noun · feminine

ennoias

Greekἔννοια (ennoia)

Strong’sG1771

thought, intention, purpose

stem ennoi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

intentions1×thinking1×

What it means

ἔννοια, -ας, ἡ

(< νοῦς), [in LXX: Pr 1:4 2:11 3:21 4:1 5:2 8:12 16:22 18:15 19:7 23:4, 19 24:7 (מְזִמָּה, etc.), Wi 2:14, Da TH Su 28*;]

1. thinking, consideration.

2. a thought, purpose, design: He 4:12, I Pe 4:1.†

SYN.: ἐνθῦμησις, q.v. (Cremer, 439)

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1771 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiden'-noy-ah

thoughtfulness, i.e. moral understanding

Fromfrom a compound of G1722 and G3563;

King Jamesintent, mind.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	ennoias	ennoiais
object accusative	ennoian1×ἔννοιαν	ennoiain
direct address vocative	ennoiar	ennoiair
of, belonging to genitive	ennoiau	ennoiaiu1×ἐννοιῶν
to, for dative	ennoia	ennoiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

ennoistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ennoia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

ennoian“thinking”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Peter 4:1“thinking”Christou oun pascharatou sarxa kai vis tan autan ennoian hoplizevar, hoti tos pascharatos sarxa pauetē hamartau,Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.

ennoiaiu“intentions”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Hebrews 4:12“intentions”Zōarōtos gar tos logos tou theou kai energos kai tomōteros huper pantan machairan distoman kai diiknerōtos achri merismou psuchau kai pneumeu, harmoiu tē kai mueloiu, kai kritikos enthumēsiaiu kai ennoiaiu kardiau;For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.