nomizō · think, suppose

What it means

nomizō (νομίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “think, suppose”.

Consider something to be so.

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 believe that something is so.

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

How it is translated

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

• think ×5
• supposing ×2
• he supposed ×1
• they supposed ×1
• they thought ×1
• thinking ×1
• thinks ×1
• was supposed ×1
• we supposed ×1
• you thought ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Luke×2
• Acts×7
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 1 Timothy×1

• Matthew 5:17

  “Do not think that I came to abolish the law or the prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.

• Matthew 10:34

  Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

• Matthew 20:10

  And when the first came, they thought that they would receive more; and they also received the denarius each.

• Luke 2:44

  But supposing him to be in the caravan, they went a day’s journey and were searching for him among the relatives and the acquaintances;

• Luke 3:23

  And Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began, being the son, as was supposed, of Joseph, son of Heli,

• Acts 7:25

  And he supposed his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand.

• Acts 8:20

  But Peter said to him, “May your silver go to destruction with you, because you thought you could acquire the gift of God with money!

• Acts 14:19

  But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged him outside the city, thinking that he had died.

• Acts 16:13

  And on the day of the Sabbath we went out outside the gate beside a river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and sitting down, we were speaking to the women who had gathered.

• Acts 16:27

  And the jailer, waking up and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

• Acts 17:29

  Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine is like gold or silver or stone, a sculpture of human art and imagination.

• Acts 21:29

  For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.

• 1 Corinthians 7:26

  I think, then, that this is good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

• 1 Corinthians 7:36

  But if anyone thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past her prime, and it must be so, let him do what he wishes; he does not sin; let them marry.

• 1 Timothy 6:5

  constant friction of people corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who think that godliness is a means of gain.