Quick Definition
νοέω v. I understand, consider
Strong's Definition
from 3563; to exercise the mind (observe), i.e. (figuratively) to comprehend, heed
KJV Usage: consider, perceive, think, understand
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀμετανόητος · ἀνόητος · ἄνοια · διανόημα · δυσνόητος · ἔννοια · ἐπίνοια · εὐνοέω · εὔνοια · κατανοέω · μετανοέω · μετάνοια · νόημα · προνοέω · πρόνοια · ὑπονοέω · ὑπόνοια
32.2 · Understand · Understand
to perceive, to gain insight into, to understand, to comprehend to comprehend something on the basis of careful thought and consideration
MAT 15:17 · MAT 16:9 · MAT 16:11 · MRK 7:18 · MRK 8:17 · MRK 13:14 · JHN 12:40 · ROM 1:20 · EPH 3:4 · 1TI 1:7 · HEB 11:3
30.3 · Think · To Think, Thought
to think about carefully, to consider well to think over a matter with care
31.6 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Have an Opinion, Hold a View
to be able to form an idea, to imagine to be able to form some idea about It is also possible to understand νοέω in EPH 3:20 as meaning merely ‘to hold a particular view’ (compare 31.1), and therefore one may translate ‘far beyond what we think to be the case.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νοέω, -ῶ ; 1 aor. ἐνόησα ; [pres. pass. ptep. (neut. plur.) νοούμενα] ; (νοῦς) ; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for p29 and yann, and for Sawn; 1. to perceive with the mind, to understand: absol., with the addition τῇ καρδίᾳ, Jn. xii. 40 (Is. xliv. 18); w.an acc. of the thing, Eph. iii. 4, 20; 1 Tim. i. 7; pass.: Ro. i. 20; foll. by ὅτι, Mt. xv. 17; xvi. 11; Mk. vii. 18; foll. by ace. w. inf., Heb. xi. 3; absol. i. q. to have understanding: Mt. xvi. 9; Mk. viii. 17. 2. to think upon, heed, ponder, consider: νοείτω, se. let him attend to the events that occur, which will show the time to flee, Mt. xxiv. 15; Mk. xiii. 14; [similarly νόει ὃ (RG @) λέγω, 2 Tim. ii. 7]. [Comp.: ev-, xara-, μετα-, προ-, Uro-voEew. |
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νοέω noeō 14x
to perceive, observe; to mark attentively, Mt. 24:15; Mk. 13:14; 2 Tim. 2:7; to understand, comprehend, Mt. 15:17; to conceive, Eph. 3:20
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νοέω -ῶ
(< νοῦς), [in LXX chiefly for בּין, also for שׂכל hi., etc;]
to perceive with the mind, understand (for the phrase νοῶν κ. φρονῶν, in wills, v. MM, xvii): absol., Mt 16:9, Mk 8:17; c. acc., Eph 3:4, I Ti 1:7; c. dat. instr., τ. καρδίᾳ, Jo 12:40; pass., Ro 1:20; seq. ὅτι, Mt 15:17 16:11, Mk 7:18; c. acc. et inf., He 11:8.
to think, consider: absol., Mt 24:15, Mk 13:14, Eph 3:20; c. acc. rei, II Ti 2:7. (cf. -εὐ, κατα-, μετα-, προ-, ὑπο-νοέω).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νοέω (noeō) — to understand. νο-έω, Aeolic dialect νόημι (which see): Epic dialect aorist 1 νόησα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ἔνωσα (ἐν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect νενόηκα, Ionic dialect νένωκα (ἐν-) [Refs]; imperative νενόηθι Hilgard Excerpta e libris Herodiani [Refs]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist νοήσατο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle νοησάμενος [Refs 7th c.BC+] —passive (mostly in middle sense), future νοηθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐνοήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also Ionic dialect (ἐπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect νενόημαι, Ionic dialect νένωμαι [Refs 6th c.BC+]singular pluperfect ἐνένωτο (in middle sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+] and perfect passive νένοται. —The compounds with ἀπό, διά, ἐν, ἐπί, μετά, πρό are used chiefly in middle:—perceive by the eyes, observe (οἱ ἀρχαῖοι τὸ ν. σωματικὸν.. ὑπολαμβάνουσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀξὺ ν.[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν, ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι ν., [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. perceive by the mind, apprehend, τὸν δὲ ἰδὼν ἐνόησε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἢ λάθετ᾽ ἢ οὐκ ἐνόησεν or did not take notice, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νοέεις δὲ καὶ αὐτός thou thyself art aware of it, [LXX+8th c.BC+]; πρὸ ὃ τοῦ ἐνόησεν one perceives before the other, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in Philos., of thought, μάλιστα ἔοικεν ἴδιον [ψυχῆς] τὸ ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with participle added, ὡς ἐνόησεν ἔμ᾽ ἥμενον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a future event, νοέω κακὸν ὔμμιν ἐρχόμενον [Refs]: with infinitive, οὐκ ἐνόησα ἄψορρον καταβῆναι [NT+8th c.BC+]:—middle, νωσάμενος [Refs 6th c.BC+]:—passive, to be apprehended by thought, τὰς ἰδέας νοεῖσθαι μὲν ὁρᾶσθαι δ᾽ οὔ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ νοούμενα, opposed to τὰ αἰσθητά,[NT]
3. think, consider, reflect, φρεσὶ ν. ἔνθ᾽ εἴην ἢ ἔνθα” [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα ν. look to both sides, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be other wise minded, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: participle νοέων, έουσα, wary, discreet, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ νοέων λέγει what he says advisedly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νοῶν καὶ φρονῶν sane and in his right mind, in wills, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.:— in middle, φρενὶ θεῖα νοῦνται [Refs 6th c.BC+]
4. consider, deem, presume to be so and so, ὡς μηκέτ᾽ ὄντα κεῖνον.. νόει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τόδε γὰρ νοῶ κράτιστον[Refs 4th c.BC+]infinitive, δεῖ νοῆσαι τὸ μὲν ὑγρὸν εἶναι[Refs]; compare νοητέον.
II. think out, devise, conceive τοῦτό γ᾽ ἐναίσιμον οὐκ ἐνόησε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄλλα μὲν αὐτὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶ σῇσι νοήσεις, ἄλλα δὲ καὶ δαίμων ὑποθήσεται[Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently with neuter plural adjective, πεπνυμένα πάντα νοῆσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄνδρων πλεῖστα νοησάμενος most cunning of men, of Sisyphus, [Refs 7th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐνθύμημα νενοημένον οὐκ ἀτόπως [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.2. purpose, intend, ἐσθλά τινι [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III. with infinitive, to be minded, intend, οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησε ἐξερύσαι δόρυ bethought himself, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νοέω φρεσὶ τιμήςuσθαι[Refs]; ἦ γὰρ νοεῖς θάπτειν σφ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+] he thought with himself to take the scourge, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐνέ- νωτο στρατεύειν he was minded to march, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. of words, bear a certain sense, mean, πυθοίμεθ᾽ ἂν τὸν χρησμὸν ὅ τι νοεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [εἰ] τοῦτο.. νοεῖ αὐτῷ if this means for him that.., [Refs]; τὸ νοούμενον the sense, meaning, [Refs 5th c.BC+]