Definition

to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority

Etymology

from G5259 (ὑπό) and G191 (ἀκούω);

Where the KJV renders it

• hearken
• be obedient to
• obey

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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