Gloss: to take thought
Transliteration: stochazomai
Strong’s: G9191
1. to aim or shoot at , with genitive, τοῦ σκοποῦ (Plato Philosophus), etc.
2. metaphorically to aim at, endeavour after , (Plato Philosophus); στ. φίλων κριτῶν to aim at having friends as judges, (Xenophon Historicus)
3. to endeavour to make out, to guess at a thing, with genitive, (Isocrates Orator):—; absolute to make guesses, conjecture, (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
2. metaphorically to aim at, endeavour after , (Plato Philosophus); στ. φίλων κριτῶν to aim at having friends as judges, (Xenophon Historicus)
3. to endeavour to make out, to guess at a thing, with genitive, (Isocrates Orator):—; absolute to make guesses, conjecture, (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)