Greek word · G357
ἀναλογίζομαι
analogizomai
to consider
To reckon up, calculate, think something over point by point, weigh one thing against another. Built from logizomai ('to count, reckon') with ana ('up, again'). It carries a sense of comparison, which is where English 'analogy' comes from.
Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·
What it means
ἀνα-λογίζομαι
[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 17:13 א, 2Ma.12:43 A, 3Ma.7:7 * ;]
to consider: Hebrews 12:3 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
From the study of Hebrews 12:3
- Range of meaning
To reckon up, calculate, think something over point by point, weigh one thing against another. Built from logizomai ('to count, reckon') with ana ('up, again'). It carries a sense of comparison, which is where English 'analogy' comes from.
- Against the English
'Consider' (BSB, KJV, WEB) is correct but light; to modern ears it can mean little more than 'think about'. YLT's 'consider again' catches the prefix. The Greek asks for deliberate, careful reckoning: add up what he endured and set it beside what you are enduring.
- Used elsewhere in the period
Classical writers use it for calculating and reflecting carefully. It appears in Jewish Greek writings such as 3 Maccabees (7:7) for thinking a matter through. It occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. BDAG gives 'consider, think about carefully'.
Similar words
Where it appears
Hebrews · 1
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Hebrews 12:3 ἀναλογίσασθε do consider fully
Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Here: A command: think it through point by point, add it up, weigh it against your own case. Used only here in the New Testament; much stronger than a passing glance.
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