δοκέω, δοκῶ; imperfect ἐδόκουν; 1 aorist ἔδοξα; (akin to δέχομαι or δέκομαι, whence δοκός an assumption, opinion (cf. Latindecus, 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, Mar_6:49 (R G L Tr); 2Co_11:16; 1Co_12:23; with an infinitive relating to the same subject as that of δοκέω itself, Luk_8:18 (ὁ δοκεῖ ἔχειν); Luk_24:37 (ἐδόκουν πνεῦμα θεωρεῖν); Joh_5:39; Joh_16:2; Act_12:9; Act_27:13; 1Co_3:18; 1Co_7:40; 1Co_8:2; 1Co_10:12; 1Co_14:37; Gal_6:3; Php_3:4; Jas_1:26; μή δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς do not suppose that ye may think, Mat_3:9; cf. Fritzsche at the passage followed by ὅτι, Mat_6:7; Mat_26:53; (Mar_6:49 T WH); Luk_12:51; Luk_13:2; Luk_13:4; Luk_19:11; Joh_5:45; Joh_11:13 ( T Tr WH); ; 1Co_4:9; 2Co_12:19; Jas_4:5, so used that the object is easily understood from the context: Mat_24:44 (ἡ ὥρα οὐ δοκεῖτε ὁ υἱός τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται); Luk_12:40; Luk_17:9 (R G L brackets Tr marginal reading brackets); forming a parenthesis in the midst of a question: πόσῳ, δοκεῖτε, χείρονος ἀξιωθήσεται τιμωρίας; Heb_10:29; (Aristophanes Aeharn. 12 πῶς τουτ' ἐσεισε μου, δοκεῖς, τήν καρδίαν; Anacreon () 40, 15 (i. e., 35 (33), 16) πόσον, δοκεῖς, πονουσιν, ἔρως, ὅσους σύ βαλλεις;). (Synonym: see ἡγέομαι, at the end) 2. intransitive, to seem, be accounted, reputed: Luk_10:36; Luk_22:24; Act_17:18; Act_25:27; 1Co_12:22; 2Co_10:9; Heb_12:11; ἔδοξα ἐμαυτῷ δεῖν πρᾶξαι, I seemed to myself, i. e. I thought, Act_26:9 (cf. Buttmann, 111 (97)); οἱ δοκοῦντες ἄρχειν those that are accounted to rule, who are recognized as rulers, Mar_10:42; οἱ δοκοῦντες εἶναι τί those who are reputed to be somewhat (of importance), and therefore have influence, Gal_2:6 (9) (Plato, Euthyd., p. 303 c.); simply, οἱ δοκοῦντες those highly esteemed, of repute, looked up to, influential, Gal_2:2 (often in Greek writings as Euripides, Hec. 295, where cf. Schafer; (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 45, 7)). By way of courtesy, things certain are sometimes said δοκεῖν, as in Heb_4:1 (cf. Cicero, offic. 3, 2, 6ut tute tibi defuisse videare); 1Co_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; Mat_17:25; Mat_18:12; Mat_21:28; Mat_22:17; Mat_22:42; Mat_26:66; Joh_11:56; κατά τό δοκοῦν αὐτοῖς as seemed good to them, Heb_12:10 (Lucian, Tim. § 25, and παρά τό δοκοῦν ἡμῖν, Thucydides 1, 84). b. ἔδοξε μοι it seemed good to, pleased, me; I determined: followed by an infinitive, Luk_1:3; Act_15:22; Act_15:25; Act_15:28; Act_15:34 Rec.; also often in Greek writings. Compare: εὐδοκέω, συνδοκέω, εὐδοκέω. [SYNONYMS: δοκεῖν 2, φαίνεσθαι: φαίνεσθαι (primarily of luminous bodies) makes reference to the actual external appearance, generally correct but possibly deceptive; δοκεῖν 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, § lxxx.; Schmidt, chapter 15.]

δοκέω dokeō 62x to think, imagine, suppose, presume, Mat_3:9 ; Mat_6:7 ; to seem, appear, Luk_10:36 ; Act_17:18 ; it seems; it seems good, best, or right, it pleases, Luk_1:3 ; Act_15:22 ; Act_15:25 believe; suppose; think.

