katanoeō · consider, notice

What it means

katanoeō (κατανοέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “consider, notice”.

Notice, consider carefully, observe.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To study something closely and think it over.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Consider ×4
• look ×2
• notice ×2
• I was observing it ×1
• he considered ×1
• he looked at ×1
• looking closely at ×1
• perceiving ×1
• they noticed ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Luke×4
• Acts×4
• Romans×1
• Hebrews×2
• James×2

• Matthew 7:3

  And why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye?

• Luke 6:41

  And why do you see the splinter that is in your brother’s eye, but the beam that is in your own eye you do not notice?

• Luke 12:24

  Consider the ravens, that they do not sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them. How much more are you worth than the birds!

• Luke 12:27

  Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.

• Luke 20:23

  But perceiving their craftiness, he said to them,

• Acts 7:31

  And when Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he approached to look closely, there came the voice of the Lord:

• Acts 7:32

  ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And Moses, becoming terrified, did not dare to look.

• Acts 11:6

  Staring into it I was observing it and I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the reptiles and the birds of the sky.

• Acts 27:39

  And when day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay having a beach, onto which they were planning, if they could, to run the ship ashore.

• Romans 4:19

  And without weakening in faith, he considered his own body dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb;

• Hebrews 3:1

  Therefore, holy brothers, sharers in a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Jesus,

• Hebrews 10:24

  And let us consider one another for the stirring up of love and good works,

• James 1:23

  For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking closely at the face he was born with in a mirror;

• James 1:24

  for he looked at himself and has gone away and at once forgot what kind of man he was.