International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
THINKthink: The Old Testament often translates 'amar, "to say," meaning what one says to himself, and hence, a definite and clearly formulated decision or purpose (Genesis 20:11 Numbers 24:4 Ruth 4:4, etc.), illustrated by the, change made by the Revised Version (British and American) in the King James Version of Esther 6:6, where "thought in his heart" becomes "said in his heart." In other passages, for chashabh, damah, or zamam, indicating the result of mental activity, as in an intention or estimate formed after careful deliberation (compare Ecclesiasticus 18:25); In the New Testament, most, frequently for dokeo, "to be of the opinion, "suppose," literally, "seem" (Matthew 3:9; Matthew 6:7 Luke 10:36, etc.). Sometimes, for logizomai, "to compute," "reckon" (Romans 2:3, etc.); sometimes, for nomizo, literally referring to what attains the force of law (nomos), and then, "to be of the opinion"; or, for phroneo, implying a thought that is cherished-a mental habit, rather than an act (Romans 12:3 1 Corinthians 13:11). The Greek hegeomai, "to consider," implies logical deduction from premises (Acts 26:2 Philippians 2:6), while in Matthew 1:20; Matthew 9:4, and Acts 10:19, enthumoumai, refers to the mental process itself, the thinking-out of a project, the concentration of the faculties upon the formation of a plan.
H. E. Jacobs
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
2. (v. t.) To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.
3. (v. t.) To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
4. (v. t.) To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
5. (v. t.) To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow.
6. (v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.
7. (v. t.) To presume; to venture.
8. (v. t.) To conceive; to imagine.
9. (v. t.) To plan or design; to plot; to compass.
10. (v. t.) To believe; to consider; to esteem.
Strong's Hebrew
2803. chashab -- to think, account... << 2802, 2803. chashab. 2804 >>. to
think, account. Transliteration: chashab Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-shab') Short Definition: considered. Word Origin a prim.
... /hebrew/2803.htm - 6k 5452. sebar -- to think, intend
... to think, intend. Transliteration: sebar Phonetic Spelling: (seb-ar') Short Definition:
intend. ... root Definition to think, intend NASB Word Usage intend (1). ...
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6246. ashith -- to think, plan
... << 6245b, 6246. ashith or ashith. 6247 >>. to think, plan. Transliteration: ashith
or ashith Phonetic Spelling: (ash-eeth') Short Definition: planned. ... think. ...
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6245b. ashath -- to think
... ashath. 6246 >>. to think. Transliteration: ashath Short Definition: concerned.
Word Origin a prim. root Definition to think NASB Word Usage concerned (1). ...
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2804. chashab -- to think, account
... << 2803, 2804. chashab. 2805 >>. to think, account. Transliteration: chashab
Phonetic Spelling: (khash-ab') Short Definition: accounted. ...
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5869. ayin -- an eye
... see* (1), seem (1), seemed* (1), selfish* (1), sight (277), sight* (1), sleep*
(1), sparkles* (1), sparkling (1), spring (1), surface (4), think (2), thought ( ...
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7200. raah -- to see
... 19), shows (1), sleep* (1), stare (2), staring (1), supervise (1), surely seen
(1), take into consideration (1), take heed (1), tell (1), think (1), understand ...
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2161. zamam -- to consider, purpose, devise
... consider, devise, imagine, plot, purpose, think evil. A primitive root; to
plan, usually in a bad sense -- consider, devise, imagine ...
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8232. shephar -- to be fair or seemly
... be acceptable, please, think good. (Aramaic) corresponding to shaphar; to be beautiful
-- be acceptable, please, + think good. see HEBREW shaphar. << 8231b, 8232 ...
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959. bazah -- to despise
... despise, disdain, contemptible, think to scorn, vile person. A primitive root;
to disesteem -- despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think ...
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