δοκέω

δοκέω — dokéō

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.]