To suppose
οἴομαιStrong’s G3633oiomai
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Oiomai is the Greek word usually translated “suppose” and “should suppose”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.”
Meaning
Usually translated “suppose” and “should suppose”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- i suppose 1
- should suppose 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 1
- James 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
οἴομαι oiomai · to suppose
οἴομαι, οἶμαι [in LXX for הִנֵּה, Gen.37:7, al. ;] to suppose, expect, imagine; with accusative and inf., Jhn.21:25; with inf., Php.1:17; before ὅτι, Jas.1:7.† οἶμαι, see: οἴομαι SYN.. see: ἡγέομαι (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “suppose” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SUPPOSE, verb transitive
suppo'ze. [Latin suppositus, suppono.]
- To lay down or state as a proposition or fact that may exist or be true, though not known or believed to be true or to exist; or to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration.
- To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.“Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all young men, the king's sons; for Ammon only is dead” 2 Samuel 13:32
- To imagine; to think.
- To require to exist or be true.
All definitions and other forms of “suppose”
- To put one thing by fraud in the place of another. [Not in use.]
SUPPO'SE, noun
Supposition; position without proof.
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.