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Strong's #1271 - διάνοια

Transliteration

diánoia

Phonetics

dee-an'-oy-ah

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G1223) and (G3563)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

4:963,636

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

the mind as a faculty of understanding, feeling, desiring
understanding
mind, i.e. spirit, way of thinking and feeling
thoughts, either good or bad

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 999 ‑ בִּינָה (bee‑naw'); 1544 ‑ גִּלֻּל (ghil‑lool', ghil‑lool'); 3820 ‑ לֵב (labe); 3824 ‑ לֵבָב (lay‑bawb'); 4284 ‑ מַחֲשֶׁבֶת (makh‑ash‑aw‑baw', makh‑ash‑eh'‑beth); 7130 ‑ קֶרֶב (keh'‑reb);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (13)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 2

Ephesians 3

Colossians 1

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

1 John 1

NAS (12)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 2

Ephesians 2

Colossians 1

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

1 John 1

HCS (12)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 2

Ephesians 2

Colossians 1

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

1 John 1

BSB (12)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 2

Ephesians 2

Colossians 1

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

1 John 1

ESV (10)

Luke 2

Ephesians 2

Colossians 1

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

1 John 1

WEB (15)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 2

Ephesians 3

Colossians 3

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

1 John 1

KJV (13)

imagination 1

mind 7

minds 2

understanding 3

NAS (12)

MIND 4

MINDS 1

mind 3

minds 1

thoughts 1

understanding 2

HCS (12)

mind 2

because of the thoughts 1

in your minds 1

mind 1

minds 3

thoughts 1

understanding 3

BSB (12)

in [the] thoughts 1

mind 2

mind' 1

minds 2

minds {for action} 1

thinking 1

thoughts 1

understanding 2

your minds 1

ESV (10)

mind 4

minds 3

thoughts 1

understanding 2

WEB (15)

* 1

an understanding 1

being in 1

hearts 1

in 1

in the imagination 1

in their understanding 1

mind 4

minds 1

of the mind 1

sincere mind 1

your mind 1

RAH

N-APF 1

N-ASF 6

N-DSF 22

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 6

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 6

ANT

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 4

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 3

BEZ

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 4

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 4

BGB

N-AFS 4

N-DFS 5

N-GFP 1

N-GFS 2

BMT

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 4

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 3

BYZ

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 4

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 3

ELZ

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 4

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 4

NA26

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 5

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 2

SBL

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 5

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 2

SCV

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 4

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 4

STV

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 4

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 4

TIS

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 5

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 4

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 4

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 5

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

διάνοιᾰ, ἡ,

Aeol. διανοιΐα Alc. Supp. 1a.1 (nisi leg. δι' ἀνοιΐα[ν ]), poet. also διανοίᾱ acc. to Eust. 1679.29: —

1. thought, i.e. intention, purpose, Hdt. 1.46, 90, And. 4.35, etc.; τῇ διανοίᾳ in the spirit of his action, D. 21.219; ὤλοντ' ἀσεβεῖ διανοίᾳ A. Th. 831 (lyr.); μαινόλις δ. Id. Supp. 109 (lyr.); εὔφρονος ἐκ δ. Id. Ag. 797 (lyr.), cf. Eu. 1013 (anap.); τοῦ ὑπαπιέναι τὴν διάνοιαν ἔχειν Th. 5.9; ἐπί τινι Isoc. 5.14; πρός τινι Anaxipp. 1.37; ἐπ' ἄλλο τι.. τρέψαι τινὸς τὴν δ. Pl. Euthd. 275b; ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δ. with all one's heart, Arr. Epict. 2.2.13; ἐχθροὺς τῇ δ. Colossians 1:21.

2. thought, notion, Hdt. 2.169, Pl. Phd. 63d, Arist. Metaph. 986b10; ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς δ. D. 18.210.

II process of thinking, thought, ὁ ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς αὑτὴν διάλογος.. ἐπωνομάσθη δ. Pl. Sph. 263d; πᾶσα δ. ἢ πρακτικὴ ἢ ποιητικὴ ἢ θεωρητική Arist. Metaph. 1025b25; ταχίστη ἡ διανοίας κίνησις Id. LI 968a25; esp. discursive thought, opp. νόησις, Procl. Inst. 123.

