noun · feminine

epinoias

Greekἐπίνοια (epinoia)

Strong’sG1963

thought, purpose

stem epinoi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

intent1×

What it means

ἐπίνοια, -ας, ἡ

(< ἐπινοέω, to contrive) [in LXX: Je 20:10, Wi 6:16 9:14 14:12 15:4, Si 40:2, II Mac 12:45, IV Mac 17:2 *;]

a thought, design: Ac 8:22.†

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

Strong’s G1963 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-in'-oy-ah

attention of the mind, i.e. (by implication) purpose

Fromfrom G1909 and G3563;

King Jamesthought.

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	epinoias1×ἐπίνοια	epinoiais
object accusative	epinoian	epinoiain
direct address vocative	epinoiar	epinoiair
of, belonging to genitive	epinoiau	epinoiaiu
to, for dative	epinoia	epinoiai

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

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

epinoia 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

epinoias“intent”subjectnominative singular1×

Acts 8:22“intent”metanoasar oun apo tau kakiau su houtau, kai disar tou kuriou ei ara afiēkiti si tas epinoias tau kardiau su;Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.