δοκέω , -ῶ ( < δόκος , opinion , < δέκομαι , Ion , form of δέχ -), [in LXX for H2895 , H5068 , etc.;] 1. to be of opinion, suppose: Mat_24:44 , Luk_12:40 , Heb_10:29 ; c . inf ., Mat_3:9 , Luk_8:18 ; Luk_24:37 , Joh_5:39 ; Joh_16:2 , Act_12:9 ; Act_27:13 , 1Co_3:18 ; 1Co_7:40 ; 1Co_8:2 ; 1Co_10:12 ; 1Co_14:37 , Gal_6:3 , Php_3:4 , Jas_1:26 ; c . acc et inf ., 1Co_12:23 , 2Co_11:16 ; seq . ὅτι , Mat_6:7 ; Mat_26:53 , Mar_6:49 , Luk_12:51 ; Luk_13:2 ; Luk_13:4 ; Luk_19:11 , Joh_5:45 ; Joh_11:13 ; Joh_11:31 ; Joh_13:29 ; Joh_20:15 , 1Co_4:9 , 2Co_12:19 , Jas_4:5 . 2. to seem, be reputed: Act_25:27 ; c . inf ., Mar_10:42 , Luk_10:36 ; Luk_22:24 , Act_17:13 ; Act_26:9 , 1Co_11:16 ; 1Co_12:22 , 2Co_10:9 , Gal_2:6 ; Gal_2:9 , Heb_4:1 ; Heb_12:11 ; οἱ δοκοῦντες , those of repute , Gal_2:2 . Impers., it seems , c . dat . pers .; (a) to think: Mat_17:25 ; Mat_18:12 ; Mat_21:28 ; Mat_22:17 ; Mat_22:42 ; Mat_26:66 , Joh_11:56 , Heb_12:10 ; (b) to please, seem good to: c . inf ., Luk_1:3 , Act_15:22 ; Act_15:25 ; Act_15:23 ; Act_15:34 .† SYN. (δοκέω 1 G1380 ): ἡγέομαι 2 G2233 , νομίζω 2 G3543 , οἴομαι G3633 ; 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 ( v. Schmidt , c . 17). (δοκέω 2. G1380 ): φαίνομαι G5316 ; 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 ( v. Tr., Syn. , LXX x; Cremer , 204).

δοκέω [page 166] The verb is naturally common, e.g. P Par 49 .16 (B.C. 164 58) εἶπα αὐτῷ μὴ ἐμὲ ἀξιοῦν , ἀλλά , δόξαντα ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ εἶναι , παραγίνεσθαι , P Oxy VII. 1027 .9 (i/A.D.) ὑπόμνημα ἀφ᾽ οὗ ἔδοξεν δυνήσασθαι ἐμποδισθῆναί μου τὴν πρᾶξιν , a memorandum by means of which he hoped that my execution might be prevented (Ed.), ib. 1032 .38 (A.D. 162) ἐάν σου τῇ τύχῃ δόξῃ , if your fortune sees fit. For other exx. of this last phrase we may cite P Petr I. 26 .7 (B.C. 241) ἐάν σοι δοκεῖ , P Oxy IV. 718 .24 (A.D. 180 92) ἐάν σοι δόξῃ , and ib. IX. 1220 .5 (iii/A.D.) ἦ δοκῖ σοι , κύριέ μου , πέμψε μοι κέρμα ; would you be pleased, sir, to send me some money? (Ed.). In P Oxy IX. 1218 .7 (iii/A.D.) δοκῶ is used absolutely, as in 1Co_4:9 ἡ μήτηρ μου Θαῆσις εἰς Ἀντινόου , δοκῶ , ἐπὶ κηδίαν ἀπῆλθεν , my mother Thaλsis went, I think, to Antinoφpolis for a funeral (Ed.) : cf. P Amh II. 64 .6 (A.D. 108) δο̣κ̣ω̣̑ μοι . For the more official usage of δοκέω = censeo , see OGIS 233 .10 (B.C. 226 3) ἔδοξε τῆι ἐκκλησίαι πρυτάνεων εἰπάντων κτλ ., Priene 105 .78 ( c. B.C. 9) ἔδοξεν τοῖς ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀσίας Ἕλλησιν· γνώμη κτλ . : cf. P Tebt II. 335 .15 (a petition to the Praefect (?) middle of iii/A.D.) εἰ δ̣έ τι τοιοῦτον ἔδοξας κελεύειν , if you really did vouchsafe to give such orders (Edd.). For δοκέω followed by the acc. and inf., as in 2Co_11:16 , cf. P Tebt II. 413 .6 (ii/iiiA.D.) μὴ δόξῃς με , κυρί [α ], ἠμεληκέναι σου τῶν ἐντολῶν , do not think, mistress, that I am negligent of your commands (Edd.). In P Ryl II. 229 .15 (A.D. 38) we find it with partic. δοκῶ γὰρ συναιρόμενος πρὸς σὲ λογάριον , for I expect to make up an account without you (Edd.). The personal constr. c. inf. predominates : note BGU IV. 1141 .9 ( c. B.C. 14) οὐδὲ σὲ γὰρ δοκῶι εἰς ἐνφα [ν ]ιστοῦ τόπον με ἔχειν , ib. .15 ἐγὼ μὲν οὐ δοκῶι ἄξιος εἶναι ὑβρίζεσθαι per contra add P Oxy VI. 937 .17 (iii/A.D.) παρατηρεῖσθαι αὐτὴν μὴ δόξῃ αὐτῷ τῷ Ἀ . λαβ̣ῆ [σ ]αι τὴν φιάλην , to keep a watch on it, lest A. should determine to take the bowl (Edd.), CP Herm 26 .8 (a procθs verbal ) ὃ ἐὰν αὐτοῦ δόξῃ τῷ μεγέθι , whatever his highness shall determine.

