Original Word: παρακούω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: parakouó
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ak-oo'-o)
Short Definition: I refuse to hear, disobey, disregard
Definition: (a) I hear carelessly or incidentally, or I pretend not to hear, (b) I refuse to hear; I disobey, disregard.

Cognate: 3878 parakoúō – properly, to hear in a contrary (flawed) way, i.e. is inattentive and refuses to regard sound counsel.

STRONGS NT 3878: παρακούω

παρακούω: 1 aorist παρήκουσα;

1. to hear aside i. e. casually or carelessly or amiss (see παρά, IV. 2) (often so in classical Greek; on the frequent use of this verb by Philo see Siegfried, Philo van Alex. as above with (1875), p. 106).

2. to be unwilling to hear, i. e. on hearing to neglect, to pay no heed to (with a genitive of the person, Polybius 2, 8, 3; 3, 15, 2); contrary to Greek usage (but cf. Plutarch, Philop. § 16, 1 καί παριδεῖν τί καί παρακουσαι τῶν ἁμαρτανομενων, de curios. § 14 πείρω καί τῶν ἰδίων ἐνια παρακουσαι πότε καί παριδεῖν, with an accusative, τόν λόγον, Mark 5:36 T WH Tr text (others, 'overhearing the word as it was being spoken'; cf. Buttmann, 302 (259)); to refuse to hear, pay no regard to, disobey: τίνος, what one says, Matthew 18:17 (Tobit 3:4; τά ὑπό τοῦ βασιλέως λεγόμενα, Esther 3:3).

neglect to hear.

From para and akouo; to mishear, i.e. (by implication) to disobey -- neglect to hear.

see GREEK para

see GREEK akouo

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