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Lexicon :: Strong's G1271 - dianoia

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διάνοια
Transliteration
dianoia (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-an'-oy-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:963,636

Strong’s Definitions

διάνοια diánoia, dee-an'-oy-ah; from G1223 and G3563; deep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its disposition), by implication, its exercise:—imagination, mind, understanding.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G1271 in the following manner: mind (9x), understanding (3x), imagination (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G1271 in the following manner: mind (9x), understanding (3x), imagination (1x).

  1. the mind as a faculty of understanding, feeling, desiring

  2. understanding

  3. mind, i.e. spirit, way of thinking and feeling

  4. thoughts, either good or bad

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διάνοια diánoia, dee-an'-oy-ah; from G1223 and G3563; deep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its disposition), by implication, its exercise:—imagination, mind, understanding.
STRONGS G1271:
διάνοια, -ας, ἡ, (διά and νοός), Sept. for לֵב and לֵבָב; very frequent in Greek writings from [Aeschylus] Herodotus down;
1. the mind as the faculty of understanding, feeling, desiring: Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30 [Tr marginal reading brackets]; Luke 10:27; Ephesians 1:18 Rec.; Eph 4:18; Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 10:16; 1 Peter 1:13.
2. understanding: 1 John 5:20.
3. mind, i. e. spirit (Latin animus), 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... καὶ οὐ διαστραφήσεσθε ὀπίσω τῶν διανοιῶν ὑμῶν.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
15:39
Matthew
22:37
Mark
12:30
Luke
1:51; 10:27
Ephesians
1:18; 2:3; 4:18
Colossians
1:21
Hebrews
8:10; 10:16
1 Peter
1:13
2 Peter
3:1
1 John
5:20

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Strong's Number G1271 matches the Greek διάνοια (dianoia),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:37 - And Jesus replied to him, “‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:30 - AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL (life), AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND (thought, understanding), AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:51 -

“He has done mighty deeds with His [powerful] arm;

He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:27 - And he replied, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of [fn]human nature [without the Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind. We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of [God’s] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind].

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:18 - for their [moral] understanding is darkened and their reasoning is clouded; [they are] alienated and self-banished from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the [willful] ignorance and spiritual blindness that is [deep-seated] within them, because of the hardness and insensitivity of their heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:21 -

And although you were at one time estranged and alienated and hostile-minded [toward Him], participating in evil things,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:10 -

“FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL

AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD:

I WILL IMPRINT MY LAWS UPON THEIR MINDS [even upon their innermost thoughts and understanding],

AND ENGRAVE THEM UPON THEIR HEARTS [effecting their regeneration].

AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD,

AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:16 -

“THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM

AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD:

I WILL IMPRINT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEART,

AND ON THEIR MIND I WILL INSCRIBE THEM [producing an inward change],”

He then says,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:13 -

So prepare your minds for action, be completely sober [in spirit—steadfast, self-disciplined, spiritually and morally alert], fix your hope completely on the grace [of God] that is coming to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:1 -

Beloved, I am now writing you this second letter. In this [as in the first one], I am stirring up your untainted mind to remind you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:20 - And we [have seen and] know [by personal experience] that the Son of God has [actually] come [to this world], and has given us understanding and insight so that we may [progressively and personally] know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
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