Word study
Consider
7 Hebrew and 8 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: consider, considered, considers. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “consider” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- רָאָה rââhseetranslated this way 16 times of its 1,266 uses · Strong’s H7200Verb · Translated: see 354, saw 285, seen 124, look 45Full study and all 1,181 verses →
Deuteronomy 33:9 He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
1 Samuel 12:24 Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.
- בִּין bîndiscerntranslated this way 14 times of its 166 uses · Strong’s H995Verb · Translated: understand 27, discerning 16, understanding 12, consider 10Full study and all 160 verses →
Deuteronomy 32:7 Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
Job 23:5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
- חָשַׁב châshabthink, accounttranslated this way 11 times of its 118 uses · Strong’s H2803Verb · Translated: considered 10, regarded 7, devise 7, devised 6Full study and all 117 verses →
Leviticus 25:31 But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
Joshua 13:3 from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)— that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
- שׂוּם sûmput, place, settranslated this way 7 times of its 560 uses · Strong’s H7760Verb · Translated: put 84, set 71, make 45, made 39Full study and all 533 verses →
Job 1:8 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
Isaiah 41:20 so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
- נָבַט nâbaṭlooktranslated this way 7 times of its 68 uses · Strong’s H5027Verb · Translated: look 24, looked 8, see 7, consider 6Full study and all 66 verses →
Numbers 23:21 He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
- זָכַר zâkarremembertranslated this way 4 times of its 227 uses · Strong’s H2142Verb · Translated: remember 122, remembered 35, recorder 9, remembers 6Full study and all 221 verses →
Job 4:7 Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
Ecclesiastes 5:20 For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
- יָדַע yâdaknowtranslated this way 4 times of its 914 uses · Strong’s H3045Verb · Translated: know 453, known 53, knows 48, knew 38Full study and all 863 verses →
1 Samuel 25:17 Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
Greek words (New Testament)
- ἡγέομαι hēgéomaiI lead, thinktranslated this way 9 times of its 27 uses · Strong’s G2233Verb · Translated: consider 7, leaders 4, ruler 2, thought 2Full study and all 26 verses →
Acts 26:2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
Philippians 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
- λογίζομαι logízomaiI reckon, count, decidetranslated this way 5 times of its 40 uses · Strong’s G3049Verb · Translated: credited 11, consider 4, think 2, regarded 2Full study and all 39 verses →
Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
2 Corinthians 10:11 Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
- δοκέω dokéōI think, seem, appear, it seemstranslated this way 4 times of its 62 uses · Strong’s G1380Verb · Translated: think 17, thinks 6, thought 5, seems 4Full study and all 61 verses →
Luke 22:24 A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them should be considered the greatest.
1 Corinthians 12:23 and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,
- κρίνω krínōI judge, decide, think goodtranslated this way 4 times of its 114 uses · Strong’s G2919Verb · Translated: judge 43, judged 12, judges 7, decided 5Full study and all 98 verses →
Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
Romans 14:5 One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
- κατανοέω katanoéōI understand, perceive, considertranslated this way 3 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s G2657Verb · Translated: Consider 3, notice 2, saw 2, look 2Full study and all 14 verses →
Luke 12:24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
- ἰδού idoúSee! Lo! Behold! Look!translated this way 3 times of its 163 uses · Strong’s G2400Verb · Translated: Look 50, Behold 31, See 23, here 10Full study and all 160 verses →
2 Corinthians 7:11 Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
James 3:4 Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined.
- ἀξιόω axióōI account or treat as worthytranslated this way 2 times of its 7 uses · Strong’s G515Verb · Translated: consider myself worthy 1, thought it best 1, consider 1, count you worthy 1Full study and all 7 verses →
Luke 7:7 That is why I did not consider myself worthy to come to You. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
Acts 28:22 But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
- βλέπω blépōI look, seetranslated this way 2 times of its 128 uses · Strong’s G991Verb · Translated: see 53, seeing 10, saw 8, sees 6Full study and all 117 verses →
1 Corinthians 1:26 Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
1 Corinthians 10:18 Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.