Word

οἴομαι

oíomai · G3633 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to suppose, to presume, to assume, to imagine, to believe, to think

To regard something as presumably true, but without particular certainty

Examples
John 21:25 But there are also many other things which Jesus did, which, if they were written in detail, I expect that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written.
Philippians 1:17 the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking that they are causing me distress in my imprisonment.
James 1:7 For that person ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ἄνθρωποςman, person, people 1
Not stated: I 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ἐγείρωto raise, to get up 1
λαμβάνωto receive, to take 1
χωρέωto move on 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

μήnot 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To suppose, to presume, to assume, to imagine, to believe, to think31.29: Closing his Gospel, John states in John 21:25 “there are also many other things which Jesus did, which, if they were written in detail, I expect that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written,” where “I expect” renders this verb for a considered judgment or supposition.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon see οἴομαι. G3633 — οἴομαι , contracted οἶμαι; (from Homer down); to suppose, think:…

see οἴομαι.
G3633 — οἴομαι
, contracted οἶμαι; (from Homer down); to suppose, think: followed by an accusative with an infinitive Jn 21:25 (T omits the verse); by the infinitive alone, where the subjunctive and the objective are the same, Phm 1:16 (17); by ὅτι, Jas 1:7. (Synonym: see ἡγέομαι, at the end.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Suppose, Think Possible3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0