ἀκροατής akroatḗs

Meaning

apparently an intensive of G191 (ἀκούω)); a hearer (merely)

In the King James Version: hearer

Derivation: from (to listen;

Where it is used

• Romans 2:13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
• James 1:22 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
• James 1:23 For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
• James 1:25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.