δοκέω, -ῶ (δόκος, opinion, δέκομαι, Ion, form of δέχ-), [in LXX for טוֹב, נָדַב, etc. ;] 1. to be of opinion, suppose: Mt 24,44, Łk 12,40, Hbr 10,29; with inf., Mt 3,9, Łk 8,18; 24,37, J 5,39; 16,2, Dz 12,9; 27,13, 1 Kor 3,18; 7,40; 8,2; 10,12; 14,37, Ga 6,3, Flp 3,4, Jk 1,26; with accusative and inf., 1 Kor 12,23, 2 Kor 11,16; before ὅτι, Mt 6,7; 26,53, Mk 6,49, Łk 12,51; 13,2.4; 19,11, J 5,45; 11,13.31; 13,29; 20,15, 1 Kor 4,9, 2 Kor 12,19, Jk 4,5. 2. to seem, be reputed: Dz 25,27 with inf., Mk 10,42, Łk 10,36; 22,24, Dz 17,13; 26,9, 1 Kor 11,16; 12,22, 2 Kor 10,9, Ga 2,6, 9, Hbr 4,1; 12,11; οἱ δοκοῦντες, those of repute, Ga 2,2 Impers., it seems, with dative of person(s); (a) to think: Mt 17,25; 18,12; 21,28; 22,17.42; 26,66, J 11,56, Hbr 12,10; (b) to please, seem good to: with inf., Łk 1,3, Dz 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)