'Thought' in the Bible

Lot then went out and told his sons-in-law (they had married his daughters), "Get out of here! The LORD is going to destroy this city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

"I thought that there's no fear of God in this place," Abraham replied, "and that they would kill me because of my wife.

So Abimelech called Isaac and confronted him. "She is definitely your wife!" he accused him, "So why did you claim, "She's my sister?'" Isaac responded, "Because I had thought ""otherwise, I'll die on account of her.'"

"I was afraid," Jacob replied. "I thought you might take your daughters from me.

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, since she had concealed her face.

Then he told Joseph, "I never thought I'd see you again, and now God has allowed me to see your children as well!"