Definition

to mishear, i.e. (by implication) to disobey

Etymology

from G3844 (παρά) and G191 (ἀκούω);

Word family

• παρά pará
• ἀκούω akoúō

How the KJV renders it

• neglect to 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.