What does ἐνθυμέομαι (enthyméomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐνθυμέομαι (enthyméomai) is a Greek word meaning "to reflect on".
Greek · G1760
ἐνθυμέομαι
To reflect on
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ἐνθυμέομαι G1760
Pronunciation enthyméomai
What does ἐνθυμέομαι (enthyméomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐνθυμέομαι (enthyméomai) is a Greek word meaning "to reflect on".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1760?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include continued to reflect (1), do you harbor (1), he had pondered (1).
Where does ἐνθυμέομαι (enthyméomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 1:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), Acts (1).
Are there verse guides for ἐνθυμέομαι (enthyméomai)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It continued to reflect 1× Acts 10:19
do you harbor 1× Matthew 9:4
he had pondered 1× Matthew 1:20
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 1:20 ἐνθυμηθέντος to he had pondered Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular Matthew 9:4 ἐνθυμεῖσθε to do you harbor Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural Acts 10:19 διενθυμουμένου to continued to reflect Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 1:20
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Matthew 2 Acts 1
Source forms
διενθυμουμένου 1x dienthymoumenou Acts 10:19
ἐνθυμεῖσθε 1x enthymeisthe Matthew 9:4
ἐνθυμηθέντος 1x enthymēthentos Matthew 1:20
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 1:20
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural 1x Matthew 9:4
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Acts 10:19
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to reflect on
Source Gloss
to reflect on
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
enqumhqentov
I meditate upon, reflect upon
Read verse Matthew 9:4 Verb Second Person Plural Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
ἐνθυμεῖσθε enqumeisqe
I meditate upon, reflect upon
Read verse Acts 10:19 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Genitive Singular Masculine
ἐνθυμουμένου enqumoumenou
I meditate upon, reflect upon
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2 aorist 1
Voice
middle 2 passive 1
Mood
participle 2 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἐνθυμέομαι is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain