ἔννοια,
-ας,
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 ἐμποιεῖν τινι, Isocrates, p. 112 d.;
τήρησον τὴν ἐμὴν βουλὴν καὶ 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Proverbs
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3:21; 5:2; 23:19
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Hebrews
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4:12
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1 Peter
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4:1