δοκέω = "videor mihi, to think, suppose, imagine, expect", c. acc. et inf., δοκέω νικησέμεν Il. ; οὔ σε δοκέω πείθεσθαι Hdt. ; τεκεῖν δράκοντ᾽ ἔδοξεν "she thought" a serpent bare young ones, Aesch. ; ἔδοξα ἰδεῖν, Lat. visus sum videre, methought I saw, Eur. ; ἀείδειν δοκῶ "I think" to sing, Aesch. absol. "to have or form an opinion", περί τινος Hdt. ; in parenthetic phrases, ὡς δοκῶ Trag. ; πῶς δοκεῖς; how "think you"? Eur. δοκῶ μοι in attic, just like δοκεῖ μοι, as Lat. videor mihi for "videtur mihi, I seem to myself, methinks", c. inf., Hdt. , etc.; also, "I am determined, resolved", c. inf., Ar. c. inf., also, "to seem or pretend" to be doing, Lat. simulo, or with a negat. "to seem or pretend" not to be doing, Lat. dissimulo; ἤκουσά του λέγοντος, οὐ δοκῶν κλύειν Eur. = "videor, to seem" to one, δοκέεις δέ μοι οὐκ ἀπινύσσειν Od. , etc. absol. "to seem, as opp. to reality", οὐ δοκεῖν, ἀλλ᾽ εἶναι θέλει Aesch. "to seem good", Lat. placere, εἰ δοκεῖ σοι ταῦτα id=Aesch. impers., δοκεῖ μοι much in the same sense as δοκῶ μοι (supr. I. 3), "it seems to me, meseems, methinks", ὥς μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι ἄριστα Il. , etc.:—in decrees and the like, ἔδοξε τῆι βουλῆι, "placuit senatui", Ar. , Thuc. , etc.; τὸ δόξαν "the decree", Hdt. ; τὰ δόξαντα Soph. ; παρὰ τὸ δοκοῦν ἡμῖν Thuc. :—so in Pass., δέδοκται, Lat. visum est, Hdt. , Trag. , etc. acc. absol. δόξαν, "when it was decreed or resolved", δόξαν αὐτοῖς ὥστε διαναυμαχεῖν (i. e. ὅτε ἔδοξεν αὐτοῖς) Thuc. ; so, δεδογμένον αὐτοῖς id=Thuc. "to be thought or reputed" so and so, ἄξιοι δοκοῦντες id=Thuc. ; οἱ δοκοῦντες εἶναί τι "men who are held" to be something, men "of repute", Plat. ; so οἱ δοκοῦντες alone, Eur. ; τὰ δοκοῦντα, opp. to τὰ μηδὲν ὄντα, id=Eur. ; also in Pass., οἱ δεδογμένοι ἀνδροφόνοι "those who have been found guilty" of homicide, Dem.

δοκέω, -ῶ (δόκος, opinion, δέκομαι, Ion, form of δέχ-), [in LXX for טוֹב, נָדַב, etc. ;] __1. to be of opinion, suppose: Mat.24:44, Luk.12:40, Heb.10:29; with inf., Mat.3:9, Luk.8:18 24:37, Jhn.5:39 16:2, Act.12:9 27:13, 1Co.3:18 7:40 8:2 10:12 14:37, Gal.6:3, Php.3:4, Jas.1:26; with accusative and inf., 1Co.12:23, 2Co.11:16; before ὅτι, Mat.6:7 26:53, Mrk.6:49, Luk.12:51 13:2, 4 19:11, Jhn.5:45 11:13, 31 13:29 20:15, 1Co.4:9, 2Co.12:19, Jas.4:5. __2. to seem, be reputed: Act.25:27; with inf., Mrk.10:42, Luk.10:36 22:24, Act.17:13 26:9, 1Co.11:16 12:22, 2Co.10:9, Gal.2:6, 9, Heb.4:1 12:11; οἱ δοκοῦντες, those of repute, Gal.2:2. Impers., it seems, with dative of person(s); __(a) to think: Mat.17:25 18:12 21:28 22:17, 42 26:66, Jhn.11:56, Heb.12:10; __(b) to please, seem good to: with inf., Luk.1:3, Act.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). (AS)