Quick Definition
παρακούω v. I refuse to hear, disobey, disregard
Strong's Definition
from 3844 and 191; to mishear, i.e. (by implication) to disobey
KJV Usage: neglect to hear
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀκούω
36.27 · Guide, Discipline, Follow · Obey, Disobey
to refuse to listen, to refuse to obey, disobedience to refuse to listen to and hence to disobey It would be a mistake to translate παρακούω[a], παρακοή, and παραιτέομαι[e] as meaning nothing more than ‘not to listen to.’ The meaning is clearly ‘to refuse to listen to’ or ‘to refuse to pay attention to,’ and hence ‘to disobey.’ It may therefore be best in a number of instances to translate ‘to refuse to obey.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρ-ακούω: 1 aor. παρήκουσα; 1. to hear aside i. e. casually or carelessly or amiss [see mapa, IV. 2] (often so in class. Grk.; on the freq. use of this verb by Philo see Siegfried, Philo von Alex. u. s. w. (1875) p. 106). 2. to be unwilling to hear, i. e. on hearing to neglect, to pay no heed to, (w. a gen. of the pers., Polyb. 2, 8,3; 3, 15, 2); contrary to Grk. usage [but οἵ. Plut. Philop. § 16, 1 καὶ παριδεῖν τι x. παρακοῦσαι τῶν ἁἅμαρτανομένων, de curios. ὃ 14 πειρῶ καὶ τῶν ἰδίων ἔνια παρακοῦσαί ποτε x. παριδεῖν), W. an accus., τὸν λόγον, Mk. ν. 86 T WH Tr txt. [al. ‘overhearing the word as it was being spoken’; ef. B. 302 (259)]; to refuse to hear, pay no regard to, disobey: τινός, what one says, Mt. xviii. 17 (Tob. ill. 4; τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως λεγόμενα, Esth. iii. 3).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παρακούω parakouō 3x
to overhear, Mk. 5:36; to hear amiss, to fail to listen, neglect to obey, disregard, Mt. 18:17 (2x)*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρ-ακούω,
[in LXX: Es 3:3, 8 (עבר, עשׂה, c. neg.) 4:14 7:4 (חרשׁ hi.), Is 65:12 (שׁמע, c. neg.), I Es 4:11, To 3:4*;]
to overhear.
to hear amiss or imperfectly.
Later (as in LXX, Polyb., Plut.; also in π., v. MM, xviii), to hear without heeding, take no heed: Mk 5:36; c. gen., Mt 18:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παρακούω. For παρακούω, ‘hear without heeding,” ‘‘ignore,” as in LXX, Mt 1817, Mk 53°, cf. the end of a letter P Hib I. 170 (B.C. 247) (= Witkowski’, p. 27) φρόντισον δέ, ὅπως μηκέτι ἀπὸ τούτων παρακούσει ἡμῶν, ἵνα μὴ ἀντὶ φιλίας ἔχθραν [ποιώ]μεθα, P Par 63139 (B.c. 164) (=P Petr III. p. 28) πείραν λαμβάνειν τῶν ἐξακολουθούί --ὀ)των ἐπιτίμων τοῖς παρακούουσί τινος τῶν μετὰ σπουδῆς [ἐϊνθυμουμένων, where the verb means simply ‘‘ ignore,” as against Mahaffy’s ‘wilfully misinterpret,” and P Flor II. 1488 (A.D. 266-7) ἐὰν δέ τις τούτων pov τῶν γραμμάτων παρακούσῃ, οὐ συνοίσει αὐτῷ, ‘‘if any one of them pays no heed to these my letters, it will not go well with him.” See also for a stronger sense, as in LXX Isai 6512, Pap. Magique de Parts 3037 διὰ τὸ παρακούειν αὐτόν, ““ because of his (Pharaoh’s) refusal to hear,’’ and Sy// 256 (=3 557)?4 (c. B.C. 207-6) ὡς δὲ ἐπιβ[α)λόμενοι παρη[κο]ύσθησαϊν, “were refused”: similarly 7.256. αἱΐ, patr. Dan. ii. 3, and for the meaning ‘‘ disobey’ see Musonius p. 823. The verb is discussed by Field Mores, p. 28.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παρακούω (parakouō) — to ignore. παρᾰκούω, hear beside, especially hear accidentally, hear talk of, Δημοκήδεος τὴν τέχνην [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. eavesdrop, overhear from, δεσποτῶν ἅττ᾽ ἂν λαλῶσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινός overhear him, [NT+2nd c.AD+]
III. hear imperfectly or wrongly, misunderstand, ἀκούειν τι τοῦ λόγου, παρακούειν δέ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑκουσίως π. [Refs 1st c.BC+]
IV. hear carelessly, take no heed of, τῆς παραγγειλάσης φύσεως [LXX+4th c.BC+]
IV.2. with genitive person, [NT+3rd c.BC+]:—passive, to be disregarded, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
IV.3. disobey, τοῦ θεοῦ [LXX+1st c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
IV.4. pretend not to hear, [Refs 1st c.AD+]