Audience

o'-di-ens: Translated from the Hebrew 'ozen, "ear." InGe 23:10f "in the audience of" is equal to "in the presence of," or "while they listened." CompareEx 24:7;1Sa 25:24(Revised Version (British and American) "in thine ears");1Ch 28:8;Ne 13:1. In the New Testament the expression "to give audience" (Ac 22:22;13:16, the Revised Version (British and American) "hearken";Ac 15:12, the Revised Version (British and American) "they hearkened") translated from the Greek akouo "to hear" or derivatives, and means "to listen," "to pay attention." In the King James VersionLu 7:1(Revised Version, "in the ears of") and the King James VersionLu 20:45(Revised Version, "in the hearing of") the usage is similar to that of the Old Testament.