Strong's Lexicon
G2657 — κατανοέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2657 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κατανοέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2596 and G3539 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 14 |
| Transliteration: | katanoeo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-an-o-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to observe fully |
| KJV Renderings: | behold, consider, discover, perceive |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατανοέω, κατάνω; imperfect κατενωυν; 1 aorist κατενόησα; from Herodotus down; the Sept. here and there for äÄúÀáÌåðÅï, äÄáÄÌéè, øÈàÈä;
1. to perceive, remark, observe, understand: τί, Mat 7:3; Luk 6:41; Luk 20:23; Act 27:39.
2. to consider attentively, fix one’s eyes or mind upon: τί, Luk 12:24; Luk 12:27; Act 11:6; Rom 4:19; with the accusative of the thing omitted, as being understood from the context, Act 7:31 f; τινα, Heb 3:1; Heb 10:24; Jas 1:23 f.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κατανοέω (behold)
Matthew 7:3
- KJV: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye but considerest not the beam in thine own eye
- GK: τι δε βλέπεις το κάρφος το εν τω οφθαλμώ του αδελφού σου την δε εν τω σω οφθαλμώ δοκόν ου κατανοείς
Luke 6:41
- KJV:
- GK: τι δε βλέπεις το κάρφος το εν τω οφθαλμώ του αδελφού σου την δε δοκόν την εν τω ιδίω οφθαλμώ ου κατανοείς
Luke 12:24
- KJV: Consider the ravens for they neither sow nor reap which neither have storehouse nor barn and God feedeth them how much more are ye better than the fowls
- GK: κατανοήσατε τους κόρακας ότι ου σπείρουσιν ουδέ θερίζουσιν οις ουκ έστι ταμείον ουδέ αποθήκη και ο θεός τρέφει αυτούς πόσω μάλλον υμείς διαφέρετε των πετεινών
Luke 12:27
- KJV: Consider the lilies how they grow they toil not they spin not and yet I say unto you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these
- GK: κατανοήσατε τα κρίνα πως αυξάνει ου κοπιά ουδέ νήθει λέγω δε υμίν ουδέ Σολομών εν πάση τη δόξη αυτού περιεβάλετο ως εν τούτων
Luke 20:23
- KJV: But he perceived their craftiness and said unto them Why tempt ye me
- GK: κατανοήσας δε αυτών την πανουργίαν είπε προς αυτούς τι με πειράζετε
Acts 7:31
- KJV: When Moses saw he wondered at the sight and as he drew near to behold the voice of the Lord came unto him
- GK: ο δε Μωυσής ιδών εθαύμαζε το όραμα προσερχομένου δε αυτού κατανοήσαι εγένετο φωνή κυρίου προς αυτόν
Acts 7:32
- KJV: I the God of thy fathers the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob Then Moses trembled durst not behold
- GK: εγώ ο θεός των πατέρων σου ο θεός Αβραάμ και ο θεός Ισαάκ και ο θεός Ιακώβ έντρομος δε γενόμενος Μωυσής ουκ ετόλμα κατανοήσαι
Acts 11:6
- KJV: Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes I considered and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and fowls of the air
- GK: εις ην ατενίσας κατενόουν και είδον τα τετράποδα της γης και τα θηρία και τα ερπετά και τα πετεινά του ουρανού
Acts 27:39
- KJV: And when it was day they knew not the land but they discovered a certain creek with a shore into the which they were minded if it were possible to thrust in the ship
- GK: ότε δε ημέρα εγένετο την γην ουκ επεγίνωσκον κόλπον δε τινα κατενόουν έχοντα αιγιαλόν εις ον εβουλεύσαντο ει δυνατόν εξώσαι το πλοίον
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