Strong's Concordance dianoia: the mind, disposition, thought Original Word: διάνοια, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: dianoia Phonetic Spelling: (dee-an'-oy-ah) Short Definition: understanding, intellect, mind Definition: understanding, intellect, mind, insight. HELPS Word-studies 1271 diánoia (from 1223 /diá, "thoroughly, from side-to-side," which intensifies 3539 /noiéō, "to use the mind," from 3563 /noús, "mind") – properly, movement from one side (of an issue) to the other to reach balanced-conclusions; full-orbed reasoning (= critical thinking), i.e. dialectical thinking that literally reaches "across to the other side" (of a matter). 1271 /diánoia ("critical thinking"), literally "thorough reasoning," incorporates both sides of a matter to reach a meaningful (personal) conclusion. Such "full-breadth reasoning" is essential to loving (25 /agapáō) the Lord and our neighbor (see Mk 12:30). It is also the instrument of self-destruction when exercised without God's light and power (Lk 1:51; Eph 2:3, 4:18; Col 1:21). [1271 /diánoia (dianoia) is also used of "reasoning and speech between characters in ancient dramas" (LS; cf. Aristotle, Rh 1, 404). But 1271 (diánoia) works to a person's own undoing when it operates apart from the light of God's word (Eph 4:18).] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1271: διάνοιαδιάνοια, διανοίας, ἡ (διά and νως), the Sept. for לֵב and לֵבָב; very frequent in Greek writings from (Aeschylus) Herodotus down; 1. the mind as the faculty qf understanding, feeling, desiring: Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30 (Tr marginal reading brackets); Luke 10:27; Ephesians 1:18 Rec.; 2. understanding: 1 John 5:20. 3. mind, i. e. spirit (Latinanimus), 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 ... καί οὐ διαστραφήσεσθε ὀπίσω τῶν διανοιῶν ὑμῶν. From dia and nous; deep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its disposition), by implication, its exercise -- imagination, mind, understanding. see GREEK dia see GREEK nous Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 127112 Occurrences διανοίᾳ — 5 Occ. διάνοιαν — 4 Occ. διανοίας — 2 Occ. διανοιῶν — 1 Occ. Matthew 22:37 N-DFS GRK: ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ σου NAS: YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' KJV: all thy mind. INT: all the mind of you Mark 12:30 N-GFS Luke 1:51 N-DFS Luke 10:27 N-DFS Ephesians 2:3 N-GFP Ephesians 4:18 N-DFS Colossians 1:21 N-DFS Hebrews 8:10 N-AFS Hebrews 10:16 N-AFS 1 Peter 1:13 N-GFS 2 Peter 3:1 N-AFS 1 John 5:20 N-AFS |
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