Original Word: κατανοέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: katanoeó
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-an-o-eh'-o)
Short Definition: I understand, perceive, consider
Definition: I take note of, perceive, consider carefully, discern, detect, make account of.

2657 katanoéō (from 2596 /katá, "down along, exactly according to" and 3539 /noiéō, "to think") – properly, to think from up to down, to a conclusion; to consider exactly, attentively (decisively); to concentrate by fixing one's thinking " 'to perceive clearly' (kata, intensive), 'to understand fully, consider closely' " (Vine, Unger, White, NT, 123). 2657 (katanoéō) expresses real comprehending – "thinking decisively to a definite (clear) understanding."

[2657 (katanoéō) has "the notion of considering attentively (note the kata, 'down into,' " WS, 349).]

Word Origin
from kata and noeó
Definition
to take note of, perceive
NASB Translation
consider (4), contemplated (1), detected (1), look (1), look more closely (1), looked (1), looks (1), notice (2), observe (1), observing (1).