δοκέω, -ῶ

(δόκος, opinion, δέκομαι, Ion, form of δέχ-), [in LXX for טוֹב, נָדַב, etc. ;]

__1. to be of opinion, suppose: Mat.24:44, Luk.12:40, Heb.10:29; with inf. Mat.3:9, Luk.8:18 24:37, Jhn.5:39 16:2, Act.12:9 27:13, 1Co.3:18 7:40 8:2 10:12 14:37, Gal.6:3, Php.3:4, Jas.1:26; with accusative and inf. 1Co.12:23, 2Co.11:16; before ὅτι, Mat.6:7 26:53, Mrk.6:49, Luk.12:51 13:2, 4 19:11, Jhn.5:45 11:13, 31 13:29 20:15, 1Co.4:9, 2Co.12:19, Jas.4:5.

__2. to seem, be reputed: Act.25:27; with inf. Mrk.10:42, Luk.10:36 22:24, Act.17:13 26:9, 1Co.11:16 12:22, 2Co.10:9, Gal.2:6, 9, Heb.4:1 12:11; οἱ δοκοῦντες, those of repute, Gal.2:2. Impers. it seems, with dative of person(s);

__(a) to think: Mat.17:25 18:12 21:28 22:17, 42 26:66, Jhn.11:56, Heb.12:10;

__(b) to please, seem good to: with inf. Luk.1:3, Act.15:22, 25 15:23, 34.†

SYN. (δοκέω 1): ἡγέομαι 2, νομίζω2, οἴομαι; ἡ. and ν. properly express belief resting on external proof, ἡ. denoting the more careful judgment; δ. and οἴ. imply a subjective judgment which in the case of οἴ. is based on feeling, in δ. on thought (see Schmidt, with 17) (δοκέω2): φαίνομαι; φ. from the standpoint of the object, "expresses how a matter phenomenally shows and presents itself"; δ. from the standpoint of the observer, expresses one's subjective judgment about a matter (see Tr. Syn. LXXx; Cremer, 204). (AS)

to be of opinion, suppose; to seem, be reputed; those of repute; to think; to please, seem good to