Strong G3539νοέω
to understand
- Transliteration
- noieō
- Pronunciation
- noy-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3563; to exercise the mind (observe) that is (figuratively) to comprehend heed: - consider perceive think understand.
Detailed definition
νοιεω νοέω, -ῶ
(νοῦς), [in LXX chiefly for בִּין, also for שָׂכַל hi., etc;]
1. to perceive with the mind, understand (for the phrase νοῶν κ. φρονῶν, in wills, see MM, xvii): absol., Mat.16:9, Mrk.8:17; with accusative, Eph.3:4, 1Ti.1:7; with dative instr., τ. καρδίᾳ, Jhn.12:40; pass., Rom.1:20; before ὅτι, Mat.15:17 16:11, Mrk.7:18; with accusative and inf., Heb.11:8.
2. to think, consider: absol., Mat.24:15, Mrk.13:14, Eph.3:20; with accusative of thing(s), 2Ti.2:7
(cf. -εὐ, κατα-, μετα-, προ-, ὑπο-νοέω).†
(AS)
(νοῦς), [in LXX chiefly for בִּין, also for שָׂכַל hi., etc;]
1. to perceive with the mind, understand (for the phrase νοῶν κ. φρονῶν, in wills, see MM, xvii): absol., Mat.16:9, Mrk.8:17; with accusative, Eph.3:4, 1Ti.1:7; with dative instr., τ. καρδίᾳ, Jhn.12:40; pass., Rom.1:20; before ὅτι, Mat.15:17 16:11, Mrk.7:18; with accusative and inf., Heb.11:8.
2. to think, consider: absol., Mat.24:15, Mrk.13:14, Eph.3:20; with accusative of thing(s), 2Ti.2:7
(cf. -εὐ, κατα-, μετα-, προ-, ὑπο-νοέω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3539 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- understand10
- ye4
- perceive2
- consider1
- think1
First verses
- Matthew 15:17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
- Matthew 16:9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
- Matthew 16:11How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
- Matthew 24:15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
- Mark 7:18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
- Mark 8:17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
- Mark 13:14But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains:
- John 12:40He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
- Romans 1:20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
- Ephesians 3:4Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
- Ephesians 3:20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
- 1 Timothy 1:7Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
- 2 Timothy 2:7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
- Hebrews 11:3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
νο-έω,
Aeolic dialect νόημι (which see): Epic dialect aorist 1 νόησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.91)]; Ionic dialect ἔνωσα (ἐν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86:)]perfect νενόηκα, Ionic dialect νένωκα (ἐν-) [Refs ([prev. author] 3.6)]; imperative νενόηθι Hilgard Excerpta e libris Herodiani [Refs (30)]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist νοήσατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.501)]; participle νοησάμενος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 7.6, νωσάμενος 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1298, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.263, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 345, etc.:)] —passive (mostly in middle sense), future νοηθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.175, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 17.1)]: aorist ἐνοήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 692c)]; also Ionic dialect (ἐπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.122, 6.115:)]perfect νενόημαι, Ionic dialect νένωμαι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 10, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.53, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 182, Aëthlius 4: _3rd.pers._)]singular pluperfect ἐνένωτο (in middle sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77. Hdn.Gr. 2.253 cites νοῦνται from 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus (see. below))] and perfect passive νένοται. —The compounds with ἀπό, διά, ἐν, ἐπί, μετά, πρό are used chiefly in middle:—perceive by the eyes, observe (οἱ ἀρχαῖοι τὸ ν. σωματικὸν.. ὑπολαμβάνουσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 427a26), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.396)]; ὀξὺ ν.[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 374, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 838, etc.)]; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν, ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι ν., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.422, 24.294.)]
