δοκέω, 
-ῶ; imperfect 
ἐδόκουν; 1 aorist 
ἔδοξα; (akin to 
δέχομαι or 
δέκομαι, whence 
δόκος an assumption, opinion [cf. Latin 
decus, decet, dignus; Curtius § 15; cf. his Das Verbum, i., pp. 376, 382]); [from Homer down];
1. to be of opinion, think, suppose: followed by an accusative with an infinitive, 
Mark 6:49 [R G L Tr]; 2 Corinthians 11:16; 
1 Corinthians 12:23; with an infinitive relating to the same subject as that of 
δοκέω itself, 
Luke 8:18 (
ὃ δοκεῖ ἔχειν); 
Luke 24:37 (
ἐδόκουν πνεῦμα θεωρεῖν); 
John 5:39; 
John 16:2; 
Acts 12:9; 
Acts 27:13; 
1 Corinthians 3:18; 
1 Corinthians 7:40; 
1 Corinthians 8:2; 
1 Corinthians 10:12; 
1 Corinthians 14:37; 
Galatians 6:3; 
Philippians 3:4; 
James 1:26; 
μὴ δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς do not suppose that ye may think, 
Matthew 3:9; cf. Fritzsche at the passage followed by 
ὅτι, 
Matthew 6:7; 
Matthew 26:53; [
Mark 6:49 T WH]; Luke 12:51; 
Luke 13:2, 
4; 
Luke 19:11; 
John 5:45; 
John 11:13, [
John 11:31 T Tr WH]; John 13:29; 
20:15; 
1 Corinthians 4:9; 
2 Corinthians 12:19; 
James 4:5, so used that the object is easily understood from the context: 
Matthew 24:44 (
ᾗ ὥρᾳ οὐ δοκεῖτε ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται); 
Luke 12:40; 
Luke 17:9 [R G L brackets Tr marginal reading brackets]; forming a parenthesis in the midst of a question: 
πόσῳ, 
δοκεῖτε, 
χείρονος ἀξιωθήσεται τιμωρίας; 
Hebrews 10:29; (Aristophanes Aeharn. 12 
πῶς τουτ’ ἔσεισέ μου, 
δοκεῖς, 
τὴν καρδίαν; Anacreon 40, 15 
[i. e., 35 (33), 16] 
πόσον, 
δοκεῖς, 
πονουσιν, 
ἔρως, 
ὅσους σὺ βάλλεις;). [
Synonym: see 
ἡγέομαι, at the end.]
2. intransitive, 
to seem, be accounted, reputed: 
Luke 10:36; 
Luke 22:24; 
Acts 17:18; 
Acts 25:27; 
1 Corinthians 12:22; 
2 Corinthians 10:9; 
Hebrews 12:11; 
ἔδοξα ἐμαυτῷ δεῖν πρᾶξαι, I seemed to myself, 
i. e. I thought, 
Acts 26:9 [cf. Buttmann, 111 (97)]; 
οἱ δοκοῦντες ἄρχειν those that are accounted to rule, who are recognized as rulers, 
Mark 10:42; 
οἱ δοκοῦντες εἶναί τι those who are reputed to be somewhat (of importance), and therefore have influence, 
Galatians 2:6, [
Galatians 2:9], (Plato, Euthyd., p. 303 c.); simply, οἱ δοκοῦντες those highly esteemed, of repute, looked up to, influential, Galatians 2:2 (often in Greek writings as Euripides, Hec. 295, where cf. Schäfer; [cf. Winer's Grammar, § 45, 7]). By way of courtesy, things certain are sometimes said 
δοκεῖν, as in 
Hebrews 4:1 (cf. Cicero, offic. 3, 2, 6 
ut tute tibi defuisse videare); 
1 Corinthians 11:16 [but cf. Meyer at the passage]; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 7 c.
3. impersonally, 
δοκεῖ μοι, 
it seems to me; i. e.
 a. I think, judge: thus in questions, 
τί σοι (
ὑμῖν) 
δοκεῖ; 
Matthew 17:25; 
Matthew 18:12; 
Matthew 21:28; 
Matthew 22:17, 
42; 
Matthew 26:66; 
John 11:56; 
κατὰ τὸ δοκοῦν αὐτοῖς as seemed good to them, 
Hebrews 12:10, (Lucian, Tim. § 25, and 
παρὰ τὸ δοκοῦν ἡμῖν, Thucydides 1, 84).
b. ἔδοξέ μοι it seemed good to, pleased, me; I determined: followed by an infinitive, 
Luke 1:3; 
Acts 15:22, 
25, 
28, 
34 Rec.; also often in Greek writings. 
Compare: εὐ-, 
συν-, 
εὐδοκέω.
    [Synonyms: δοκεῖν2, φαίνεσθαι: φαίν. (primarily of luminous bodies) makes reference to the actual external appearance, generally correct but possibly deceptive; δοκ. refers to the subjective judgment, which may or may not conform to the fact. Hence such a combination as δοκεῖ φαίνεσθαι is no pleonasm. Cf. Trench § 80; Schmidt ch. 15.]
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