Words the Bible translates as think
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- amarאָמַרto say: to speak words, and so to think them or to declare them
- logizomaiλογίζομαιto credit to an account: to enter something on a person's ledger, so that it officially counts for or against them.
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- to consider: to weigh something in the mind and arrive at a settled judgment about it.
- 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
- ḥashavחָשַׁבto think something over: to consider, weigh, and form a judgment in the mind
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- to reckon: to count something toward an account and treat it as having that value
- to devise: to plan or scheme toward an end, good or harmful
- to design: to invent and work out skilled craft or artistic plans
- phroneōφρονέωto have the mind set a certain way: to be leaning in one direction, so that what a person thinks, wants, and cares about all point the same way
- nomizōνομίζωto suppose or think: to hold a view as probably true, often an assumption drawn from appearances that can turn out to be wrong
- damahדָּמָהto be like something, or to treat one thing as like another: to resemble, to liken or compare, and so to picture in the mind, imagine, or plan
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