Strong's Lexicon
G1271 — διάνοια
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1271 |
|---|---|
| Word: | διάνοια |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1223 and G3563 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 12 |
| Transliteration: | dianoia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dee-an'-oy-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. deep thought, contemplation 2. (properly) the mind (or its disposition), the faculty 3. (by implication) its exercise, i.e. purposeful mental activity |
| KJV Renderings: | imagination, mind, understanding |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διάνοια, διανοίας, ἡ (διά and νως), the Sept. for ìÅá and ìÅáÈá; very frequent in Greek writings from (Aeschylus) Herodotus down;
1. the mind as the faculty qf understanding, feeling, desiring: Mat 22:37; Mar 12:30 (Tr marginal reading brackets); Luk 10:27; Eph 1:18 Rec.; ; Heb 8:10; Heb 10:16; 1Pe 1:13.
2. understanding: 1Jn 5:20.
3. mind, i. e. spirit (Latinanimus), way of thinking and feeling: Col 1:21; Luk 1:51; 2Pe 3:1.
4. thought; plural contextually in a bad sense, evil thoughts: Eph 2:3, as in Num 15:39 μνησθήσεσθε πασῶν τῶν ἐντολῶν κυρίου ... καί οὐ διαστραφήσεσθε ὀπίσω τῶν διανοιῶν ὑμῶν.
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
διάνοια (imagination)
Matthew 22:37
- KJV: Jesus said unto him Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς έφη αυτώ αγαπήσεις κύριον τον θεόν σου εν όλη τη καρδία σου και εν όλη τη ψυχή σου και εν όλη τη διανοία σου
Mark 12:30
- KJV: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind and with all thy strength this the first commandment
- GK: και αγαπήσεις κύριον τον θεόν σου εξ όλης της καρδίας σου και εξ όλης της ψυχής σου και εξ όλης της διανοίας σου και εξ όλης της ισχύος σου αύτη πρώτη εντολή
Luke 1:51
- KJV: He hath shewed strength with his arm he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts
- GK: εποίησε κράτος εν βραχίονι αυτού διεσκόρπισεν υπερηφάνους διανοία καρδίας αυτών
Luke 10:27
- KJV: And he answering said Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind and thy neighbour as thyself
- GK: ο δε αποκριθείς είπεν αγαπήσεις κύριον τον θεόν σου εξ όλης της καρδίας σου και εξ όλης της ψυχής σου και εξ όλης της ισχύος σου και εξ όλης της διανοίας σου και τον πλησίον σου ως σεαυτόν
Ephesians 1:18
- KJV: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints
- GK: πεφωτισμένους τους οφθαλμούς της διανοίας υμών εις το ειδέναι υμάς τις εστιν η ελπίς της κλήσεως αυτού και τις ο πλούτος της δόξης της κληρονομίας αυτού εν τοις αγίοις
Ephesians 2:3
- KJV: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind and were by nature the children of wrath even as others
- GK: εν οις και ημείς πάντες ανεστράφημέν ποτε εν ταις επιθυμίαις της σαρκός ημών ποιούντες τα θελήματα της σαρκός και των διανοιών και ήμεν τέκνα φύσει οργής ως και οι λοιποί
Ephesians 4:18
- KJV: Having the understanding darkened being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the blindness of their heart
- GK: εσκοτισμένοι τη διανοία όντες απηλλοτριωμένοι της ζωής του θεού διά την άγνοιαν την όυσαν εν αυτοίς διά την πώρωσιν της καρδίας αυτών
Colossians 1:21
- KJV: And you that were sometime alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works yet now hath he reconciled
- GK: και υμάς ποτέ όντας απηλλοτριωμένους και εχθρούς τη διανοία εν τοις έργοις τοις πονηροίς νυνί δε αποκατήλλαξεν
Hebrews 8:10
- KJV: For this the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days saith the Lord I will put my laws into their mind and write them in their hearts and I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a people
- GK: ότι αύτη η διαθήκη ην διαθήσομαι τω οίκω Ισραήλ μετά τας ημέρας εκείνας λέγει κύριος διδούς νόμους μου εις την διάνοιαν και επί καρδίας αυτών επιγράψω αυτούς και έσομαι αυτοίς εις θεόν και αυτοί έσονταί μοι εις λαόν
Hebrews 10:16
- KJV: This the covenant that I will make with them after those days saith the Lord I will put my laws into their hearts and in their minds will I write them
- GK: αύτη η διαθήκη ην διαθήσομαι προς αυτούς μετά τας ημέρας εκείνας λέγει κύριος διδούς νόμους μου επί καρδίας αυτών και επί των διανοιών αυτών επιγράψω αυτούς
1 Peter 1:13
- KJV: Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind be sober and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ
- GK: διό αναζωσάμενοι τας οσφύας της διανοίας υμών νήφοντες τελείως ελπίσατε επί την φερομένην υμίν χάριν εν αποκαλύψει Ιησού χριστού
2 Peter 3:1
- KJV: This second epistle beloved I now write unto you in which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance
- GK: ταύτην ήδη αγαπητοί δευτέραν υμίν γράφω επιστολήν εν αις διεγείρω υμών εν υπομνήσει την ειλικρινή διάνοιαν
1 John 5:20
- KJV: And we know that the Son of God is come and hath given us an understanding that we may know him that is true and we are in him that is true in his Son Jesus Christ This is the true God and eternal life
- GK: οίδαμεν δε ότι ο υιός του θεού ήκει και δέδωκεν ημίν διάνοιαν ίνα γινώσκωμεν τον αληθινόν και εσμεν εν τω αληθινώ εν τω υιώ αυτού Ιησού χριστώ ούτός εστιν ο αληθινός θεός και η ζωή αιώνιος
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