δοκέω

δοκέω, -ῶ

(δόκος, opinion, δέκομαι, Ion, form of δέχ-), [in LXX for טוֹב, נָדַב, etc. ;]

1. to be of opinion, suppose: Matt 24,44, Luk 12,40, Hebr 10,29; with inf., Matt 3,9, Luk 8,18; 24,37, Joh 5,39; 16,2, ApG 12,9; 27,13, 1 Kor 3,18; 7,40; 8,2; 10,12; 14,37, Gal 6,3, Fil 3,4, Jak 1,26; with accusative and inf., 1 Kor 12,23, 2 Kor 11,16; before ὅτι, Matt 6,7; 26,53, Mark 6,49, Luk 12,51; 13,2, 4; 19,11, Joh 5,45; 11,13, 31; 13,29; 20,15, 1 Kor 4,9, 2 Kor 12,19, Jak 4,5.

2. to seem, be reputed: ApG 25,27 with inf., Mark 10,42, Luk 10,36; 22,24, ApG 17,13; 26,9, 1 Kor 11,16; 12,22, 2 Kor 10,9, Gal 2,6, 9, Hebr 4,1; 12,11; οἱ δοκοῦντες, those of repute, Gal 2,2, Impers., it seems, with dative of person(s);

(a) to think: Matt 17,25; 18,12; 21,28; 22,17, 42; 26,66, Joh 11,56, Hebr 12,10;

(b) to please, seem good to: with inf., Luk 1,3, ApG 15,22, 25; 15,23, 34.†

SYN. (δοκέω 1): ἡγέομαι 2, νομίζω2, οἴομαι; ἡ. and ν. properly express belief resting on external proof, ἡ. denoting the more careful judgment; δ. and οἴ. imply a subjective judgment which in the case of οἴ. is based on feeling, in δ. on thought (see Schmidt, with 17) (δοκέω2): φαίνομαι; φ., from the standpoint of the object, "expresses how a matter phenomenally shows and presents itself"; δ., from the standpoint of the observer, expresses one's subjective judgment about a matter (see Tr., Syn., LXXx; Cremer, 204).