Strong G1271διάνοια
mind
- Transliteration
- dianoia
- Pronunciation
- dee-an'-oy-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
διάνοια, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for לֵב, לֵבָב;]
the understanding, mind: Luk.1:51, Eph.4:18, Col.1:21, 1Pe.1:13, 2Pe.3:1, 1Jn.5:20; pl., Eph.2:3; in quotations from LXX, Mat.22:37, Mrk.12:30, Luk.10:27, Heb.8:10 10:16 (Cremer, 79, 438).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for לֵב, לֵבָב;]
the understanding, mind: Luk.1:51, Eph.4:18, Col.1:21, 1Pe.1:13, 2Pe.3:1, 1Jn.5:20; pl., Eph.2:3; in quotations from LXX, Mat.22:37, Mrk.12:30, Luk.10:27, Heb.8:10 10:16 (Cremer, 79, 438).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1271 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mind9
- understanding3
- imagination1
- in1
First verses
- Matthew 22:37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
- Mark 12:30And 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 is the first commandment.
- Luke 1:51He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
- Luke 10:27And 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.
- Ephesians 1:18The 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,
- Ephesians 2:3Among 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.
- Ephesians 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
- Colossians 1:21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
- Hebrews 8:10For this is 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:
- Hebrews 10:16This is 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;
- 1 Peter 1:13Wherefore 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;
- 2 Peter 3:1This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
- 1 John 5:20And 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, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
διάνοιᾰ, ἡ,
Aeolic dialect διανοιΐα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 1a.1 (nisi to be read δι᾽ ἀνοιΐα[ν]))], poetry also διανοίᾱ accusative to [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1679.29)]:— thought, i.e. intention, purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46, 90, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.35, etc.)]; τῇ διανοίᾳ in the spirit of his action, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.219; ὤλοντ᾽ ἀσεβεῖ διανοίᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 831 (Lyric poetry); μαινόλις δ. [prev. author] “Supp.” 109 (Lyric poetry); εὔφρονος ἐκ δ. [prev. author] “Ag.” 797 (Lyric poetry), compare “Eu.” 1013 (_anapaest meter_); τοῦ ὑπαπιέναι τὴν διάνοιαν ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.9; ἐπί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.14; πρός τινι 4th c.BC: Anaxippus Comicus 1.37; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλο τι.. τρέψαι τινὸς τὴν δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 275b)]; ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δ. with all one's heart, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.2.13; ἐχθροὺς τῇ δ. NT.Col.1.21.)]
2 thought, notion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.169, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 63d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 986b10; ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς δ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.210.)]
II process of thinking, thought, ὁ ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς αὑτὴν διάλογος.. ἐπωνομάσθη δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 263d; πᾶσα δ. ἢ πρακτικὴ ἢ ποιητικὴ ἢ θεωρητική 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1025b25; ταχίστη ἡ διανοίας κίνησις [prev. author] “LI” 968a25)]; especially discursive thought, opposed to νόησις, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 123.)]
III thinking faculty, intelligence, understanding, ὡς μεταξύ τι δόξης τε καὶ νοῦ τὴν δ. οὖσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 511d, +others)]; opposed to σῶμα, [LXX+4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 916a, compare “R.” 395b; ἔστιν ὥσπερ τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῆς δ. γῆρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270b40; ἐπιτάττοντος τοῦ νοῦ καὶ λεγούσης τῆς δ. φεύγειν τι ἢ διώκειν [prev. author] “de An.” 433a2; ἔκστασις διανοίας LXX.Deu.28.28.)]
IV thought expressed, meaning of a word or passage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 205b, “Phdr.” 228d; τὰς τῶν ὀνομάτων δ. [prev. author] “Cra.” 418a; τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει δ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 404a17; ἡ φυσικὴ δ. τοῦ νόμου Aristeas 171)]; so δ., opposed to ῥητόν, spirit, opposed to letter, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ τῶν στάσεων” 2.)]
V intellectual capacity revealed in speech or action by the characters in drama, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1450a6, b11, 1456a34, “Rh.” 1404a19, +others (Rare in Poetry.))]
Aeolic dialect διανοιΐα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 1a.1 (nisi to be read δι᾽ ἀνοιΐα[ν]))], poetry also διανοίᾱ accusative to [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1679.29)]:— thought, i.e. intention, purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46, 90, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.35, etc.)]; τῇ διανοίᾳ in the spirit of his action, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.219; ὤλοντ᾽ ἀσεβεῖ διανοίᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 831 (Lyric poetry); μαινόλις δ. [prev. author] “Supp.” 109 (Lyric poetry); εὔφρονος ἐκ δ. [prev. author] “Ag.” 797 (Lyric poetry), compare “Eu.” 1013 (_anapaest meter_); τοῦ ὑπαπιέναι τὴν διάνοιαν ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.9; ἐπί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.14; πρός τινι 4th c.BC: Anaxippus Comicus 1.37; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλο τι.. τρέψαι τινὸς τὴν δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 275b)]; ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δ. with all one's heart, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.2.13; ἐχθροὺς τῇ δ. NT.Col.1.21.)]
2 thought, notion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.169, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 63d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 986b10; ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς δ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.210.)]
II process of thinking, thought, ὁ ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς αὑτὴν διάλογος.. ἐπωνομάσθη δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 263d; πᾶσα δ. ἢ πρακτικὴ ἢ ποιητικὴ ἢ θεωρητική 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1025b25; ταχίστη ἡ διανοίας κίνησις [prev. author] “LI” 968a25)]; especially discursive thought, opposed to νόησις, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 123.)]
III thinking faculty, intelligence, understanding, ὡς μεταξύ τι δόξης τε καὶ νοῦ τὴν δ. οὖσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 511d, +others)]; opposed to σῶμα, [LXX+4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 916a, compare “R.” 395b; ἔστιν ὥσπερ τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῆς δ. γῆρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270b40; ἐπιτάττοντος τοῦ νοῦ καὶ λεγούσης τῆς δ. φεύγειν τι ἢ διώκειν [prev. author] “de An.” 433a2; ἔκστασις διανοίας LXX.Deu.28.28.)]
IV thought expressed, meaning of a word or passage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 205b, “Phdr.” 228d; τὰς τῶν ὀνομάτων δ. [prev. author] “Cra.” 418a; τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει δ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 404a17; ἡ φυσικὴ δ. τοῦ νόμου Aristeas 171)]; so δ., opposed to ῥητόν, spirit, opposed to letter, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ τῶν στάσεων” 2.)]
V intellectual capacity revealed in speech or action by the characters in drama, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1450a6, b11, 1456a34, “Rh.” 1404a19, +others (Rare in Poetry.))]