eisakouo describes being heard in petitions and appeals, while one verse portrays a refusal to listen.

The attested usage chiefly concerns petitions or supplications being heard, as in the prayers of Cornelius and Zechariah and the petitions offered with cries and tears; it also occurs in warnings that people will not listen or in an expectation of being heard.

1. Being heard in petitions and supplications · dominant

   The aorist passive forms in Acts 10:31 and Luke 1:13 occur where a prayer or petition has been heard; in Acts 10:31 the APB renders, "your prayer was heard," and in Luke 1:13, "your petition has been heard." In Hebrews 5:7, the aorist passive participle accompanies petitions and supplications offered with loud cries and tears, and the APB renders, "was heard because of his reverence."

   Acts 10:31Hebrews 5:7Luke 1:13
2. Listening or being heard in a stated response · common

   In 1 Corinthians 14:21, the future middle form stands in the statement that the people "will not listen to me." In Matthew 6:7, the future passive form occurs in the claim that wordy prayer will make people think "that they will be heard."

   1 Corinthians 14:21Matthew 6:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "heard" for petitions, prayer, and supplications in Acts 10:31, Hebrews 5:7, Luke 1:13, and Matthew 6:7, while 1 Corinthians 14:21 has "listen to me." These renderings present the clauses rather than a fixed English equivalent.