2 perceive by the mind, apprehend, τὸν δὲ ἰδὼν ἐνόησε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (11.599; οὐ.. ἴδον οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.318, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.550, 24.337, etc.; ἡ δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἀθρῆσαι δύνατ᾽ ἀντίη οὔτε νοῆσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.478)]; ἢ λάθετ᾽ ἢ οὐκ ἐνόησεν or did not take notice, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.537, compare 5.665)]; νοέεις δὲ καὶ αὐτός thou thyself art aware of it, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.257; θυμῷ νοέω καὶ οἶδα ἕκαστα 18.228; ν. τῇ καρδίᾳ LXX.Isa.44.18)]; πρὸ ὃ τοῦ ἐνόησεν one perceives before the other, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.224: _absolutely_, [θεὸς] οὖλος ὁρᾷ, οὖλος δὲ νοεῖ, οὖλος δὲ τ᾽ ἀκούει 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 24; ταὐτὸν δ᾽ ἐστὶ νοεῖν τε καὶ οὕνεκέν ἐστι νόημα 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.34)]: frequently in Philos., of thought, μάλιστα ἔοικεν ἴδιον [ψυχῆς] τὸ ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 403a8; ἔοικε δὴ τὸ ζῆν εἶναι κυρίως τὸ αἰσθάνεσθαι ἢ ν. [prev. author] “EN” 1170a19, compare 1166a22; καλῶς ν. καὶ λέγειν καὶ πράττειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 1.18)]: also with participle added, ὡς ἐνόησεν ἔμ᾽ ἥμενον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.375)]; of a future event, νοέω κακὸν ὔμμιν ἐρχόμενον [Refs (20.367)]: with infinitive, οὐκ ἐνόησα ἄψορρον καταβῆναι [NT+8th c.BC+ (11.62; πίστει νοοῦμεν κατηρτίσθαι τοὺς αἰῶνας NT.Heb.11.3: followed by ὡς.., 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.32, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 977c; νόει θ᾽ ᾗ δῆλον ἕκαστον 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 4.13)]:—middle, νωσάμενος [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1298; νοούμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1487)]:—passive, to be apprehended by thought, τὰς ἰδέας νοεῖσθαι μὲν ὁρᾶσθαι δ᾽ οὔ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 507b)]; τὰ νοούμενα, opposed to τὰ αἰσθητά,[NT ([prev. work] 508c; τὰ ἀόρατα τοῖς ποιήμασι νοούμενα NT.Rom.1.20.)]
3 think, consider, reflect, φρεσὶ ν. ἔνθ᾽ εἴην ἢ ἔνθα” [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.81; μετὰ φρεσὶ σῇσι νόησον Αἰνείαν, ἤ κέν μιν ἐρύσσεαι ἦ κεν ἐάσῃς 20.311; οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησε κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμὸν ὡς.. [prev. work] 264)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα ν. look to both sides, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.22: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἄλλα νοέειν)] to be other wise minded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.168; also εἰπὲ δ᾽ ᾗ νοεῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1135, compare “El.” 1435)]: participle νοέων, έουσα, wary, discreet, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.577; τὴν μέν κεν ἐπαινέσσειε νοήσας 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 12, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.170)]; τὰ νοέων λέγει what he says advisedly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.102)]; νοῶν καὶ φρονῶν sane and in his right mind, in wills, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Test.Epict.” 1.1, “PPetr.” 3p.4 (3rd c.BC))], etc.:— in middle, φρενὶ θεῖα νοῦνται [Refs 6th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 129; ὑψηλὰ νενωμένος 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 10.)]
4 consider, deem, presume to be so and so, ὡς μηκέτ᾽ ὄντα κεῖνον.. νόει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 415)]; τόδε γὰρ νοῶ κράτιστον[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1176; δεῖ ν. συνεχῆ τὰ ἔνοπτρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 373a19: with)]infinitive, δεῖ νοῆσαι τὸ μὲν ὑγρὸν εἶναι[Refs ([prev. work] 340b24, etc.)]; compare νοητέον.
II think out, devise, conceive τοῦτό γ᾽ ἐναίσιμον οὐκ ἐνόησε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.122; ἔνθ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ ἐνόησε θεά [prev. work] 382)]; ἄλλα μὲν αὐτὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶ σῇσι νοήσεις, ἄλλα δὲ καὶ δαίμων ὑποθήσεται[Refs 8th c.BC+ (3.26; οὐ γάρ τις νόον ἄλλος ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοήσει 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.104)]: frequently with neuter plural adjective, πεπνυμένα πάντα νοῆσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.230)]; ἄνδρων πλεῖστα νοησάμενος most cunning of men, of Sisyphus, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 7.6; ὀρθὰ ν. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.3)]:—passive, ἐνθύμημα νενοημένον οὐκ ἀτόπως [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 37.)]
II.2 purpose, intend, ἐσθλά τινι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 286; κακόν τινι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.15.)]
