διάνοια dianoia

Greek word for “mind” · Strong’s G1271 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

διάνοια, -ας, ἡ; the understanding, mind:; pl.; in quotations from LXX, 10:16 (Cremer, 79, 438).†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for dianoia in context, with how often each is used:

• mind 8
• understanding 2
• thought 1
• thoughts 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 22 (1), Mark 12 (1), Luke 1 (1), Luke 10 (1), Ephesians 2 (1), Ephesians 4 (1), Colossians 1 (1), Hebrews 8 (1), Hebrews 10 (1), 1 Peter 1 (1)

Forms

• διανοίᾳ 5
• διάνοιαν 4
• διανοίας 2
• διανοιῶν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dianoia more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• καρδία kardia “heart” 7
• ἀπαλλοτριόω apallotrioō “to alienate” 2
• ἐπιγράφω epigraphō “to write on” 2
• διατίθημι diatithēmi “to make a covenant” 2
• ἰσχύς ischus “strength” 2
• ψυχή psuchē “soul” 3
• ὅλος holos “all” 3
• ἀγαπάω agapaō “to love” 3
• ποτέ pote “once/when” 2
• διαθήκη diathēkē “covenant” 2
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 3
• ζωή zōē “life” 2

Key verses

The verses using dianoia that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 22:37 — Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
• Mark 12:30 — And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
• Luke 1:51 — He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
• Luke 10:27 — And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy…
• Ephesians 2:3 — Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature…
• Ephesians 4:18 — Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
• Colossians 1:21 — And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
• Hebrews 8:10 — For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in…
• Hebrews 10:16 — This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
• 1 Peter 1:13 — Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
• 2 Peter 3:1 — This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
• 1 John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.