οὖς, genitive ὠτός, plural ὦτα, dative ὦσιν, τό (cf. Latinauris,ausculto, audio, etc.; akin to ἀΐω, αἰσθάνομαι; cf. Curtius, § 619; Vanicek, p. 67); from Homer down; Hebrew àÉæÆï; the ear;

1. properly: Mat 13:16; Mar 7:33; Luk 22:50; 1Co 2:9; 1Co 12:16; ὦτα τίνος εἰς δέησιν, to hear supplication, 1Pe 3:12; ἡ γραφή πληροῦται ἐν τοῖς ὠσί τίνος, while present and hearing, Luk 4:21 (Bar 1:3 f); those unwilling to hear a thing are said συνέχειν (which see 2 a.) τά ὦτα, to stop their ears, Act 7:57; ἠκούσθη τί εἰς τά ὦτα τίνος, something was heard by, came to the knowledge of (A. V. came to the ears of) one, Act 11:22; likewise ἐισέρχεσθαι, Jas 5:4; γίνεσθαι, to come unto the ears of one, Luk 1:44; ἀκούειν εἰς τό οὖς, to hear (A. V. in the ear i. e.) in familiar converse, privately, Mat 10:27 (εἰς οὖς often so in classical Greek; cf. Passow (Liddell and Scott), under the word, 1); also πρός τό οὖς λαλεῖν, Luk 12:3.

2. metaphorically equivalent to: the faculty of perceiving with the mind, the faculty of understanding and knowing: Mat 13:16; ὁ ἔχων (or εἰ τίς ἔχει) ὦτα (or οὖς, in Rev.) (sometimes (especially in Mark and Luke) with ἀκούειν added; cf. Buttmann, § 140, 3) ἀκουέτω, whoever has the faculty of attending and understanding, let him use it, Mat 11:15; Mat 13:9; Mat 13:43; Mar 4:9; Mar 4:23; Mar 7:16 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse); Luk 8:8; Luk 14:35 (34); Rev 2:7; Rev 2:11; Rev 2:17; Rev 2:29; Rev 3:6; Rev 3:13; Rev 3:22; Rev 13:9; τοῖς ὠσί βαρέως ἀκούειν, to be slow to understand or obey (A. V. their ears are dull of hearing), Mat 13:15; Act 28:27 (from Isa 6:10); ὦτα ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούετε, Mar 8:18; ὦτα τοῦ μή ἀκούειν, (ears that they should not hear; cf. Buttmann, 267 (230)), Rom 11:8; θέσθε τούς λόγους τούτους εἰς τά ὦτα (A. V. let these words sink into your ears i. e.) take them into your memory and hold them there, Luk 9:44; ἀπερίτμητος τοῖς ὦσιν (see ἀπερίτμητος), Act 7:51.