To think
νομίζωStrong’s G3543nomizō
Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament
In short
Nomizō is the Greek word usually translated “supposing”, “may think” and “may you think”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.
“Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.”
Meaning
Usually translated “supposing”, “may think” and “may you think”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- supposing 2
- may think 1
- may you think 1
- they thought 1
- having supposed 1
- was supposed 1
- he was supposing 1
- you thought 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 7
- Matthew 3
- Luke 2
- 1 Corinthians 2
- 1 Timothy 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
- Matthew 10:34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
- Matthew 20:10But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
- Luke 2:44But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
- Luke 3:23And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
- Acts 7:25For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
Greek dictionary
νομίζω nomizō · to think
νομίζω (νόμος), [in LXX: Wis.13:2 17:3, Sir.29:4, 1-28; 2Ma.4:1-50, 4Ma.8:1-29 * ;] 1. to practise, hold by custom: Act.16:13 (Rec., but see infr.). 2. to deem, consider, suppose: Mat.5:17 10:34 20:10, Luk.2:44 3:23, Act.7:25 8:20 14:19 16:13, 27 17:29 21:29, 1Co.7:26 7:36, 1Ti.6:5.† SYN.: ἡγέομαι, q.v (AS)
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.