STRONGS NUMBER G1271

Original Word: διάνοια
Transliteration: dianoia
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-an'-oy-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: the mind, disposition, thought
Meaning: the mind, disposition, thoughtimagination, mind, understanding.

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

STRONGS NT 1271: διάνοια

διάνοια, 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.; ; Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 10:16; 1 Peter 1:13.

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.