III thinking faculty, intelligence, understanding, ὡς μεταξύ τι δόξης τε καὶ νοῦ τὴν δ. οὖσαν Pl. R. 511d, al.; opp. σῶμα, Id. Lg. 916a, cf. R. 395b; ἔστιν ὥσπερ τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῆς δ. γῆρας Arist. Pol. 1270b40; ἐπιτάττοντος τοῦ νοῦ καὶ λεγούσης τῆς δ. φεύγειν τι ἢ διώκειν Id. de An. 433a2; ἔκστασις διανοίας LXX De. 28.28. thought expressed, meaning of a word or passage, Pl. Ly. 205b, Phdr. 228d; τὰς τῶν ὀνομάτων δ. Id. Cra. 418a; τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει δ. Arist. de An. 404a17; ἡ φυσικὴ δ. τοῦ νόμου Aristeas 171; so δ., opp. ῥητόν, spirit, opp. letter, Hermog. Stat. 2. intellectual capacity revealed in speech or action by the characters in drama, Arist. Po. 1450a6, b11, 1456a34, Rh. 1404a19, al. (Rare in Poetry.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

διάνοια, διανοίας, ἡ (διά and νως), the Sept. for לֵב and לֵבָב; very frequent in Greek writings from (Aeschylus) Herodotus down;

1. the mind as the faculty qf understanding, feeling, desiring: Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30 (Tr marginal reading brackets); Luke 10:27; Ephesians 1:18 Rec.; ; Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 10:16; 1 Peter 1:13.

2. understanding: 1 John 5:20.

3. mind, i. e. spirit (Latinanimus), way of thinking and feeling: Colossians 1:21; Luke 1:51; 2 Peter 3:1.

4. thought; plural contextually in a bad sense, evil thoughts: Ephesians 2:3, as in Numbers 15:39 μνησθήσεσθε πασῶν τῶν ἐντολῶν κυρίου ... καί οὐ διαστραφήσεσθε ὀπίσω τῶν διανοιῶν ὑμῶν.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

διάνοια , -ας , ἡ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H3820, H3824;]

the understanding, mind: Luke 1:51, Ephesians 4:18, Colossians 1:21, 1 Peter 1:13, 2 Peter 3:1, 1 John 5:20; pl., Ephesians 2:3; in quotations from LXX, Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27, Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 10:16 (Cremer, 79, 438).†

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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Petr II. 13 (19).12 (B.C. 258–3) τοῦτο ε δ ἔχε (l. τοῦτο δὲ ἔχε) τῆι δια [νοία ]ι ὅτι οὐθέν σοι μὴ γενηθῆι λυπηρόν ";keep this in mind, that you will never be allowed to have anything to distress you."; Syll 300.43 (B.C. 170) γράμματα ἀποστεῖλαι ἔδοξεν, ὅπως περὶ τούτου τῆι δι [αν ]οίαι προσέχηι : Viereck (SG p. 15) re-translates this litteras dari censuerunt ut de ea re animadverteret. Διάνοια is accordingly a fair equivalent to the Latin animus. The word is found on the Rosetta Stone, OGIS 90.35 (B.C. 196) βωμοὺς ἱδρύσατο τά τε προσδεόμενα ἐπισκευῆς προσδιωρθώσατο ἔχων θεοῦ εὐεργετικοῦ ἐν τοῖς ἀνήκου [σιν εἰς τὸ ] θεῖον διάνοιαν. Another interesting inscription shows a curious contact with the LXX. Syll 891 (ii/A.D.) mostly consists of curses on any one who may disturb the grave on which they are inscribed. Opening hopefully with ἐπικατάρατος ἔστω, they go on with a quotation of Deuteronomy 28:22 πατάξαι to ἀνεμοφθορίᾳ, followed by ver. 28 παραπληξίᾳ to διανοίας. The inscr. proves to have been ordered for a pagan, but composed by a proselyte to Judaism. The noun figures in other imprecatory literature. So Wünsch AF 1.10 (i/ii A.D.) ἀναθεματίζομεν σῶμα, πνεῦμα, ψ [υ ]χήν, [δι ]άνοιαν, φρόνησιν, αἴσθησιν, ζοήν, [καρδ ]ίαν λόγοις Ἑκατικίοις ὁρκίσμ [ασί ] τε ἀβραικοῖς (i.e. ";Hebrew";), ib. 4.23 (iii/A.D.) ὁρκίζω σε τὸν θεὸν τὸν [τ ]ὴν δι [ά ]νοιαν παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ χαρισάμενον, ib..35 βασάνισον αὐτῶν τὴν διάνοιαν τὰς φρένας τὴν αἴσθησιν ἵνα μὴ νοῶσιν τί π [ο ]ιῶσιν.

For the neutral sense of διάνοια (as Colossians 1:21) we may cite Epict. iii. 22. 20 νῦν ἐμοὶ ὕλη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐμὴ διάνοια, ὡς τῷ τέκτονι τὰ ξύλα, ὡς τῷ σκυτεῖ τὰ δέρματα. The subst. is very common in Aristeas, and the verb occurs ter, e.g. 56 σεμνῶς ἅπαντα διανοούμενος.

List of Word Forms

διανοια διανοία διανοίᾳ διάνοια δίανοιαι διανοιαν διάνοιαν διάνοιάν διανοιας διανοίας διανοιων διανοιών διανοιῶν dianoia dianoíāi dianoian diánoian dianoias dianoías dianoion dianoiôn dianoiōn dianoiō̂n