Lexicon phrén: midriff, heart, mind, thought Original Word: φρήν, φρενός, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: phrén Phonetic Spelling: (frane) Short Definition: the mind, intellect Definition: the mind, intellect, thought, understanding. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 5424 phrḗn (a feminine noun) – properly, "the midriff (diaphragm), the parts around the heart" (J. Thayer); (figuratively) visceral (personal) opinion; what a person "really has in mind," i.e. inner outlook (mind-set, insight) that regulates outward behavior. See 5429 (phronimos). [5424 (phrḗn) is the root of the English term, "diaphragm," which regulates breathing.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitionmidriff, heart, mind, thought NASB Translationthinking (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5424: φρήνφρήν, φρενος, ἡ, plural φρένες, from Homer down, the Sept. several times in Proverbs for לֵב: 1. the midriff or diaphragm, the parts about the heart. 2. the mind; the faculty of perceiving and judging: also in the plural; as, 1 Corinthians 14:20.
Strong's understanding. Probably from an obsolete phrao (to rein in or curb; compare phrasso); the midrif (as a partition of the body), i.e. (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in the plural) the mind or cognitive faculties) -- understanding. see GREEK phrasso |
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