noieō · understand

What it means

noieō (νοιέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “understand”.

Perceive.

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 grasp, realize.
2. To stop and turn something over in one's mind.

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

How it is translated

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

• understand ×7
• perceive ×2
• see ×2
• think ×2
• being understood ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×3
• John×1
• Romans×1
• Ephesians×2
• 1 Timothy×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 15:17

  Do you not see that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the latrine?

• Matthew 16:9

  Do you not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up?

• Matthew 16:11

  How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

• Matthew 24:15

  So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in a holy place (let the reader understand),

• Mark 7:18

  And he says to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding too? Do you not see that whatever goes from outside into a person cannot defile him,

• Mark 8:17

  And knowing this, he says to them, “Why are you discussing that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Do you have your heart hardened?

• Mark 13:14

  But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those in Judea flee to the mountains;

• John 12:40

  “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they may not see with their eyes and understand with their heart and turn, and I will heal them.”

• Romans 1:20

  For since the creation of the world his invisible things are clearly seen, being understood through the things made, both his eternal power and divinity, so that they are without excuse.

• Ephesians 3:4

  by which, when you read, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of the Messiah,

• Ephesians 3:20

  Now to the one who is able to do far beyond all things, immeasurably more than what we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us,

• 1 Timothy 1:7

  wanting to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they are saying nor the things about which they make confident assertions.

• 2 Timothy 2:7

  Think over what I am saying, for the Lord will give you understanding in all things.

• Hebrews 11:3

  By faith we understand that the ages were set in order by the word of God, so that what is seen did not come into being from things that appear.