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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:30 - Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:51 - He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:27 - He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[fn]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh[fn] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:18 - They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:21 - Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of[fn] your evil behavior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:10 - This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:16 - “This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:13 - Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:1 - Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:20 - We know also 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 by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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