The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

κατανοέω

Lemmaκατανοέω
Citation formκατανοέω
Part of speechverb
GlossI understand, perceive, consider
Strong’sG2657
Transliterationkatanoéō
Definitionto observe fully
KJV glosses:--behold, consider, discover, perceive.
Derivationfrom and
SBLGNT occurrences14

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
κατανοεῖς
verb, second person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 2PAI-S--) — Matthew 7:3
verb, second person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 2PAI-S--) — Luke 6:41
κατανοῆσαι
verb, aorist, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -AAN----) — Acts 7:31
verb, aorist, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -AAN----) — Acts 7:32
κατανοήσας
verb, aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -AAPNSM-) — Luke 20:23
κατανοήσατε
verb, second person, aorist, active, plural (MorphGNT 2AAD-P--) — Luke 12:24
verb, second person, aorist, active, plural (MorphGNT 2AAD-P--) — Luke 12:27
verb, second person, aorist, active, plural (MorphGNT 2AAD-P--) — Hebrews 3:1
κατανοοῦντι
verb, present, active, participle, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPDSM-) — James 1:23
κατανοῶμεν
verb, first person, present, active, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 1PAS-P--) — Hebrews 10:24
κατενόησεν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Romans 4:19
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — James 1:24
κατενόουν
verb, first person, imperfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1IAI-S--) — Acts 11:6
verb, third person, imperfect, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3IAI-P--) — Acts 27:39

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: κατανοεω.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for κατανοέω with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.