noun · neuter
noēmem
Strong’sG3540
a thought, design, the mind
stem noēm-6 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 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.
** νόημα, -τος, τό
(νοέω), [in LXX: Si 21:11, Ba 2:8, III Mac 5:30*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3540 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidno'-ay-mah
a perception, i.e. purpose, or (by implication) the intellect, disposition, itself
Fromfrom G3539;
King Jamesdevice, mind, thought.
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
Ionic dialect νῶμα Refs 5th c.BC+ (but νόημα Refs: (νοέω):—that which is perceived, perception, thought, τῶν νέες ὠκεῖαι, ὡς εἰ πτερὸν ἠὲ νόημα Refs 8th c.BC+; ἅμα νοήματι 'in the twinkling of an eye', Refs 4th c.BC+ lightning survey, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 thought, purpose, idea, design, τοιοῦτον ἐνὶ στήθεσσι νόημα Refs 8th c.BC+
3 in Philos., thought, concept, opposed to sensation, sense-presentation, Refs 4th c.BC+; discursive thinking, as the function of διάνοια, Refs 2nd c.AD+
4 Rhet., thought as expressed in literary form, Refs 1st c.BC+
II understanding, mind, παρέπλαγξεν δὲ νόημα Refs 8th 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 | noēmem | noēmeim2×νοήματα |
| of, belonging to genitive | noēmeu | noēmeiu |
| to, for dative | noēme | noēmei |
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
noēme 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.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
noēmeim“minds”subject or objectdirect plural2×
2 Corinthians 3:14alla pōrita teim noēmeim autoiu. achri gar tau sēmeron hēmerau …But their minds were closed. For to this day …
2 Corinthians 11:3… en ta panourgia autou, ftheriteia teim noēmeim vu apo tau haplotau kai tau …… deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your …
noēmeim3×
2 Corinthians 2:11… tou Satanou, ouk gar autou teim noēmeim agnoanō.… we are not unaware of his schemes.
2 Corinthians 4:4… theos tou aiōnou houtou tuflata teim noēmeim toiu apistoiu eis tem mē augazara …… of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see …
Philippians 4:7… frourati tain kardiain vu kai teim noēmeim vu en Christo Iēso.… will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
noēmem1×
2 Corinthians 10:5… gnōsiau tou theou, kai aichmalōtizarōntois pantem noēmem eis tan hupakoan tou Christou,… God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.