UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: δοκέω; aor.; ἔδοξα

Related lemmas: ἀποκαραδοκία · δόγμα · δογματίζομαι · δόξα · δοξάζω · ἐνδοξάζομαι · ἔνδοξος · εὐδοκέω · εὐδοκία · κενοδοξία · κενόδοξος · παράδοξος · προσδοκία · συνδοξάζομαι · συνευδοκέω

Sense 1: to suppose, to presume, to assume, to imagine, to believe, to think

Semantic entry: 31.29

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Suppose, Think Possible

Definition: to regard something as presumably true, but without particular certainty

Notes: In some languages the equivalent of ‘to suppose’ or ‘to presume’ is ‘to think somewhat’ or ‘to think perhaps’ or ‘to think a little.’ In some instances the lack of certainty is spelled out clearly as ‘to think, but not with certainty’ or ‘to think, but not to know’ or ‘to think, but not to be sure.’

MAT 3:9: RV MAT 3:9 · LV MAT 3:9 · Read together MAT 3:9

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OET-RV MAT 3:9

9 And don’t think that you can just tell yourselves that you’re Avraham’s descendants, because I can tell you that God could turn these stones into descendants of Avraham.

OET-LV MAT 3:9

9 And you _all _may_ not _suppose to _be _saying among yourselves, we _are _having the Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) father, because/for I _am _saying to _you _all that the god is _able to _raise children to_ the _Abraʼam out _of the these stones.

MAT 6:7: RV MAT 6:7 · LV MAT 6:7 · Read together MAT 6:7

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7 “And when you do pray, don’t babble away like people of other religions who think they’ll be listened to just because of how much they pray.

OET-LV MAT 6:7

7 And praying, you _all _may_ not _babble as the pagans for they _are _supposing that in the many _messages of _them they _will _be _being _listened _to.

All 40 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 3:9 · RV MAT 6:7 · RV MAT 22:17 · RV MAT 24:44 · RV MAT 26:53 · LV MAT 3:9 · LV MAT 6:7 · LV MAT 22:17 · LV MAT 24:44 · LV MAT 26:53 · Read together MAT 3:9 · Read together MAT 6:7 · Read together MAT 22:17 · Read together MAT 24:44 · Read together MAT 26:53

MRK: RV MRK 6:49 · RV MRK 10:42 · LV MRK 6:49 · LV MRK 10:42 · Read together MRK 6:49 · Read together MRK 10:42

LUK: RV LUK 12:40 · RV LUK 12:51 · RV LUK 13:2 · RV LUK 13:4 · RV LUK 19:11 · RV LUK 24:37 · LV LUK 12:40 · LV LUK 12:51 · LV LUK 13:2 · LV LUK 13:4 · LV LUK 19:11 · LV LUK 24:37 · Read together LUK 12:40 · Read together LUK 12:51 · Read together LUK 13:2 · Read together LUK 13:4 · Read together LUK 19:11 · Read together LUK 24:37

JHN: RV JHN 5:39 · RV JHN 5:45 · RV JHN 11:13 · RV JHN 11:31 · RV JHN 13:29 · RV JHN 16:2 · RV JHN 20:15 · LV JHN 5:39 · LV JHN 5:45 · LV JHN 11:13 · LV JHN 11:31 · LV JHN 13:29 · LV JHN 16:2 · LV JHN 20:15 · Read together JHN 5:39 · Read together JHN 5:45 · Read together JHN 11:13 · Read together JHN 11:31 · Read together JHN 13:29 · Read together JHN 16:2 · Read together JHN 20:15

ACT: RV ACT 12:9 · RV ACT 26:9 · RV ACT 27:13 · LV ACT 12:9 · LV ACT 26:9 · LV ACT 27:13 · Read together ACT 12:9 · Read together ACT 26:9 · Read together ACT 27:13

CO1: RV CO1 3:18 · RV CO1 4:9 · RV CO1 7:40 · RV CO1 8:2 · RV CO1 10:12 · RV CO1 12:22–23 · RV CO1 14:37 · LV CO1 3:18 · LV CO1 4:9 · LV CO1 7:40 · LV CO1 8:2 · LV CO1 10:12 · LV CO1 12:22–23 · LV CO1 14:37 · Read together CO1 3:18 · Read together CO1 4:9 · Read together CO1 7:40 · Read together CO1 8:2 · Read together CO1 10:12 · Read together CO1 12:22–23 · Read together CO1 14:37

CO2: RV CO2 11:16 · RV CO2 12:19 · LV CO2 11:16 · LV CO2 12:19 · Read together CO2 11:16 · Read together CO2 12:19

GAL: RV GAL 2:9 · RV GAL 6:3 · LV GAL 2:9 · LV GAL 6:3 · Read together GAL 2:9 · Read together GAL 6:3

PHP: RV PHP 3:4 · LV PHP 3:4 · Read together PHP 3:4

HEB: RV HEB 4:1 · RV HEB 10:29 · LV HEB 4:1 · LV HEB 10:29 · Read together HEB 4:1 · Read together HEB 10:29

JAM: RV JAM 1:26 · RV JAM 4:5 · LV JAM 1:26 · LV JAM 4:5 · Read together JAM 1:26 · Read together JAM 4:5

Sense 2: to be disposed to, to want to

Semantic entry: 25.7

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Desire, Want, Wish

Definition: to be disposed to some desire or intent

Notes: For another interpretation of δοκέω in RV CO1 11:16 · LV CO1 11:16 · Read together CO1 11:16, see 30.96: δοκέω.

