Strong's Lexicon
ennoia: Thought, intention, mind, understanding
Original Word:ἔννοια
Part of Speech:Noun, Feminine
Transliteration:ennoia
Pronunciation:EN-noy-ah
Phonetic Spelling:(en'-noy-ah)
Definition:Thought, intention, mind, understanding
Meaning:thinking, consideration; a thought, purpose, design, intention.
Word Origin:Derived from the Greek verb ἐννοέω (ennoeō), meaning "to think" or "to consider."
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -H3820 (לֵב, lev): Often translated as "heart," referring to the inner person, including thoughts and intentions.
-H4284 (מַחֲשָׁבָה, machashabah): Meaning "thought" or "plan," indicating the mind's deliberations.
Usage:The Greek word "ennoia" refers to the inner thought process, intention, or understanding of an individual. It encompasses the concept of mental perception and the capacity for reflective thought. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the inner workings of the mind, particularly in relation to moral and spiritual understanding.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "ennoia" was significant in philosophical discussions about the nature of thought and reason. Greek philosophers like Plato and Aristotle explored the idea of the mind's capacity to form concepts and intentions. In the context of the New Testament, "ennoia" reflects the Jewish understanding of the heart and mind as the center of moral and spiritual life, aligning with the Hebrew concept of "lev" (heart).
HELPS Word-studies
1771énnoia (from1722/en, "engagedin," which intensifies3563/noús, "mind") – properly, the "engaged mind," i.e. what a person (literally) has "in-mind" (BAGD, "insight"); settled (thought-out) opinions, attitudes.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
en and
nousDefinitionthinking, thoughtfulness, i.e. moral understanding
NASB Translationintentions (1), purpose (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1771: ἔννοιαἔννοια,
ἐννοίας,
ἡ (
νοῦς);
1. the act ofthinking, consideration, meditation; (Xenophon,Plato, others).
2.a thought, notion, conception; (Plato, Phaedo, p. 73 c., etc.; especially in philosophical writings, asCicero, Tusc. 1, 24, 57; Acad. 2, 7 and 10;Epictetus diss. 2, 11, 2f, etc.;Plutarch, plac. philos. 4, 11, 1; (Diogenes Laërtius 3, 79).
3.mind, understanding, will; manner of thinking and feeling; GermanGesinnung (Euripides, Hel. 1026;Diodorus 2, 30 variant;τοιαύτηνἔννοιανἐμποίειντίνι,Isocrates, p. 112 d.;τήρησοντήνἐμήνβουλήνκαίἔννοιαν,Proverbs 3:21;φυλάσσεινἔννοιανἀγαθήν,Proverbs 5:2): so1 Peter 4:1; plural withκαρδίας added (as inProverbs 23:19),Hebrews 4:12 (A. V.intents of the heart), cf. Wis. 2:14.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
intent, mind.From a compound ofen andnous; thoughtfulness, i.e. Moral understanding -- intent, mind.
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Forms and Transliterations
έννοια εννοιαν έννοιαν ἔννοιαν εννοίας εννοιων εννοιών ἐννοιῶν ennoian énnoian ennoion ennoiôn ennoiōn ennoiō̂nLinks
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