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, Mk 6:49 (R G L Tr); 2 Cor 11:16; 1 Cor 12:23; with an infinitive relating to the same subject as that of δοκέω itself, Lk 8:18 (ὁ δοκεῖ ἔχειν); Lk 24:37 (ἐδόκουν πνεῦμα θεωρεῖν); Jn 5:39; Jn 16:2; Acts 12:9; Acts 27:13; 1 Cor 3:18; 1 Cor 7:40; 1 Cor 8:2; 1 Cor 10:12; 1 Cor 14:37; Gal 6:3; Phm 3:4; Jas 1:26; μή δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς do not suppose that ye may think, Mt 3:9; cf. Fritzsche at the passage followed by ὅτι, Mt 6:7; Mt 26:53; (Mk 6:49 T WH); Lk 12:51; Lk 13:2, Lk 13:4; Lk 19:11; Jn 5:45; Jn 11:13 ( T Tr WH); Jn 13:29; ; 1 Cor 4:9; 2 Cor 12:19; Jas 4:5, so used that the object is easily understood from the context: Mt 24:44 (ἡ ὥρα οὐ δοκεῖτε ὁ υἱός τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται); Lk 12:40; Lk 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: Lk 10:36; Lk 22:24; Acts 17:18; Acts 25:27; 1 Cor 12:22; 2 Cor 10:9; Heb 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, Mk 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); 1 Cor 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; Mt 17:25; Mt 18:12; Mt 21:28; Mt 22:17, Mt 22:42; Mt 26:66; Jn 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, Lk 1:3; Acts 15:22, Acts 15:25, Acts 15:28, Acts 15:34 Rec.; also often in Greek writings. Compare: εὐδοκέω, συνδοκέω, εὐδοκέω.