CO1 11:16: RV CO1 11:16 · LV CO1 11:16 · Read together CO1 11:16

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OET-RV CO1 11:16

16 However, if anyone’s inclined to be contentious about this, that’s not how either we ourselves or God’s assemblies behave.

OET-LV CO1 11:16

16 But if anyone is _supposing contentious to _be, we such custom not are _having, nor the assemblies of_ the _god.

CO2 10:9: RV CO2 10:9 · LV CO2 10:9 · Read together CO2 10:9

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OET-RV CO2 10:9

9 so that hopefully I won’t be terrifying you all with my letters.

OET-LV CO2 10:9

9 in _order _that not I _may _suppose as _though wishfully to _be _terrifying you _all by my letters.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

CO1: RV CO1 11:16 · LV CO1 11:16 · Read together CO1 11:16

CO2: RV CO2 10:9 · LV CO2 10:9 · Read together CO2 10:9

HEB: RV HEB 12:10 · LV HEB 12:10 · Read together HEB 12:10

Sense 3: to choose, to decide to prefer, to choose as superior

Semantic entry: 30.96

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Choose, To Select, To Prefer

Definition: to make a choice on the basis of something being better or superior

Notes: It would also be possible to translate the ‘if’ clause in RV CO1 11:16 · LV CO1 11:16 · Read together CO1 11:16 as ‘if anyone is disposed to be contentious’ or ‘if anyone wants to quarrel about it’ (see δοκέω [source selector 000001][b], 25.7: δοκέω).

LUK 1:3: RV LUK 1:3 · LV LUK 1:3 · Read together LUK 1:3

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OET-RV LUK 1:3

3 So since we had followed all these events so carefully, it seemed like a good idea to write this account for you, honoured Theofilos,

OET-LV LUK 1:3

3 it _supposed to _also _me having _followed originally with _all things exactly, to _write to _you consecutively, most _excellent Theofilos,

ACT 15:22: RV ACT 15:22 · LV ACT 15:22 · Read together ACT 15:22

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OET-RV ACT 15:22

22 So the missionaries and elders with all the assembly decided to choose some men to accompany Paulos and Barnabas to Antiokeia, so they chose Yehudah (Judas; Grk. Yudas) (nicknamed Bar-Saba) and Silas who were leaders among the believers,

OET-LV ACT 15:22

22 Then it _supposed to _the ambassadors and the elders with all the assembly, having _chosen men from them, to _send them to Antioⱪeia with the Paulos and Barnabas, Youdas/(Yəhūdāh) which being _called Barsabbas and Silas, leading men among the brothers,

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 1:3 · LV LUK 1:3 · Read together LUK 1:3

ACT: RV ACT 15:22 · RV ACT 15:25 · RV ACT 15:28 · LV ACT 15:22 · LV ACT 15:25 · LV ACT 15:28 · Read together ACT 15:22 · Read together ACT 15:25 · Read together ACT 15:28

CO1: RV CO1 11:16 · LV CO1 11:16 · Read together CO1 11:16

Sense 4: important persons, influential persons, prominent persons

Semantic entry: 87.42

Semantic domains: Status

Subdomains: High Status or Rank [including persons of high status]

Definition: those who have a reputation of being important or are generally recognized as being important

Collocations: οἱ δοκοῦντες

GAL 2:2: RV GAL 2:2 · LV GAL 2:2 · Read together GAL 2:2

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OET-RV GAL 2:2

2 God had told me to go there, and I explained to the leaders there the good message that I’d been proclaiming to the non-Jews. I did it privately, to double-check that I wasn’t somehow just acting vainly.

OET-LV GAL 2:2

2 and I _went _up according _to a_revelation, and I _placed _before before _them the good _message that I _am _proclaiming among the pagans, by but myself to _the ones supposing, lest somehow I _may _be _running or I _ran in vain.

GAL 2:6: RV GAL 2:6 · LV GAL 2:6 · Read together GAL 2:6

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OET-RV GAL 2:6

6 And those people who were supposed leaders (although what they were didn’t mean much to me, because God doesn’t go by appearances) didn’t really contribute anything useful, as far as I could tell.

OET-LV GAL 2:6