III with infinitive, to be minded, intend, οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησε ἐξερύσαι δόρυ bethought himself, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.665)]; νοέω φρεσὶ τιμήςuσθαι[Refs (22.235; νοέω δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς Ἕκτορά τοι λῦσαι 24.560)]; ἦ γὰρ νοεῖς θάπτειν σφ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 44, compare 770, “El.” 389, etc.)]:—middle, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, μάστιγα.. νοήσατο χερσἰν ἑλέσθαι)] he thought with himself to take the scourge, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.501)]; ἐνέ- νωτο στρατεύειν he was minded to march, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, compare 7.206, 9.53.)]
IV of words, bear a certain sense, mean, πυθοίμεθ᾽ ἂν τὸν χρησμὸν ὅ τι νοεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 55, compare “Nu.” 1186, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 407e)]; [εἰ] τοῦτο.. νοεῖ αὐτῷ if this means for him that.., [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 335e; also ἐπιδεῖξαι ἐθέλω τὸ νυνί μοι συμβεβηκὸς τί ποτε νοεῖ [prev. author] “Ap.” 40a)]; τὸ νοούμενον the sense, meaning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Po.Herc.” 991.4, +others—Not in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus or Oratt.)]
Aeolic dialect νόημι (which see): Epic dialect aorist 1 νόησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.91)]; Ionic dialect ἔνωσα (ἐν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86:)]perfect νενόηκα, Ionic dialect νένωκα (ἐν-) [Refs ([prev. author] 3.6)]; imperative νενόηθι Hilgard Excerpta e libris Herodiani [Refs (30)]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist νοήσατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.501)]; participle νοησάμενος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 7.6, νωσάμενος 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1298, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.263, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 345, etc.:)] —passive (mostly in middle sense), future νοηθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.175, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 17.1)]: aorist ἐνοήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 692c)]; also Ionic dialect (ἐπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.122, 6.115:)]perfect νενόημαι, Ionic dialect νένωμαι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 10, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.53, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 182, Aëthlius 4: _3rd.pers._)]singular pluperfect ἐνένωτο (in middle sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77. Hdn.Gr. 2.253 cites νοῦνται from 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus (see. below))] and perfect passive νένοται. —The compounds with ἀπό, διά, ἐν, ἐπί, μετά, πρό are used chiefly in middle:—perceive by the eyes, observe (οἱ ἀρχαῖοι τὸ ν. σωματικὸν.. ὑπολαμβάνουσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 427a26), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.396)]; ὀξὺ ν.[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 374, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 838, etc.)]; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν, ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι ν., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.422, 24.294.)]
2 perceive by the mind, apprehend, τὸν δὲ ἰδὼν ἐνόησε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (11.599; οὐ.. ἴδον οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.318, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.550, 24.337, etc.; ἡ δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἀθρῆσαι δύνατ᾽ ἀντίη οὔτε νοῆσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.478)]; ἢ λάθετ᾽ ἢ οὐκ ἐνόησεν or did not take notice, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.537, compare 5.665)]; νοέεις δὲ καὶ αὐτός thou thyself art aware of it, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.257; θυμῷ νοέω καὶ οἶδα ἕκαστα 18.228; ν. τῇ καρδίᾳ LXX.Isa.44.18)]; πρὸ ὃ τοῦ ἐνόησεν one perceives before the other, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.224: _absolutely_, [θεὸς] οὖλος ὁρᾷ, οὖλος δὲ νοεῖ, οὖλος δὲ τ᾽ ἀκούει 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 24; ταὐτὸν δ᾽ ἐστὶ νοεῖν τε καὶ οὕνεκέν ἐστι νόημα 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.34)]: frequently in Philos., of thought, μάλιστα ἔοικεν ἴδιον [ψυχῆς] τὸ ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 403a8; ἔοικε δὴ τὸ ζῆν εἶναι κυρίως τὸ αἰσθάνεσθαι ἢ ν. [prev. author] “EN” 1170a19, compare 1166a22; καλῶς ν. καὶ λέγειν καὶ πράττειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 1.18)]: also with participle added, ὡς ἐνόησεν ἔμ᾽ ἥμενον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.375)]; of a future event, νοέω κακὸν ὔμμιν ἐρχόμενον [Refs (20.367)]: with infinitive, οὐκ ἐνόησα ἄψορρον καταβῆναι [NT+8th c.BC+ (11.62; πίστει νοοῦμεν κατηρτίσθαι τοὺς αἰῶνας NT.Heb.11.3: followed by ὡς.., 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.32, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 977c; νόει θ᾽ ᾗ δῆλον ἕκαστον 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 4.13)]:—middle, νωσάμενος [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1298; νοούμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1487)]:—passive, to be apprehended by thought, τὰς ἰδέας νοεῖσθαι μὲν ὁρᾶσθαι δ᾽ οὔ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 507b)]; τὰ νοούμενα, opposed to τὰ αἰσθητά,[NT ([prev. work] 508c; τὰ ἀόρατα τοῖς ποιήμασι νοούμενα NT.Rom.1.20.)]
