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δοκέω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
δοκέω
Greek transliteration: 
dokeō
Simplified transliteration: 
dokeo
Principal Parts: 
(ἐδόκουν), δόξω, ἔδοξα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1380
GK Number: 
1506
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
62
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1b(4)
Gloss: 
to think, consider, regard, an action of the mind and heart for processing information into understanding and choices, sometimes with a focus on appearances. Often in the impersonal form translated, it seems (Ac 17:18)
Definition: 
to think, imagine, suppose, presume, Mt. 3:9; 6:7; to seem, appear, Lk. 10:36; Acts 17:18; it seems; it seems good, best, or right, it pleases, Lk. 1:3; Acts 15:22, 25

Greek-English Concordance for δοκέω

Matthew 3:9 and do (doxēte | δόξητε | aor act subj 2 pl) not presume (doxēte | δόξητε | aor act subj 2 pl) you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
Matthew 6:7 “And when you are praying, do not babble on, as the Gentiles do, for they think (dokousin | δοκοῦσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) that they will be heard for their many words.
Matthew 17:25 “Yes,” he answered. And when he went into the house, Jesus spoke to Peter first, saying, “What do (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) you think (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg), Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes — from their sons or from outsiders?”
Matthew 18:12 What do (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) you think (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg)? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the slopes and go in search of the one that has wandered off?
Matthew 21:28 “What do (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) you think (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg)? A man had two sons, and he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
Matthew 22:17 So tell us, what do (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) you think (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg)? Is it proper to pay a tax to Caesar or not?”
Matthew 22:42 “What do (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) you think (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “David’s.”
Matthew 24:44 For this reason you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) do (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) not expect (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl).
Matthew 26:53 Or do you think (dokeis | δοκεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg) that I cannot ask of my Father, and he will immediately place at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
Matthew 26:66 What is (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) your verdict?” (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) They answered, saying, “He deserves to die!”
Mark 6:49 but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought (edoxan | ἔδοξαν | aor act ind 3 pl) he was a ghost. And they cried out,
Mark 10:42 And calling them to him, Jesus said to them, “You know that those who are supposed (dokountes | δοκοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their leaders domineer over them.
Luke 1:3 it seemed (edoxe | ἔδοξε | aor act ind 3 sg) good to me also, having carefully investigated everything for a long time, to write down the events in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus,
Luke 8:18 “Take care, then, how you hear! For whoever has — more will be given to him; and whoever does not have — even what he seems (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) to have will be taken away from him.”
Luke 10:36 Which of these three, do (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) you think (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg), became a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?”
Luke 12:40 So you too must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) do (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) not expect (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) him.”
Luke 12:51 Do you think (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) that I came to give peace in the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
Luke 13:2 In response he said to them, “Do you think (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?
Luke 13:4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them — do you think (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem?
Luke 19:11 As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed (dokein | δοκεῖν | pres act inf ) that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.
Luke 22:24 A dispute also arose among them as to which of them seemed (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) to be the greatest.
Luke 24:37 But they startled and frightened, and thought (edokoun | ἐδόκουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) they were seeing a ghost.
John 5:39 “You study the Scriptures because you think (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) that by them you will have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
John 5:45 Do (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) not think (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
John 11:13 Jesus, however, had been speaking of his death, but they thought (edoxan | ἔδοξαν | aor act ind 3 pl) that he was speaking about sleep in the sense of slumber.
John 11:31 When the Jews, who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw that she had gotten up quickly and gone out, they followed her, assuming (doxantes | δόξαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
John 11:56 They were looking for Jesus and were talking with one another as they were standing in the temple, “What do you think (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg)? Surely he will not come to the festival, will he?”
John 13:29 Some of them thought (edokoun | ἐδόκουν | imperf act ind 3 pl), since Judas used to keep the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.
John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the hour is coming when anyone who kills you will think (doxē | δόξῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) he is offering a service to God.
John 20:15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who is it that you are looking for?” Thinking (dokousa | δοκοῦσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) that he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you are the one who carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away.”
Acts 12:9 And he went out and followed him, and he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought (edokei | ἐδόκει | imperf act ind 3 sg) he was seeing a vision.
Acts 15:22 Then it seemed (edoxe | ἔδοξε | aor act ind 3 sg) good to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to send men chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas — Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers —
Acts 15:25 it seemed (edoxen | ἔδοξεν | aor act ind 3 sg) good to us, having reached agreement, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
Acts 15:28 For it seemed good (edoxen | ἔδοξεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose on you no further burden than these essential requirements:
Acts 17:18 Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) seems (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) to be a proclaimer of strange gods,” for he was announcing the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
Acts 25:27 For it (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) seems (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) unreasonable to me, in sending a prisoner, not to report the charges against him.”
Acts 26:9 I thought (edoxa | ἔδοξα | aor act ind 1 sg) to myself that I ought to do many deeds hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Acts 27:13 Now when the south wind blew gently, thinking (doxantes | δόξαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore.
1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If someone among you thinks (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.
1 Corinthians 4:9 For it seems to me (dokō | δοκῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
1 Corinthians 7:40 But in my opinion she will be happier if she remains as she is. And I believe (dokō | δοκῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) that I too have the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 8:2 If someone presumes (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) to know something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
1 Corinthians 10:12 So let the one who thinks (dokōn | δοκῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) he stands watch out lest he fall.
1 Corinthians 11:16 If anyone is inclined (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) to be quarrelsome, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.
1 Corinthians 12:22 Quite the contrary, those members of the body that seem (dokounta | δοκοῦντα | pres act ptcp nom pl neut) to be weaker are indispensable,
1 Corinthians 12:23 and those members of the body we consider (dokoumen | δοκοῦμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are treated with greater modesty,
1 Corinthians 14:37 If anyone considers (dokei | δοκεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 10:9 I (doxō | δόξω | aor act subj 1 sg) do (doxō | δόξω | aor act subj 1 sg) not want to seem (doxō | δόξω | aor act subj 1 sg) as though I am trying to frighten you with my letters.
2 Corinthians 11:16 Again I say, let (doxē | δόξῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) no one think (doxē | δόξῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) me foolish. But even if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
2 Corinthians 12:19 Have (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) you (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) been (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) thinking (dokeite | δοκεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) all along that we are defending ourselves to you? We are speaking before God as those in Christ; and all that we do, dear friends, is for your upbuilding.

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