Lexicon epinoia: a thought, design Original Word: ἐπίνοια, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: epinoia Phonetic Spelling: (ep-in'-oy-ah) Short Definition: thought, purpose Definition: thought, purpose, design, intent. HELPS word-Studies 1963 epínoia (from 1909 /epí, "on, fitting" and 3563 /noús, "mind") – properly, intent, i.e. what is on the mind and where this leads to (note the epi, "builds on"). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom epi and nousDefinitiona thought, design NASB Translationintention (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1963: ἐπίνοιαἐπίνοια, ἐπινοίας, ἡ ( ἐπινοέω to think on, devise), thought, purpose: Acts 8:22. ( Jeremiah 20:10; Wis. 6:17, etc.; often in Greek writings from Sophocles and Thucydides down.)
Strong's thought, intention From epi and nous; attention of the mind, i.e. (by implication) purpose -- thought. see GREEK epi see GREEK nous |
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