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Think
King James Dictionary
or THINK, pret. and pp. thought, pron. thaut. L. duco.
1. To have the mind occupied on some subject to have ideas, or to revolve ideas in the mind.
--For that I am
I know, because I think.
These are not matters to be slightly thought on.
2. To judge to conclude to hold as a settled opinion. I think it will rain tomorrow. I think it not best to proceed on our journey.
Let them marry to whom they think best. Numbers 36
3. To intend.
Thou thought'st to help me.
I thought to promote thee to great honor. Numbers 24
4. To imagine to suppose to fancy.
Edmund, I think, is gone
In pity of his misery, to dispatch
His 'nighted life.
Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. 1 cor 10
5. To muse to meditate.
While Peter thought on the vision--Acts 10 .
Think much, speak little.
6. To reflect to recollect or call to mind.
And when Peter thought thereon, he wept. Mark 14 .
7. To consider to deliberate. Think how this thing could happen.
He thought within himself, saying, what shall I do?
Luke 12 .
8. To presume.
Think not to say within yourselves,we have Abraham to our father-- Matthew 3
9. To believe to esteem.
To think on or upon, to muse on to meditate on.
If there by any virtue,and if there by any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4
1. To light on by meditation. He has just thought on an expedient that will answer the purpose.
2. To remember with favor.
Think upon me, my God, for good. Nehemiah 5
To think of, to have ideas come into the mind. He thought of what you told him. I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
To think well of, to hold in esteem to esteem.
THINK, To conceive to imagine.
Charity--thinketh no evil. 1 Corinthians 13
1. To believe to consider to esteem.
Nor think superfluous others' aid.
2. To seem or appear, as in the phrases, me thinketh or methinks, and methought. These are genuine Saxon phrases, equivalent to it seems to me, it seemed to me. In these expressions, me is actually in the dative case almost the only instance remaining in the language. Sax "genoh thuht," satis visum est, it appeared enough or sufficient "me thineth," mihi videtur, it seems to me I perceive.
To think much, to grudge.
He thought not much to clothe his enemies.
To think much of, to hold in high esteem.
To think scorn, to disdain. Esther 3 .
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Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Think'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/t/think.html.
