1 | Strong's Number: g3053 | Greek: logismos |
Imagination:
"a reasoning, a thought" (akin to logizomai, "to count, reckon"), is translated "thoughts" in Rom 2:15, suggestive of evil intent, not of mere reasonings; "imaginations" in 2Cr 10:5 (RV, marg., "reasonings," in each place). The word suggests the contemplation of actions as a result of the verdict of conscience.
See THOUGHT.
2 | Strong's Number: g1261 | Greek: dialogismos |
Imagination:
dia, and No. 1, is rendered "imaginations" in Rom 1:21, carrying with it the idea of evil purposes, RV, "reasonings;" it is most frequently translated "thoughts."
See DISPUTE.
3 | Strong's Number: g1271 | Greek: dianoia |
Imagination:
strictly, "a thinking over," denotes "the faculty of thinking;" then, "of knowing;" hence, "the understanding," and in general, "the mind," and so, "the faculty of moral reflection;" it is rendered "imagination" in Luk 1:51, "the imagination of their heart" signifying their thoughts and ideas.
See MIND, UNDERSTANDING.
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