What does οἴομαι (oíomai) mean in the Bible?
οἴομαι (oíomai): Subjective supposition or imagination rather than knowledge; often unfounded expectation or mistaken belief.
Greek · G3633
οἴομαι
To suppose
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οἴομαι G3633
Pronunciation oíomai
What does οἴομαι (oíomai) mean in the Bible?
οἴομαι (oíomai): Subjective supposition or imagination rather than knowledge; often unfounded expectation or mistaken belief.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3633?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include expect (1), I suppose that (1), supposing that (1).
Where does οἴομαι (oíomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 21:25. Its strongest book concentrations include James (1), John (1), Philippians (1).
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 expect 1× James 1:7
I suppose that 1× John 21:25
supposing that 1× Philippians 1:17
Show sample aligned rows
John 21:25 οἶμαι to I suppose that Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular Philippians 1:17 οἰόμενοι to supposing that Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural James 1:7 οἰέσθω to expect Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 21:25
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
John 1 Philippians 1 James 1
Source forms
οἰέσθω 1x oiesthō James 1:7
οἶμαι 1x oimai John 21:25
οἰόμενοι 1x oiomenoi Philippians 1:17
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x James 1:7
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular 1x John 21:25
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Philippians 1:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Subjective supposition or imagination rather than knowledge; often unfounded expectation or mistaken belief.
Source Gloss
to suppose
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Subjective supposition or imagination rather than knowledge; often unfounded expectation or mistaken belief.
to suppose, expect, imagine; with accusative and inf., Jhn.21:25; with inf., Php.1:17; before ὅτι, Jas.1:7. οἶμαι, see: οἴομαι SYN.. see: ἡγέομαι
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.
John 21:25 Verb First Person Singular Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
οἶμαι oimai
I think, suppose
Read verse Philippians 1:16 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
οἰόμενοι oiomenoi
I think, suppose
Read verse James 1:7 Verb Third Person Singular Present Middle or Passive Deponent Imperative
οἰέσθω oiesqw
I think, suppose
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 3
Voice
middle 3
Mood
imperative 1 indicative 1 participle 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
οἴομαι is built from this root:
οἷος G3634
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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