noun · feminine

frēnas

Greekφρήν (frēn)

Strong’sG5424

the mind, intellect

stem frēn-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

thinking2×

What it means

φρήν gen., φρενός, ἡ,

[in LXX most freq. in Pr (6:32, al.) and chiefly for לֵב; also III Mac 4:16 5:47;]

chiefly in Hom. and Trag., but also in Plat., al., both sing. and pl.;

1. in physical sense, the parts about the heart, midriff.

2. heart, mind, thought: pl., I Co 14:20 (v. Edwards, Eng.-Gr. Lex., App., 1).†

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

Strong’s G5424 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidfrane

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)

Fromprobably from an obsolete φράω (to rein in or curb; compare G5420);

King Jamesunderstanding.

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	frēnas	frēnais
object accusative	frēnan	frēnain
direct address vocative	frēnar	frēnair
of, belonging to genitive	frēnau	frēnaiu
to, for dative	frēna	frēnai2×φρεσίν

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

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

frēna 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

frēnai“thinking”to, fordative plural2×

1 Corinthians 14:20“thinking”Adelfoir, mē paidieim ginevōr tai frēnai, alla ta kakia nēpiazavōr, tai de frēnai teleiois ginevōr.Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

1 Corinthians 14:20“thinking”Adelfoir, mē paidieim ginevōr tai frēnai, alla ta kakia nēpiazavōr, tai de frēnai teleiois ginevōr.Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.