What does ἀκροατής (akroatḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἀκροατής (akroatḗs) is a Greek word meaning "a hearer (merely)".
Greek · G202
ἀκροατής
A hearer (merely)
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ἀκροατήςG202
Pronunciationakroatḗs
What does ἀκροατής (akroatḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἀκροατής (akroatḗs) is a Greek word meaning "a hearer (merely)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G202?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hearers (2), hearer (1), who hears (1).
Where does ἀκροατής (akroatḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 2:13. Its strongest book concentrations include James (3), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ithearers2×Romans 2:13, James 1:22
hearer1×James 1:25
who hears1×James 1:23
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRomans 2:13
Aligned rows4
Books represented2
Romans1James3
Source forms
ἀκροαταὶ2xakroataiRomans 2:13, James 1:22
ἀκροατὴς2xakroatēsJames 1:23, James 1:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural2xRomans 2:13, James 1:22
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular2xJames 1:23, James 1:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a hearer (merely)
Strong'sG202
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms2 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a hearer (merely)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 2:13Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀκροαταὶakroatai
a hearer of, a listener to
Read verseJames 1:22Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀκροαταί,akroatai
a hearer of, a listener to
Read verseJames 1:23Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀκροατὴςakroathv
a hearer of, a listener to
Read verseJames 1:25Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀκροατὴςakroathv
a hearer of, a listener to
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms4Case patternNominative (4)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineRom 2:13 · Jas 1:222×
Nominative · Singular · MasculineJas 1:23 · Jas 1:252×
Word Origins
ἀκροατής is built from this root: