STRONGS NUMBER G3878

Original Word: παρακούω
Transliteration: parakouō
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ak-oo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to overhear, to hear amiss, to take no heed
Meaning: to overhear, to hear amiss, to take no heedneglect to hear.

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

see GREEK para

see GREEK akouo

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).