Quick Definition
I refuse to hear, disobey, disregard
Strong's Definition
to mishear, i.e. (by implication) to disobey
Derivation: from G3844 (παρά) and G191 (ἀκούω);
KJV Usage: neglect to hear
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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, Mar_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, Mat_18:17 (Tob_3:4; τά ὑπό τοῦ βασιλέως λεγόμενα, Est_3:3).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παρακούω parakouō 3x
to overhear, Mar_5:36 ;
to hear amiss, to fail to listen, neglect to obey, disregard, Mat_18:17 (2x)
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρ -ακούω ,
[in LXX : Ezr_3:3 ; Ezr_3:8 ( H5674 , H6213 , c . neg .) Ezr_4:14 ; Ezr_7:4 ( H2790 hi .), Isa_65:12 ( H8085 , c . neg .), 1Es_4:11 , Tob_3:4 * ;]
1. to overhear.
2. to hear amiss or imperfectly.
3. Later (as in LXX , Polyb ., Plut .; also in Papyri, v. MM , xviii), to hear without heeding, take no heed: Mar_5:36 ; c . gen ., Mat_18:17 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παρακούω [page 486]
For παρακούω , hear without heeding, ignore, as in LXX, Mat_18:17 , Mar_5:36 , cf. the end of a letter P Hib I. 170 (B.C. 247) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 27) φρόντισον δέ , ὅπως μηκέτι ἀπὸ τούτων παρακούσει ἡμῶν , ἵνα μὴ ἀντὶ φιλίας ἔχθραν [ποιώ ]μεθα , P Par 63 .130 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 28) πείραν λαμβάνειν τῶν ἐξακολουθού (= ό )των ἐπιτ̣ι̣μ̣ων̣ τοῖς παρακούουσί τινος τῶν μετὰ σπουδῆς [ἐ ]νθυμουμένων , where the verb means simply ignore, as against Mahaffy s wilfully misinterpret, and P Flor II. 148 .8 (A.D. 266 7) ἐὰν δέ τις τούτων μου τῶν γραμμάτων παρακούσῃ , οὐ συνοίσει αὐτῷ , if any one of them pays no heed to these my letters, it will not go well with him.
See also for a stronger sense, as in LXX Isa_65:12 , Pap. Magique de Paris 3037 διὰ τὸ παρακούειν αὐτόν , because of his (Pharaoh s) refusal to hear, and Syll 256 (= .3 557) .24 ( c. B.C. 207 6) ὡς δὲ ἐπιβ [α ]λόμενοι παρη [κο ]ύσθησα [ν , were refused : similarly Test. xii. patr . Dan. ii. 3, and for the meaning disobey see Musonius p. 82 .3 . The verb is discussed by Field Notes , p. 28.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
παρακούω fut. -ακούσομαι perf. -ακήκοα "to hear beside", esp. "to hear accidentally, to hear talk of", c. acc., Hdt. "to hear underhand, overhear from", τί τινος Ar. ; τι παρά τινος Plat. "to hear imperfectly or wrongly, misunderstand", id=Plat. "to hear carelessly, take no heed to", c. gen., NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
παρ-ακούω
[in LXX: Est.3:3, 8 (עָבַר, עָשָׂה, with neg.) Est.4:14 7:4 (חָרַשׁ hi.), Isa.65:12 (שָׁמַע, with neg.), I Est.4:11, Tob.3:4 * ;]
__1. to overhear.
__2. to hear amiss or imperfectly.
__3. Later (as in LXX, Polyb., Plut.; also in π., see MM, xviii), to hear without heeding, take no heed: Mrk.5:36; with genitive, Mat.18:17.†
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