Quick Definition
ἐπακούω v. I listen to, hear favorably
Strong's Definition
from 1909 and 191; to hearken (favorably) to
KJV Usage: hear
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀκούω
24.60 · Sensory Events and States · Hear
to listen to, to heed, to pay attention to what is said to listen to someone, with the implication of heeding and responding to what is heard
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπακούω epakouō 1x
gen., to listen or hearken to; to hear with favor, 2 Cor. 6:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-ακούω
[in LXX for שָׁמַע, עָנָה, etc. ;]
to listen to.
to hearken to, hear with favour (one's prayer): c. gen. pers., II Co 6:2 (LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπακούω. With ἐπακούω in 2 Cor 65 (fr. LXX Isai 498) cf. the invocation to Isis by a dreamer in the Serapeum P Par 5133 (B.C. 160) (= Se/ectzons, p. 20) ἐλθέ μοι, θεὰ θεῶν, εἵλεως γινομένη, ἐπάκουσόν pov, ἐλέησον τὰς διδύμας. So also P Leid Wv- 4! (1 A.D.) κύριε. . . εἴσελθε καὶ ἐπάκουσόν pe (note the late acc. of person as after the MGr ἀκούω), 26. x36 ἄτερ yap τούτων 6 θεὸς οὐκ ἐπακούσεται, BGU IV. 10808 (iii/A.D. ?) κατὰ τὰς κοινὰς ἡμῶν εὐχὰς καὶ προσευχάς, ἐφ᾽ αἷς οἱ θεοὶ τέλιον (. -εἰον) ἐπακούσαντες παρέσχον, and the Christian P Oxy XII. 14947 (early iv/a.p.) ev οὕτως 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—émrakotoas προθ[ύ]μως τὰ ἀξιούμενα (Sy/7 3064). The adj. is found in a iii/a.D. love-spell, Pretséyke 4947° ἵνα pe φιλῇ καὶ ὃ ἐὰν αὐτὴν αἰτῶ, ἐπήκοός μοι ἣν (1. ἡ).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπακούω (epakouō) — to listen to. ἐπᾰκού-ω, future ἐπακούσομαι[LXX], later ἐπακούσω [Refs]:—hear, with accusative of things, ὂς πάντ᾽ ἐφορᾷς καὶ πάντ᾽ ἐπακούεις, of the Sun, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; proverbial, ὁπποῖόν κ᾽ εἴπῃσθα ἔπος, τοῖόν κ᾽ ἐπακούσαις as thou speakest, so wilt thou be answered, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with accusative of things et genitive person, ἔπος ἐμέθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. overhear, μή τις τῶν ἀμυήτων ἐπακούσῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. hear about, hear tell of, μόχθων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with participle, οἷον γᾶς Ἀσίας οὐκ ἐπακούω.. βλαστὸν φύτευμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. give ear, listen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. μοι 'pray attend', [Refs]: especially of giving ear to one who prays, of God, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; or to advice, commands, etc., i.e. obey, βουλῆς [LXX+8th c.BC+]
5. later, like{ἐπαΐω}, perceive, understand, τῶν ᾀδομένων [Refs 1st c.AD+] (or, hear distinctly).
6. ἐπακούσεταί μοι ἡ δικαιοσύνη μου shall answer for me, [LXX]