δοκέω dokeō

Greek word for “to think” · Strong’s G1380 · used 62 times in 61 verses

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Meaning

δοκέω, -ῶ; (δόκος, opinion, δέκομαι, Ion, form of δέχ-);

How it is translated

Glosses given for dokeō in context, with how often each is used:

• think 12
• seems 6
• thinking 5
• thought 4
• seemed good 4
• esteemed 3
• do think 2
• do think? 2
• think? 2
• expect 2
• may think 2
• thinks himself 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 11 (3), Acts 15 (3), Galatians 2 (3), Matthew 22 (2), Matthew 26 (2), Luke 12 (2), Luke 13 (2), John 5 (2), 1 Corinthians 12 (2), Hebrews 12 (2)

Forms

• δοκεῖ 20
• δοκεῖτε 10
• ἔδοξεν 4
• δοκοῦντες 3
• δοκοῦσιν 2
• ἔδοξαν 2
• ἐδόκουν 2
• δόξαντες 2
• δόξῃ 2
• δοκῶ 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dokeō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• εἶναι einai “to exist” 13
• ἤ ē “or” 9
• εἰ ei “if” 9
• Βαρνάβας Barnabas “Barnabas” 3
• υἱός uhios “son” 5
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 5
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 5
• κῆνσος kēnsos “tax” 2
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 4
• πέμπω pempō “to send” 3
• μηδείς mēdeis “nothing” 3
• αἴρω airō “to take up” 3

Key verses

The verses using dokeō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:9 — 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.
• John 5:39 — Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
• John 16:2 — They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
• Acts 15:22 — Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas…
• Acts 26:9 — I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
• 1 Corinthians 3:18 — Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
• 1 Corinthians 4:9 — For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
• Galatians 2:9 — And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of…
• Hebrews 4:1 — Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
• Hebrews 10:29 — Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant,…
• James 1:26 — If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
• James 4:5 — Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.