dianoia (mind) · Rightly

Meaning

Usually translated “mind”, “understanding” and “thought”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

mind 7
understanding 2
in thought 1
thoughts 1
in mind 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Luke 2
Ephesians 2
Hebrews 2
Matthew 1
Mark 1
Colossians 1

9 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Matthew 22:37Jesus 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 12:30And 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 1:51He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Luke 10:27And 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 neighbour as thyself.
Ephesians 2:3Among 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 the children of wrath, even as others.
Ephesians 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

All 12 verses, by book

Matthew 1: 22:37
Mark 1: 12:30
Luke 2: 1:51 10:27
Ephesians 2: 2:3 4:18
Colossians 1: 1:21
Hebrews 2: 8:10 10:16
1 Peter 1: 1:13
2 Peter 1: 3:1
1 John 1: 5:20

Greek dictionary

διάνοια dianoia · mind

διάνοια, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for לֵב, לֵבָב ;] the understanding, mind: Luk.1:51, Eph.4:18, Col.1:21, 1Pe.1:13, 2Pe.3:1, 1Jn.5:20; pl., Eph.2:3; in quotations from LXX, Mat.22:37, Mrk.12:30, Luk.10:27, Heb.8:10 10:16 (Cremer, 79, 438).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “mind” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

MIND, noun

[Latin reminiscor; Latin mens; Gr. memory, mention, to remember, mind ardor of mind vehemence; anger. mind signifies properly intention, a reaching or inclining forward to an object, from the primary sense of extending, stretching or inclining, or advancing eagerly, pushing or setting forward, whence the Greek sense of the word, in analogy with the Teutonic mod, moed, muth, mind courage, spirit, mettle. So Latin animus, animosus.]

Intention; purpose; design.“The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination; how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind” Proverbs 21:27
Inclination; will; desire; a sense much used, but expressing less than settled purpose; as in the common phrases, 'I wish to know your mind; ' 'let me know your mind; ' 'he had a mind to go; ' 'he has a partner to his mind '
Opinion; as, to express one's mind We are of one mind
Memory; remembrance; as, to put one in mind; to call to mind; the fact is out of my mind; time out of mind From the operations of the intellect in man, this word came to signify.

All definitions and other forms of “mind”

The intellectual or intelligent power in man; the understanding; the power that conceives, judges or reasons.
The heart or seat of affection.“Which were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah” Genesis 26:35
The will and affection; as readiness of mind Acts 17:11
The implanted principle of grace. Romans 7:23

MIND, verb transitive

To attend to; to fix the thoughts on; to regard with attention.

“MIND not high things” Romans 12:16
To attend to or regard with submission; to obey.
To put in mind; to remind.
To intend; to mean.

MIND, verb intransitive

To be inclined or disposed to incline.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.