Paul Danove, «A Comparison Of The Usage Of Akouw And Akouw- Compounds In The Septuagint And New Testament», Vol. 14 (2001) 65-86
This study characterizes all occurrences of
a0kou/w and seven related verbs (a0ntakou/w,
diakou/w, ei0sakou/w,
e0nakou/w, e0pakou/w,
parakou/w, and u9pakou/w)
in the Septuagint and New Testament according to their semantic and
syntactic properties, develops a single set of rules to describe the
distribution of noun phrase objects of these verbs, and then compares the
patterns of usage of these verbs in the Septuagint and New Testament. A
preliminary discussion identifies the semantic and syntactic properties
necessary to describe all biblical occurrences of
a0kou/w and proposes a set of descriptive rules that govern the
syntactic case of its noun phrase objects. Further investigation then
indicates that this same set of rules with only one minor modification
also is adequate to describe the syntactic case of noun phrase objects of
the noted a0kou/w-compounds. The discussion
concludes by comparing the distribution of noun phrase objects in
particular syntactic cases within the Septuagint and New Testament.
A Comparison of the Usage of ajkouvw and ajkouvw-Compounds 75
tiv e[ti creivan e[comen marturw`n...hjkouvsate th;n blasfhmivan...oiJ
de; ajpokriqevnte~ ei\pan (Matt 26:65b-66)
tiv e[ti creivan e[comen marturw`n...hjkouvsate th~ blasfhmiva"...pavnte~
katekrinan aujto;n (Mark 14:63-64)
v
«What further need do we have of witnesses. You heard the blasphe-
my»...and responding they said.../...all condemned him.
kai; h[kousa fwnh;n ek tou' oujranou' levgousan, Sfravgison (Rev 10:4)
j
kai; h[kousa fwnh'~ ejk tou' oujranou' legouvsh", Gravyon (Rev 14:13)
«and I heard a voice from heaven saying,» «Seal/Write.»
1.3.2. Clausal Objects [26 occurrences]
The content construction also appears with two types of clausal
objects: (cor)relative and interrogative pronoun clauses. The object
(cor)relative clause has 10 occurrences 23:
tote levgei aujtw`/ oJ Pila`to", Oujk ajkouvei~ povsa sou katamar-
v
turousin… kai; oujk ajpekrivqh
`
Then Pilate says to him, «Don’t you hear how many things they are tes-
tifying against you? And he didn’t respond (Matt 27:13-14a).
Object interrogative pronoun clauses have 16 occurrences 24:
kai; ei\pan aujtw`/, jAkouvei~ tiv ou|toi levgousin… oJ de; jIhsou'~ levgei
autoi", Naiv
j`
And they said to him, «Do you hear what they are saying?» Jesus says
to them, «Yes.» (Matt 21:16a).
1.3.3. Intransitive Usages [368 occurrences]
Intransitive occurrences of the content construction of ajkouvw may be
in either active or passive voice. In the active, the object denoting the
content is definite and null; and in the passive, the experiencer generally
is indefinite and null. Examination reveals 318 active voice intransitive
occurrences with noun phrase subjects 25:
23
Object (cor)relative clauses (active, direct): Deut 5:27; 18:19; 2 Kgs 19:20; 22:9;
Isa 21:10a; 37:21; Jer 23:25; Matt 13:17; 27:13; Luke 10:24a.
24
Object interrogative pronoun clauses (active, direct): Num 9:8; Deut 9:2; Judg
7:10; 2 Sam 17:5; Ps 84:9; Matt 21:16; Luke 16:2; 18:6; John 18:21; Rev 2:7, 11, 17,
29; 3:6, 13, 22.
25
Object definite and null (active, direct): Gen 18:10; 21:6; 23:10, 15, 16 [A];
37:21, 27; 42:23; 45:2; 49:2; Lev 10:20; Num 11:1; 12:2; 16:4; 23:18; Deut 4:28, 33;
5:27; 6:3, 4; 9:1; 13:11; 19:9; 20:3; 27:9; 29:4; 31:12a, 12b, 13; Judg 5:3; 11:10, 17;
Ruth 2:8; 1 Sam 3:9, 10; 13:3; 17:23, 28, 31; 22:7; 23:10, 11; 2 Sam 15:3; 20:16, 17;
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