3 think, consider, reflect, φρεσὶ ν. ἔνθ᾽ εἴην ἢ ἔνθα” [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.81; μετὰ φρεσὶ σῇσι νόησον Αἰνείαν, ἤ κέν μιν ἐρύσσεαι ἦ κεν ἐάσῃς 20.311; οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησε κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμὸν ὡς.. [prev. work] 264)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα ν. look to both sides, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.22: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἄλλα νοέειν)] to be other wise minded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.168; also εἰπὲ δ᾽ ᾗ νοεῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1135, compare “El.” 1435)]: participle νοέων, έουσα, wary, discreet, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.577; τὴν μέν κεν ἐπαινέσσειε νοήσας 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 12, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.170)]; τὰ νοέων λέγει what he says advisedly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.102)]; νοῶν καὶ φρονῶν sane and in his right mind, in wills, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Test.Epict.” 1.1, “PPetr.” 3p.4 (3rd c.BC))], etc.:— in middle, φρενὶ θεῖα νοῦνται [Refs 6th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 129; ὑψηλὰ νενωμένος 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 10.)]
4 consider, deem, presume to be so and so, ὡς μηκέτ᾽ ὄντα κεῖνον.. νόει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 415)]; τόδε γὰρ νοῶ κράτιστον[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1176; δεῖ ν. συνεχῆ τὰ ἔνοπτρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 373a19: with)]infinitive, δεῖ νοῆσαι τὸ μὲν ὑγρὸν εἶναι[Refs ([prev. work] 340b24, etc.)]; compare νοητέον.
II think out, devise, conceive τοῦτό γ᾽ ἐναίσιμον οὐκ ἐνόησε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.122; ἔνθ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ ἐνόησε θεά [prev. work] 382)]; ἄλλα μὲν αὐτὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶ σῇσι νοήσεις, ἄλλα δὲ καὶ δαίμων ὑποθήσεται[Refs 8th c.BC+ (3.26; οὐ γάρ τις νόον ἄλλος ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοήσει 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.104)]: frequently with neuter plural adjective, πεπνυμένα πάντα νοῆσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.230)]; ἄνδρων πλεῖστα νοησάμενος most cunning of men, of Sisyphus, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 7.6; ὀρθὰ ν. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.3)]:—passive, ἐνθύμημα νενοημένον οὐκ ἀτόπως [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 37.)]
II.2 purpose, intend, ἐσθλά τινι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 286; κακόν τινι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.15.)]
III with infinitive, to be minded, intend, οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησε ἐξερύσαι δόρυ bethought himself, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.665)]; νοέω φρεσὶ τιμήςuσθαι[Refs (22.235; νοέω δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς Ἕκτορά τοι λῦσαι 24.560)]; ἦ γὰρ νοεῖς θάπτειν σφ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 44, compare 770, “El.” 389, etc.)]:—middle, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, μάστιγα.. νοήσατο χερσἰν ἑλέσθαι)] he thought with himself to take the scourge, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.501)]; ἐνέ- νωτο στρατεύειν he was minded to march, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, compare 7.206, 9.53.)]
IV of words, bear a certain sense, mean, πυθοίμεθ᾽ ἂν τὸν χρησμὸν ὅ τι νοεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 55, compare “Nu.” 1186, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 407e)]; [εἰ] τοῦτο.. νοεῖ αὐτῷ if this means for him that.., [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 335e; also ἐπιδεῖξαι ἐθέλω τὸ νυνί μοι συμβεβηκὸς τί ποτε νοεῖ [prev. author] “Ap.” 40a)]; τὸ νοούμενον the sense, meaning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Po.Herc.” 991.4, +others—Not in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus or Oratt.)]