Quick Definition
οὖς, ὠτός, τό n.n. the ear
Strong's Definition
apparently a primary word; the ear (physically or mentally)
KJV Usage: ear
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ὠτός | ἐνωτίζομαι · ὠτάριον · ὠτίον
8.24 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body
ear{N:001}
MAT 11:15 · MAT 13:9 · MAT 13:15 · MAT 13:16 · MAT 13:43 · MRK 4:9 · MRK 4:23 · MRK 7:33 · MRK 8:18 · LUK 8:8 · LUK 14:35 · LUK 22:50 · ACT 7:51 · ROM 11:8 · 1CO 2:9 · 1CO 12:16 · REV 2:7 · REV 2:11 · REV 2:17 · REV 2:29 · REV 3:6 · REV 3:13 · REV 3:22 · REV 13:9
24.54 · Sensory Events and States · Hear
to hear, hearing (a figurative extension of meaning of οὖς[a] ‘ear,’ 8.24) the activity of hearing
LUK 1:44 · LUK 4:21 · ACT 11:22 · ACT 28:27 · JAS 5:4 · 1PE 3:12
28.73 · Know · Not Able To Be Known, Secret
Collocation: εἰς τὸ οὖς · πρὸς τὸ οὖς
in secret, in private, privately (idioms, literally: into the ear, and: to the ear) pertaining to what is known only by those who hear a particular message in private A phrase such as ‘whatever you hear in secret’ may be rendered as ‘whatever you hear when no one else is listening.’
For another treatment of the phrase πρὸς τὸ οὖς λαλέω, see 33.91.
33.91 · Communication · Speak, Talk
Collocation: πρὸς τὸ οὖς λαλέω
to whisper, to speak quietly (an idiom, literally: to speak to the ear) to speak quietly and presumably to a restricted audience For another treatment of the phrase πρὸς τὸ οὖς, see 28.73.
24.70 · Sensory Events and States · Hear
Collocation: συνέχω τὰ ὦτα
to refuse to listen, to refuse to pay attention (an idiom, literally: hold the ears closed) to refuse to listen to what is being said In some languages the refusal to hear may be expressed idiomatically as ‘they put their hands over their ears’ or ‘they closed their ears’ or ‘the words never entered their heads.’
24.64 · Sensory Events and States · Hear
Collocation: τίθεμαι εἰς τὰ ὦτα
to listen carefully to (an idiom, literally: to put into the ears) to listen carefully to, with the implication of not forgetting For another interpretation of this idiom in LUK 9:44, see 29.5.
1 ὠτίον and ὠτσᾇριον are formally diminutive derivatives of οὖς, but how much diminutive meaning is involved is questionable.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οὖς, gen. ὠτός, plur. dra, dat. ὠσίν, τό, [ef. Lat. auris, ausculto, audio, ete.; akin to ἀΐω, αἰσθάνομαι ; ef. Curtius § 619; Vaniéek p. 67]; fr. Hom. down; Hebr. {πὸ} the ear; 1. prop.: Mt. xiii. 16; Mk. vii. 33; Lk. xxii. 50; 1Co.ii. 9; xii. 16; ὦτά τινος εἰς δέησιν, to hear supplication, 1 Pet. iii. 12; ἡ γραφὴ πληροῦται ἐν τοῖς ὦσι
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
οὖς ous 36x
the ear, Mt. 10:27; Mk. 7:33; Lk. 22:50; Acts 7:57
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
οὖς gen., ὠτός, τό,
[in LXX chiefly for אֹזֶן;]
the ear: Mt 13:16, Mk 7:33, Lk 22:50, I Co 2:9 12:16, I Pe 3:12; ἐν τ. ὠσί, Lk 4:21; εἰς τ. ὦτα ἀκούεσθαι, Ac 7:57; γίνεσθαι, Lk 1:44; εἰσέρχεσθαι, Ja 5:4; εἰς τ. οὖς ἀκούειν, Mt 10:27; πρὸς τ. οὖς λαλεῖν, Lk 12:3; τὰ ὦ. συνέχειν (MM, xviii), Ac 7:57. Metaph., of understanding, perceiving, knowing: Mt 13:16; ὁ ἔχων (εἴ τις ἔχει) οὖς ἀκουσάτω, Re 2:7, 11, 17, 29 3:6, 13, 22 13:9; ὁ ἔχων (ὃς ἔχει, εἴ τις ἔχει) ὦτα (ἀκούειν) ἀκουέτω, Mt 11:15 13:9, 43, Mk 4:9, 23 7:16 (R, mg.), Lk 8:8 14:35; τοῖς ὠ. βαρέως ἀκούειν, Mt 13:15, Ac 28:27 (LXX); ὦ. ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούειν, Mk 8:18; ὦ. τοῦ μὴ ἀκούειν, Ro 11:8; θέσθε εἰς τὰ ὦ., Lk 9:44; ἀπερίτμητος τοῖς ὠ., Ac 7:51.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
οὖς. P Oxy II. 2370}. (A.p. 186) ὦτα παρέχω ἄνοα αὐτῷ, “T turned a deaf ear to him”’ (Edd.): cf. Ac 757 συνέσχον τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν. In ἃ magic spell for procuring the public appearance of a deity P Lond 1213 (iii/a.p.) (=I. p. 95) ἄνοιξόν μου τὰ ὦτα ἵνα μοι χρηματίσῃς περὶ ὧν σε ἀξιῶ ἵνα ἀποκριθῇς μοι. See further s.v. ὠτίον.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
οὖς (ous) — ear. οὖς (nominative singular frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; the other cases he forms as if from οὖας (which is found in [Refs 5th c.BC+], dative οὔασι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Hellenistic nominative singular ὦς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: also Doric dialect ὦς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; plural ὤϝαθ᾽ conjecture for ὦτά θ᾽ in [Refs 7th c.BC+]:—ear, Ἄντιφον αὖ παρὰ οὖς ἔλασε ξίφει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἲ γὰρ δή μοι ἀπ᾽ οὔατος ὧδε γένοιτο oh may I never hear of such a thing! [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀρθὰ ἱστάναι τὰ ὦτα, of horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βοᾷ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος rings in the ear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀξὺν δι᾽ ὤτων κέλαδον ἐνσείσας[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ (ἐς conjecture Dawes) οὔατα λάθριος εἶπεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; reversely, παρέχειν τὰ ὦτα to lend the ears, i. e. to attend, [Refs 5th c.BC+] those who have ears to hear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντες, of persons who slink away ashamed (hanging their ears like dogs), [Refs 5th c.BC+]: proverbial, see at {λύκο; τεθλασμένος οὔατα πυγμαῖς}, of a boxer, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα καθεύδειν sleep soundly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. from resemblance to an ear,
II.1. handle, especially of pitchers, cups, etc., οὔατα δ᾽ αὐτοῦ τέσσαρ᾽ ἔσαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. in Architecture texts, ={παρωτίς}[Refs]
II.3. οὖς Ἀφροδίτης, a kind of shell-fish, Antig.Car. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οὖς θαλάττιον, ={ἀγρία λεπάς}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4. τὰ ὦτα (οὔατα [Refs 5th c.BC+] the auricles of the heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. name of part of a bandage, Heraclas cited in [Refs 4th c.AD+]. [prev. cited]] (Cogn. with Latin auris, Lithuanian ausìs, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] éar, etc.; details obscure; nominative singular οὖς perhaps from *ο(ϝ)ος (contained in ἀμφώης).)