Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G1380
compare the base of ) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)
KJV usage: :--be accounted, (of own) please(-ure), be of reputation, seem (good), suppose, think, trow.
Etymology: a prolonged form of a primary verb, (used only in an alternate in certain tenses;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
to think, imagine, suppose, presume, Mt. 3:9; 6:7; to seem, appear, Lk. 10:36; Acts 17:18; it seems; it seems good, best, or right, it pleases, Lk. 1:3; Acts 15:22, 25
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