δοκέω

dokevw dokevw,
dokw'; imperfect
ejdovkoun; 1 aorist
e[doxa; (akin to
devcomai or
devkomai, whence
dokov" an assumption, opinion (cf. Latin decus, decet, dignus; Curtius, sec. 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, (R G L Tr); ; ; with an infinitive relating to the same subject as that of
dokevw itself, (
oJ
dokei'
e[cein); (
ejdovkoun
pneu'ma
qewrei'n); ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
mhv
dovxhte
levgein
ejn
eJautoi'" do not suppose that ye may think, ; cf. Fritzsche at the passage followed by
o{ti, ; ; ( T WH); ; ,; ; ; (31 T Tr WH); ; ; ; ; , so used that the object is easily understood from the context: (
hJ
w{ra
ouj
dokei'te
oJ
uiJov"
tou'
ajnqrwvpou
e[rcetai); ; (R G L brackets Tr marginal reading brackets); forming a parenthesis in the midst of a question:
povsw/,
dokei'te,
ceivrono"
ajxiwqhvsetai
timwriva"; ; (Aristophanes Aeharn. 12
pw'"
tout!
ejseise
mou,
dokei'",
thvn
kardivan; Anacreon (530 B. C.) 40, 15 (i. e., 35 (33), 16)
povson,
dokei'",
ponousin,
e[rw",
o{sou"
suv
ballei";). (Synonym: see
hJgevomai, at the end)2. intransitive, to seem, be accounted, reputed: ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
e[doxa
ejmautw'/
dei'n
pra'xai, I seemed to myself, i. e. I thought, (cf. Buttmann, 111 (97));
oiJ
dokou'nte"
a[rcein those that are accounted to rule, who are recognized as rulers, ;
oiJ
dokou'nte"
ei\nai
tiv those who are reputed to be somewhat (of importance), and therefore have influence, (9) (Plato, Euthyd., p. 303 c.); simply,
oiJ
dokou'nte" those highly esteemed, of repute, looked up to, influential, (often in Greek writings as Euripides, Hec. 295, where cf. Schafer; (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 45, 7)). By way of courtesy, things certain are sometimes said
dokei'n, as in (cf. Cicero, offic. 3, 2, 6 ut tute tibi defuisse videare); (but cf. Meyer at the passage); cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 65, 7 c.3. impersonally,
dokei'
moi, it seems to me; i. e. a. I think, judge": thus in questions,
tiv
soi (
uJmi'n)
dokei'; ; ; <<ref:BHS/GNT_Mat 2