To think
δοκέωStrong’s G1380dokeō
Appears in 63 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dokeō is the Greek word usually translated “think you”, “it seemed good” and “do think”. It appears in 63 verses of the New Testament.
“And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.”
Meaning
Usually translated “think you”, “it seemed good” and “do think”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- think you 6
- it seemed good 5
- do think 4
- think 4
- thinks 4
- esteemed 4
- i think 3
- thinking 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 11
- Matthew 10
- Acts 9
- 1 Corinthians 9
- John 8
- Galatians 4
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 6:7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
- Matthew 17:25He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
- Matthew 18:12How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
- Matthew 21:28But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
- Matthew 22:17Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
- Matthew 22:42Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
All 63 verses, by book
- Philippians 1
- 3:4
Greek dictionary
δοκέω dokeō · to think
δοκέω, -ῶ (δόκος, opinion, δέκομαι, Ion, form of δέχ-), [in LXX for טוֹב, נָדַב, etc. ;] 1. to be of opinion, suppose: Mat.24:44, Luk.12:40, Heb.10:29; with inf., Mat.3:9, Luk.8:18 24:37, Jhn.5:39 16:2, Act.12:9 27:13, 1Co.3:18 7:40 8:2 10:12 14:37, Gal.6:3, Php.3:4, Jas.1:26; with accusative and inf., 1Co.12:23, 2Co.11:16; before ὅτι, Mat.6:7 26:53, Mrk.6:49, Luk.12:51 13:2, 4 19:11, Jhn.5:45 11:13, 31 13:29 20:15, 1Co.4:9, 2Co.12:19, Jas.4:5. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “think” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THINK, verb intransitive
preterit tense and participle passive thought, pronoun thaut. [Latin duco.]
- To have the mind occupied on some subject; to have ideas, or to revolve ideas in the mind.
- To judge; to conclude; to hold as a settled opinion.“Let them marry to whom they think best” Numbers 36:6
- To intend.“I thought to promote thee to great honor” Numbers 24:11
- To imagine; to suppose; to fancy.“Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall” 1 Corinthians 10:12
All definitions and other forms of “think”
- To muse; to meditate.“While Peter thought on the vision--” Acts 10:19
- To reflect; to recollect or call to mind.“And when Peter thought thereon, he wept” Mark 14:72
- To consider; to deliberate. think how this thing could happen.“He thought within himself, saying, what shall I do?” Luke 12:17
- To presume.“THINK not to say within yourselves, we have Abraham to our father--” Matthew 3:9
- To believe; to esteem.“If there by any virtue, and if there by any praise, think on these things” Philippians 4:8
- To light on by meditation.
- To remember with favor.“THINK upon me, my God, for good” Nehemiah 5:19
THINK, verb transitive
To conceive; to imagine.
- To believe; to consider; to esteem.
- To seem or appear, as in the phrases, me thinketh or methinks, and methought.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.