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Strong's #3540 - νόημα
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- a mental perception, thought
- an evil purpose
- that which thinks, the mind, thoughts or purposes
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νό-ημα, ατος, τό,
Ion. νῶμα Emp. 110.10 (but νόημα 105.3): (νοέω): —
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1. that which is perceived, perception, thought, τῶν νέες ὠκεῖαι, ὡς εἰ πτερὸν ἠὲ νόημα Od. 7.36 (cf. ὀξύτερον νοήματος Lib. Or. 59.148; ἅμα νοήματι 'in the twinkling of an eye', Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.11U.: hence ἡ ἅμα ν. περίοδος lightning survey, ib. p.32 U., cf. Phld. Mort. 37, Plu. Alex. 35); ν. φρενός Ar. Nu. 704 (lyr.).
2. thought, purpose, idea, design, τοιοῦτον ἐνὶ στήθεσσι νόημα Od. 13.330; Ζεὺς.. ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ὧδε νόημα ποίησ' 14.273; νοήματα.. ἐκτελέει Il. 10.104, cf. Alc. 77, Pi. P. 6.29; σοφώτατα νοήματα Id. O. 7.72; οὐκ οἶδ' ὄττι θέω· δίχα μοι τὰ ν. Sapph. 36; ἐκτὸς τῶν ἐωθότων ν. στῆσαί τινα Hdt. 3.80; τὸ μὲν ν. τῆς θεοῦ, τὸ δὲ κλέμμ' ἐμόν Ar. Eq. 1203, cf. Nu. 743.
3. in Philos., thought, concept, opp. sensation, sense-presentation, Parm. 8.34, etc.; φύσει διῄρηται τά τε ν. καὶ τὰ αἰσθήματα Arist. Fr. 87; σύνθεσίς τις νοημάτων Id. de An. 430a28; discursive thinking, as the function of διάνοια, Herm. ap. Stob. 2.8.31.
4. Rhet., thought as expressed in literary form, D.H. Amm. 2.24, Longin. 12.1.
II understanding, mind, παρέπλαγξεν δὲ νόημα Od. 20.346, cf. Il. 19.218, Thgn. 435, Emp. 110.10; αἷμα γὰρ ἀνθρώποις περικάρδιόν ἐστι ν. Id. 105.3; θεὸς.. οὔ τι δέμας θνητοῖσιν ὁμοίιος οὐδὲ ν. Xenoph. 23.2.
νόημα, νοηματος, τό, from Homer down;
1. a mental perception, thought.
2. specifically, (an evil) purpose: αἰχμαλωτίζειν πᾶν νόημα εἰς τήν ὑπακοήν τοῦ Χριστοῦ, to cause whoever is devising evil against Christ to desist from his purpose and submit himself to Christ (as Paul sets him forth), 2 Corinthians 10:5; plural: 2 Corinthians 2:11 (τοῦ διαβόλου, Ignatius ad Eph. (interpolated) 14 [ET]; τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν πονηρᾶς, Baruch 2:8).
3. that which thinks, the mind: plural (where the minds of many are referred to), 2 Corinthians 3:14; 2 Corinthians 4:4, and perhaps (2 Corinthians 11:3); Philippians 4:7, for here the word may mean thoughts and purposes; (others would so take it also in all the examples cited under this head (cf. καύχημα, 2)).
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** νόημα , -τος , τό
(νοέω ),
[in LXX: Sirach 21:11, Baruch 2:8, 3 Maccabees 5:30 *;]
a thought, purpose, design: 2 Corinthians 2:11; 2 Corinthians 10:5; 2 Corinthians 11:3, Philippians 4:7. Meton., of the mind, 2 Corinthians 3:14; 2 Corinthians 4:4.†
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ὀλιγόπιστος is not found in profane authors, and in Bibl. Greek is confined to four occurrences in Mt : cf. Act. Thom. 28.
[Supplemental from 1930 edition]
ὀλιγόπιστος occurs also in Luke 12:28.
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