UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

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 5:17: RV MAT 5:17 · LV MAT 5:17 · Read together MAT 5:17

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OET-RV MAT 5:17

17 “Don’t imagine that I came to criticise the prophets or Mosheh’s (Moses) instructions. I didn’t come to oppose the scriptures, but to fulfil them,

OET-LV MAT 5:17

17 You _all _may_ not _think that I _came to _tear _down the law or the prophets, I _came not to _tear _down, but to _fulfill.

MAT 10:34: RV MAT 10:34 · LV MAT 10:34 · Read together MAT 10:34

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OET-RV MAT 10:34

34 “Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth. No, I came to bring war, not peace,

OET-LV MAT 10:34

34 You _all _may_ not _think that I _came to _bring peace to the earth, I _came not to _bring peace, but a_sword.

All 15 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 5:17 · RV MAT 10:34 · RV MAT 20:10 · LV MAT 5:17 · LV MAT 10:34 · LV MAT 20:10 · Read together MAT 5:17 · Read together MAT 10:34 · Read together MAT 20:10

LUK: RV LUK 2:44 · RV LUK 3:23 · LV LUK 2:44 · LV LUK 3:23 · Read together LUK 2:44 · Read together LUK 3:23

ACT: RV ACT 7:25 · RV ACT 8:20 · RV ACT 14:19 · RV ACT 16:13 · RV ACT 16:27 · RV ACT 17:29 · RV ACT 21:29 · LV ACT 7:25 · LV ACT 8:20 · LV ACT 14:19 · LV ACT 16:13 · LV ACT 16:27 · LV ACT 17:29 · LV ACT 21:29 · Read together ACT 7:25 · Read together ACT 8:20 · Read together ACT 14:19 · Read together ACT 16:13 · Read together ACT 16:27 · Read together ACT 17:29 · Read together ACT 21:29

CO1: RV CO1 7:26 · RV CO1 7:36 · LV CO1 7:26 · LV CO1 7:36 · Read together CO1 7:26 · Read together CO1 7:36

TI1: RV TI1 6:5 · LV TI1 6:5 · Read together TI1 6:5

Sense 2: to practice, to engage in, to take place customarily

Semantic entry: 41.28

Semantic domains: Behavior and Related States

Subdomains: Custom, Tradition

Definition: to engage in some activity as a customary practice

Notes: This meaning is found as a variant reading only: οὗ ἐνομίζετο προσευχὴ εἶναι ‘where prayer took place’ RV ACT 16:13 · LV ACT 16:13 · Read together ACT 16:13 (apparatus). This expression may also be translated as ‘where people customarily prayed.’

Forms: νομίζομαι

ACT 16:13: RV ACT 16:13 · LV ACT 16:13 · Read together ACT 16:13

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OET-RV ACT 16:13

13 On the Rest Days, we went down to the river outside the city gate where we thought people might be praying, and we spoke to the women who had met there.

OET-LV ACT 16:13

13 And on _the day of _the days _of _rest, we _came _out outside the gate by a_river, where we _were _thinking prayer to _be, and having _sat _down we _were _speaking to _the women having _come _together.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

νομίζω

Form 1

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

Sense 2: to practice, to engage in, to take place customarily