νομίζω

Matthew 5:17 νομίσητε may think

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

Here: To assume or reckon something is so. The form means 'don't start thinking', which suggests the idea was already around: some might draw it from Jesus' teaching, or his critics might say it. Matthew uses the same formula in 10:34 ('Do not think that I came to bring peace').

Matthew 10:34 νομίσητε may you think

Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Here: To hold an opinion or take something for granted. In the plural, it addresses the Twelve (and, through them, Matthew's readers), heading off an expectation they already had: that the Messiah's arrival means peace.

Matthew 20:10 ἐνόμισαν they thought

So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

Here: They formed an expectation. In Matthew this verb usually marks an assumption that turns out wrong ('Do not suppose that I came…', 5:17; 10:34). Here it sets up the letdown.

Luke 2:44 νομίσαντες Having supposed

Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.

Luke 3:23 ἐνομίζετο, was supposed

Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

Here: Imperfect passive: 'as people were thinking'. Luke often uses this verb for assumptions that turn out wrong. Here it signals that Joseph's fatherhood was what people took for granted, while the reader knows from 1:34-35 that this is not the whole story.

Acts 7:25 ἐνόμιζεν He was supposing

He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.

Acts 8:20 ἐνόμισας you thought

But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

Here: 'You supposed.' In Acts this verb often marks a mistaken assumption (7:25; 14:19; 16:27). Peter's charge is about what Simon thought, as well as what he did.

Acts 14:19 νομίζοντες supposing

Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.

Here: 'Supposing'. This is what the attackers believed. Luke uses this verb again and again for assumptions that turn out to be wrong, and the next verse shows Paul getting up.

Acts 16:13 ἐνομίζομεν we were accustomed

On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.

Acts 16:27 νομίζων supposing

When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.

Acts 17:29 νομίζειν to consider

Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

Here: 'To suppose' or 'to hold'. In Athens the word also meant the customary acknowledging of the gods, which was the charge against Socrates. So Paul is questioning the city's established religious assumptions, not just a passing opinion.

Acts 21:29 ἐνόμιζον they were supposing

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

1 Corinthians 7:26 νομίζω I think

Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.

Here: "I consider / I hold." Paul marks this as his considered view, which fits v. 25, where he says he has no command from the Lord, only his own judgment (gnōmē). It is not hesitant guessing (KJV's "suppose" can sound too tentative), but it is not a command either.

1 Corinthians 7:36 νομίζει, supposes,

However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.

1 Timothy 6:5 νομιζόντων holding

and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

Here: "Supposing". It is in the present tense, so this is their ongoing working assumption. The word often carries a sense of mistaken assumption, as in "they imagine."