Quick Definition
I hear throughout, of a judicial hearing
Strong's Definition
to hear throughout, i.e. patiently listen (to a prisoner's plea)
Derivation: middle voice from G1223 (διά) and G191 (ἀκούω);
KJV Usage: hear
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διακούω: future διακούσομαί; properly, to hear one through, hear to the end, hear with care, hear fully, (cf. διά, C. 2) (Xenophon, Plato, and following): of a judge trying a cause, Act_23:35; so in Deu_1:16; Dio Cass. 36, 53 (36).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διακούω diakouō 1x
to hear a thing through; to hear judicially, Act_23:35
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δι -ακούω ,
[in LXX : Deu_1:16 ( H8085 ), Job_9:33 ( H3027 H7896 hi .) * ;]
to hear through, hear fully; technically, to hear judicially (as Deu, l.c .; of. Deiss., BS , 230): Act_23:35 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διακούω (~ διακούομαι ) [page 150]
διακούω is common in the udicial sense, with gen. person. as in Act_23:35 . Thus P Grenf I. 11 i. 8 (B.C. 157) διακούσαντα [αὐτῶν προσανενεγκεῖν ] ἐπὶ σὲ τ [ὰ συ ]γκεκριμένα , so ii. 8 , P Fay 119 .12 ( c. A.D. 100) ἐπιστολὴν τοῦ ἡγεμόνος πρὸς Διονύσιν τὸν στρατηγὸν διακοῦσαι αὐτοῦ , P Giss I. 46 .11 (time of Hadrian petition to the Praefect) ἀξιοῦμέν σε τὸν τοῦ νομοῦ βοηθὸν διακοῦσαι ἡμῶν , BGU I. 168 .28 (ii/iii A.D.) ὅθεν ἀξιῶ . . . διακοῦσαί μου πρὸς αὐτούς , P Lond 924 .16 (A.D. 187 8) (= III. p. 135), etc. In Syll 929 .29 (ii/B.C.) καὶ καθίσαντες ἐν τῷ ἱε [ρ ]ῶι τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος τῆς Λευκοφρυηνῆς διηκούσαμεν τῶν διαφερομένων , we have gen. rei. Other inscriptional citations are OGIS 335 .29 (ii/i B.C. decree of the Pitanaei) ἄρξονται διακούειν κ [αὶ καθ᾽ ἕκαστον σκοποῦντες ποή ]σονται τὴν κρίσιν μεθ᾽ ὅρκου , Syll 928 .10 (beginning of ii/B.C.), Magn 103 .50 (2 nd half ii/A.D.), ib. 93 a .10 (after A.D. 190) etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δι-ακούω
[in LXX: Deu.1:16 (שׁמע), Job.9:33 (יָד שִׁית hi.)* ;]
to hear through, hear fully; technically, to hear judicially (as De, l.with; of. Deiss., BS, 230): Act.23:35.†
(AS)