To understand
νοέωStrong’s G3539noeō
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Noeō is the Greek word usually translated “understand you”, “should understand” and “do you understand”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.”
Meaning
Usually translated “understand you”, “should understand” and “do you understand”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- understand you 2
- he should understand 2
- do you understand 1
- you understand 1
- do you perceive 1
- may understand 1
- being understood 1
- to understand 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 4
- Mark 3
- Ephesians 2
- John 1
- Romans 1
- 1 Timothy 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 15:17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
- Matthew 16:9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
- Matthew 16:11How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
- Matthew 24:15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
- Mark 7:18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
- Mark 8:17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
Greek dictionary
νοέω noeō · to understand
νοιεω νοέω, -ῶ (νοῦς), [in LXX chiefly for בִּין, also for שָׂכַל hi., etc ;] 1. to perceive with the mind, understand (for the phrase νοῶν κ. φρονῶν, in wills, see MM, xvii): absol., Mat.16:9, Mrk.8:17; with accusative, Eph.3:4, 1Ti.1:7; with dative instr., τ. καρδίᾳ, Jhn.12:40; pass., Rom.1:20; before ὅτι, Mat.15:17 16:11, Mrk.7:18; with accusative and inf., Heb.11:8. 2. to think, consider: absol., Mat.24:15, Mrk.13:14, Eph.3:20; with accusative of thing(s), 2Ti.2:7 (cf. -εὐ, κατα-, μετα-, προ-, ὑπο-νοέω).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “understand” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNDERSTAND', verb intransitive
- To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent and conscious being.
- To be informed by another; to learn.“I understood of the evil that Eliashib did” Nehemiah 13:7
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.