Word Summary
epinoia: a thought, design
Original Word: ἐπίνοιαTransliteration: epinoia
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-in'-oy-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a thought, design
Meaning: a thought, design
Strong's Concordance
thought, intention
From epi and nous; attention of the mind, i.e. (by implication) purpose -- thought.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK nous
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1963: ἐπίνοιαἐπίνοια,
ἐπινοίας,
ἡ (
ἐπινοέω to think on, devise),
thought, purpose:
Acts 8:22. (
Jeremiah 20:10; Wis. 6:17, etc.; often in Greek writings from
Sophocles and
Thucydides down.)