King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5424
Transliteration: phrēn
Phonetic Spelling: (frane)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: midriff, heart, mind, thought
Meaning: midriff, heart, mind, thought
φρήν, φρενος, ἡ, plural φρένες, from Homer down, the Sept. several times in Proverbs for לֵב:
Word Summary
phrēn: midriff, heart, mind, thought
Original Word: φρήνTransliteration: phrēn
Phonetic Spelling: (frane)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: midriff, heart, mind, thought
Meaning: midriff, heart, mind, thought
Strong's Concordance
understanding. Probably from an obsolete phrao (to rein in or curb; compare phrasso); the midrif (as a partition of the body), i.e. (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in the plural) the mind or cognitive faculties) -- understanding.
see GREEK phrasso
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5424: φρήνφρήν, φρενος, ἡ, plural φρένες, from Homer down, the Sept. several times in Proverbs for לֵב:
1. the midriff or diaphragm, the parts about the heart.
2. the mind; the faculty of perceiving and judging: also in the plural; as, 1 Corinthians 14:20.