Words the Bible translates as consider
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hēgeomaiἡγέομαιto consider: to reach a deliberate, weighed verdict about the worth or truth of something
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- to lead a community: to go in front of others as their guide and head
- binבִּיןto understand by telling things apart: to grasp what something really is, why it matters, and how it differs from what is near it
- logizomaiλογίζομαιto consider: to weigh something in the mind and arrive at a settled judgment about it.
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- to credit to an account: to enter something on a person's ledger, so that it officially counts for or against them.
- theōreōθεωρέωto look at something attentively, and so to take it in: to watch, observe, and perceive
- dokeōδοκέωto think or suppose: to hold in one's own mind an opinion about what is the case, from a confident conclusion to a guarded guess, and often one the text goes on to correct
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- to seem or be reckoned: how a thing or person registers in the eyes of others, whether that is how it looks, what a group decides, or the standing a person is granted
- sakhalשָׂכַלto have good sense: to grasp a matter clearly and act on it skillfully, so that things turn out well
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- to lay crosswise: to set one's hands across each other
- noeōνοέωto grasp something with the mind: to perceive its meaning, understand it, or think it over
- katanoeōκατανοέωto fix full attention on something: to look at it closely or think it over carefully
- nomizōνομίζωto suppose or think: to hold a view as probably true, often an assumption drawn from appearances that can turn out to be wrong
- katamanthanōκαταμανθάνωto considernot studied yet
- baqarבָּקַרto examine with discriminating attention: to look someone or something over closely enough to sort, weigh, or tell one thing from another
- aphoraōἀφοράωto fix one's eyes on someone: to look toward a single object with concentrated attention, turning away from all else
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- to see how a situation turns out: to wait and find out how things will go
- analogizomaiἀναλογίζομαιto reckon something up in the mind: to weigh it point by point and set it against something else
- anatheōreōἀναθεωρέωto observe or consider carefully: to give something sustained, thorough attention, whether by looking at it or by reflecting on it
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