Lexical Summary phrēn: midriff, heart, mind, thought Original Word: φρήνTransliteration: phrēn Phonetic Spelling: (frane) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: midriff, heart, mind, thought Meaning: midriff, heart, mind, thought Strong's Concordance 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 Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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. |
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