GreekG1271Noun (Feminine)

διάνοια

dianoia

12Occurrences
G1271Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

deep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its disposition), by implication, its exercise

from G1223 (διά) and G3563 (νοῦς);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
the understanding, mind: ; pl.; in quotations from LXX.
LXX: chiefly for לֵב, לֵבָב

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

διάνοια appears 12 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ephesians
2
Hebrews
2
Luke
2
1 John
1
1 Peter
1
2 Peter
1
Colossians
1
Matthew
1

Key Passages

1 John 5:20BSB

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

2 Peter 3:1BSB

Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking

Ephesians 2:3BSB

All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

Hebrews 10:16BSB

“This is the covenant I will make with themafter those days, declares the Lord.I will put My laws in their heartsand inscribe them on their minds.”

Luke 1:51BSB

He has performed mighty deeds with His arm;He has scattered those who are proudin the thoughts of their hearts.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.