νοέω noeō

Greek word for “to understand” · Strong’s G3539 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

νοιεω νοέω, -ῶ; (νοῦς);

How it is translated

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

• understand 5
• should understand — 2
• do you understand 1
• do you perceive 1
• may understand 1
• being understood 1
• think 1
• understanding 1
• do consider 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 16 (2), Ephesians 3 (2), Matthew 15 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Mark 7 (1), Mark 8 (1), Mark 13 (1), John 12 (1), Romans 1 (1), 1 Timothy 1 (1)

Forms

• νοεῖτε 5
• νοείτω 2
• νοοῦμεν 2
• νοήσωσιν 1
• νοούμενα 1
• νοῆσαι 1
• νοοῦντες 1
• νόει 1

Words used with it

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

• ἀναγινώσκω anaginōskō “to read” 3
• ἐρήμωσις erēmōsis “devastation” 2
• πωρόω pōroō “to harden” 2
• βδέλυγμα bdelugma “abomination” 2
• σύνεσις sunesis “understanding” 2
• ἄρτος artos “bread” 3
• εἰσπορεύω eisporeuō “to enter” 2
• οὔπω oupō “not yet” 2
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 3
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 3
• δύναμις dunamis “power” 2
• ὅταν hotan “when(-ever)” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 16:9 — Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
• Matthew 24:15 — When 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 7:18 — And 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…
• Mark 8:17 — And 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?
• Mark 13:14 — But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let…
• John 12:40 — He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should…
• Romans 1:20 — For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and…
• Ephesians 3:4 — Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
• Ephesians 3:20 — Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
• 1 Timothy 1:7 — Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
• 2 Timothy 2:7 — Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
• Hebrews 11:3 — Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

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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.