hear with favour (one's prayer): c . gen . pers ., 2Co_6:2 ( LXX ).†

ἐπακούω [page 228] With ἐπακούω in 2Co_6:2 (fr. LXX Isa_49:8 ) cf. the invocation to Isis by a dreamer in the Serapeum P Par 51 .24 (B.C. 160) (= Selections , p. 20) ἐλθέ μοι , θεὰ θεῶν , εἵλεως γινομένη , ἐπάκουσόν μου , ἐλέησον τὰς διδύμας . So also P Leid W v. 41 (ii/iii A.D.) κύριε . . . εἴσελθε καὶ ἐπάκουσόν με (note the late acc. of person as after the MGr ἀκούω ), ib. x. 36 ἄτερ γὰρ τούτων ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἐπακούσεται , BGU IV. 1080 .6 (iii/A.D. ?) κατὰ τὰς κοινὰς ἡμῶν εὐχὰς καὶ προσευχάς , ἐφ᾽ αἷς οἱ θεοὶ τέλιον ( l. ειον ) ἐπακούσαντες παρέσχον , and the Christian P Oxy XII. 1494 .7 (early iv/A.D.) εἵν᾽ οὕτ̣ω̣ς̣ ἐπακούσῃ ὁ θαιὸς τῶν εὐχῶν ὑμῶν . In a ii/B.C. Delphic inscr. a certain Bacchius is described as having bestowed benefactions on the city ἐπακούσας προθ [ύ ]μως τὰ ἀξιούμενα ( Syll 306 .11 ). The adj. is found in a iii/A.D. love-spell, Preisigke 4947 .6 ἵνα με φιλῇ καὶ ὃ ἐὰν αὐτὴν αἰτῶ , ἐπήκοός μοι ᾖν ( l. ᾖ ).

ἐπακούω fut. -ακούσομαι "to listen or hearken to, to hear", c. acc., Hom. , attic: also c. gen., Hdt. , Eur. :— c. acc. rei et gen. pers. "to hear" a thing "from" a person, Od. absol. "to give ear, hearken", Aesch. , etc. "to obey", τινός Il. , Soph.

ἐπ-ακούω [in LXX for שָׁמַע, עָנָה, etc. ;] __1. to listen to. __2. to hearken to, hear with favour (one's prayer): with genitive of person(s), 2Co.6:2 (LXX).† (AS)