noun · neuter
fronēmem
Strong’sG5427
thought, purpose
stem fronēm-4 times in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** φρόνημα, -τος, τό
(< φρονέω), [in LXX: II Mac 7:21 13:9 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5427 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfron'-ay-mah
(mental) inclination or purpose
Fromfrom G5426;
King James(be, + be carnally, + be spiritually) mind(-ed).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
mind, spirit, ἔστ᾽ ἂν Διὸς φ. λωφήσῃ χόλου Refs 5th c.BC+; with limiting epithets, φ. δύσθεον Refs 4th c.BC+; ὠμόν Refs 5th c.BC+
2 thought, purpose, will, φθέγμα καὶ ἀνεμόεν φ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ φ. τῆς σαρκός, τοῦ πνεύματος, NT with stubborn thoughts, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ σκλήρ᾽ ἄγαν φ.Refs 5th c.BC+
II either in good or bad sense,
II.1 high spirit, resolution, pride, τὸ Ἀθηναίων φ. Refs 5th c.BC+.; ἀνδρί γε φ. ἔχοντι to a man of spirit, Refs 5th c.BC+; courage, opposed to δειλία, Refs 5th c.BC+future infinitive, ἐν φρονήματι ὄντες τῆς Πελοποννήσου ἡγήσεσθαι aspiring to be leaders of the P., Refs: frequently in plural, high thoughts, proud designs, διασείσειν τὰ Ἀθηναίων φ. Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 in bad sense, presumption, arrogance, φρονήματος πλέως ὁ μῦθός ἐστιν Refs 5th c.BC+
III plural, ={φρένες}, heart, breast, ἰὸς ἐκ φρονημάτων.. πεσών Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | fronēmem4×φρόνημα | fronēmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | fronēmeu | fronēmeiu |
| to, for dative | fronēme | fronēmei |
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
fronēme 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
fronēmem“mind”subject or objectdirect singular4×
Romans 8:6tem gar fronēmem tau sarkau thanatos, tem de fronēmem …The mind of the flesh is death, but …
Romans 8:6… fronēmem tau sarkau thanatos, tem de fronēmem teu pneumeu zōas kai eirēnas;… the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and …
Romans 8:7dioti tem fronēmem tau sarkau echthras eis theon, to …because the mind of the flesh is hostile to …
Romans 8:27… eraunarōntos tain kardiain oidatē tinem tem fronēmem teu pneumeu, hoti kata theon entunchanatō …… who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit …