Definition

to listen (intently) to

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and the base of G202 (ἀκροατής);

Word family

• ἐπί epí
• ἀκροατής akroatḗs

How the KJV renders it

• hear

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.