Strong's Greek: 1771. ἔννοια (ennoia) -- Thought, intention, mind, understanding

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

1771 énnoia (from 1722 /en, "engaged in," which intensifies 3563 /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 Origin
from en and nous
Definition
thinking, thoughtfulness, i.e. moral understanding
NASB Translation
intentions (1), purpose (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1771: ἔννοια

ἔννοια, ἐννοίας, ἡ (νοῦς);

1. the act of thinking, consideration, meditation; (Xenophon, Plato, others).

2. a thought, notion, conception; (Plato, Phaedo, p. 73 c., etc.; especially in philosophical writings, as Cicero, 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; German Gesinnung (Euripides, Hel. 1026; Diodorus 2, 30 variant; τοιαύτην ἔννοιαν ἐμποίειν τίνι, Isocrates, p. 112 d.; τήρησον τήν ἐμήν βουλήν καί ἔννοιαν, Proverbs 3:21; φυλάσσειν ἔννοιαν ἀγαθήν, Proverbs 5:2): so 1 Peter 4:1; plural with καρδίας added (as in Proverbs 23:19), Hebrews 4:12 (A. V. intents of the heart), cf. Wis. 2:14.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

intent, mind.

From a compound of en and nous; thoughtfulness, i.e. Moral understanding -- intent, mind.

see GREEK en

see GREEK nous

Forms and Transliterations

έννοια εννοιαν έννοιαν ἔννοιαν εννοίας εννοιων εννοιών ἐννοιῶν ennoian énnoian ennoion ennoiôn ennoiōn ennoiō̂n

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