- Original: ἀκροατής - Transliteration: Akroates - Phonetic: ak-ro-at-ace' - Definition: 1. a hearer - Origin: from akroaomai (to listen, apparently an intens. of G191 ) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From ἀκροάομαι akroaomai (to listen; apparently an intensive of G191 ); a hearer (merely): - hearer. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • hearer, 2 Jam 1:23; Jam 1:25 • hearers, 2 Romans 2:13; Jam 1:22