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Lexicon :: Strong's G1271 - dianoia

Aa
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 39 times in 39 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though[fn] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:17 - Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milkah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - “Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:3 - His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:26 - They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.” Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:21 - But those who ignored the word of the LORD left their slaves and livestock in the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:3 - Tell all the skilled workers to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration, so he may serve me as priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:22 - All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:26 - And all the women who were willing and had the skill spun the goat hair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:29 - All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the LORD freewill offerings for all the work the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:34 - And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers—all of them skilled workers and designers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1 - So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the LORD has commanded.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - “ ‘Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in their guilt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - But Balaam answered them, “Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything great or small to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:7 - Why do you discourage the Israelites from crossing over into the land the LORD has given them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:39 - Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:17 - You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:28 - The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 - Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until they[fn] had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:5 - But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:18 - LORD, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 - His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:10 - For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:15 - Good judgment wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:4 - say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:9 - “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:11 - “Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have not been true to me, and have neither remembered me nor taken this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:15 - Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:33 - “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:4 - Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When any of the Israelites set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block before their faces and then go to a prophet, I the LORD will answer them myself in keeping with their great idolatry.
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