What does ὑπονοέω (hyponoéō) mean in the Bible?
ὑπονοέω (hyponoéō) is a Greek word meaning "to suppose".
Greek · G5282
ὑπονοέω
To suppose
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ὑπονοέω G5282
Pronunciation hyponoéō
What does ὑπονοέω (hyponoéō) mean in the Bible?
ὑπονοέω (hyponoéō) is a Greek word meaning "to suppose".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5282?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include do you suppose (1), had expected (1), sensed (1).
Where does ὑπονοέω (hyponoéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 13:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3).
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 do you suppose 1× Acts 13:25
had expected 1× Acts 25:18
sensed 1× Acts 27:27
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 13:25
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Acts 3
Source forms
ὑπενόουν 2x hypenooun Acts 25:18, Acts 27:27
ὑπονοεῖτε 1x hyponoeite Acts 13:25
Parsing patterns
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular 1x Acts 25:18
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 27:27
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural 1x Acts 13:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to suppose
Source Gloss
to suppose
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.
Acts 13:25 Verb Second Person Plural Present Active Indicative
ὑπονοεῖτε uponoeite
I conjecture, suppose
Read verse Acts 25:18 Verb First Person Singular Imperfect Active Indicative
ὑπενόουν upenooun
I conjecture, suppose
Read verse Acts 27:27 Verb Third Person Plural Imperfect Active Indicative
ὑπενόουν upenooun
I conjecture, 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
imperfect 2 present 1
Voice
active 3
Mood
indicative 3
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)
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