Gloss
mind, thinking, understanding; this is a part of the inner person that thinks and processes information into understanding, including the making of choices, the seat of which is the heart
Forms of the word
Dictionary
διάνοια, -ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration
dianoia
Simplified transliteration
dianoia
Numbers
Strong's number
1271
GK Number
1379
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
12
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1a
Definition
pr. thought, intention; the mind, intellect, understanding, Mt. 22:37; Mk. 12:30; Lk. 10:27; an operation of the understanding, thought, imagination, Lk. 1:51; insight, comprehension, 1 Jn. 5:20; mode of thinking and feeling, disposition of mind and heart, the affection, Eph. 2:3; Col. 1:21
Greek-English Concordance for διάνοια
| Matthew 22:37 | And he said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ (dianoia | διανοίᾳ | dat sg fem) |
| Mark 12:30 | and you shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole life, and with your whole mind (dianoias | διανοίας | gen sg fem), and with your whole strength.’ |
| Luke 1:51 | “He has displayed might with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts (dianoia | διανοίᾳ | dat sg fem) of their hearts. |
| Luke 10:27 | In answer he said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your life, and with all your strength, and with all your mind (dianoia | διανοίᾳ | dat sg fem), and your neighbor as yourself.” |
| Ephesians 2:3 | Among them we also once lived in the passions of our flesh, gratifying the desires and impulses (dianoiōn | διανοιῶν | gen pl fem) of the flesh, and were by nature children of wrath, just like everyone else. |
| Ephesians 4:18 | being darkened in their understanding (dianoia | διανοίᾳ | dat sg fem), separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. |
| Colossians 1:21 | And you who were at one time who were alienated and hostile in mind (dianoia | διανοίᾳ | dat sg fem), doing evil deeds, |
| Hebrews 8:10 | For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds (dianoian | διάνοιαν | acc sg fem) and I will inscribe them on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people. |
| Hebrews 10:16 | “This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, declares the Lord; I will put my laws in their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,” (dianoian | διάνοιαν | acc sg fem) |
| 1 Peter 1:13 | Therefore gird up the loins of your mind (dianoias | διανοίας | gen sg fem), be sober-minded, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. |
| 2 Peter 3:1 | This, dear friends, is now the second letter I have written to you (in both of them I have been trying to arouse your pure minds (dianoian | διάνοιαν | acc sg fem) with a reminder) |
| 1 John 5:20 | And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us discernment (dianoian | διάνοιαν | acc sg fem) so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life. |
