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Strong's G1271 διάνοια (dianoia)

Dianoia means “mind” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1271 — barzillay (“Barzillai”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1271
Language Greek
Linked Usages 78
Books 31

Strong's G1271 Quick Answer

Strong's G1271 διάνοια (dianoia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. dianoia (dee-an'-oy-ah) n. 1. deep thought, contemplation 2. (properly) the mind (or its disposition), the faculty It has 78 linked Bible usages across 31 books. Visible English usage signals include mind and minds. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
dianoia (dee-an'-oy-ah) n. 1. deep thought, contemplation 2. (properly) the mind (or its disposition), the faculty
Usage
78 linked usages
Books
31 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
mind and minds

Meaning and Definition

dianoia (dee-an'-oy-ah) n. 1. deep thought, contemplation 2. (properly) the mind (or its disposition), the faculty 3. (by implication) its exercise, i.e. purposeful mental activity [from G1223 and G3563] KJV: imagination, mind, understanding Root(s): G1223, G3563

Original Word
διάνοια
Transliteration
dianoia
Derivation
Root: νοῦς R1: 1223 R2: 3563
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1271. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

mind

Usage: διάνοια, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for לֵב, לֵבָב ;] the understanding, mind: Luk.1:51, Eph.4:18, Col.1:21, 1Pe.1:13, 2Pe.3:1, 1Jn.5:20; pl., Eph.2:3; in quotations from LXX, Mat.22:37, Mrk.12:30, Luk.10:27, Heb.8:10 10:16 (Cremer, 79, 438).† (AS)

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How Strong's G1271 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render dianoia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

mind Matthew 22:37 minds Hebrews 10:16

How Strong's G1271 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 41 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1271 (διάνοια) appears 65 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1271 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1271 in the New Testament

13 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 22:37 KJV

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Mark 12:30 KJV

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Luke 1:51 KJV

He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Strong's G1271 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

41 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 8:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not anymore curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore anymore smite all living flesh as I have done.

Genesis 17:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed; and spoke in his heart, saying, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarah who is ninety years old, bear?

Genesis 24:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass before he had done speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, and the same the brother of Abraham, came forth, having a waterpot on her shoulders.

Strong's G1271 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

24 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 3:18 Septuagint / Brenton

and he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it:

1 Esdras 3:19 Septuagint / Brenton

it maketh the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:

1 Esdras 3:20 Septuagint / Brenton

it turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt:

Usage Excerpts

First 78 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1271.

Genesis 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not anymore curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore anymore smite all living flesh as I have done.
Genesis 17:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed; and spoke in his heart, saying, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarah who is ninety years old, bear?
Genesis 24:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass before he had done speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, and the same the brother of Abraham, came forth, having a waterpot on her shoulders.
Genesis 24:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, straightaway Rebekah came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me to drink.
Genesis 27:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father’s mourning draw nigh, that I may slay my brother Jacob.
Genesis 34:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he was attached to the soul of Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke kindly to the damsel.
Genesis 45:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they reported to him, saying, Thy son Joseph is living, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt; and Jacob was amazed, for he did not believe them.
Exodus 9:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that did not attend in his mind to the word of the Lord, left the cattle in the fields.
Exodus 28:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And speak thou to all those who are wise in understanding, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom and perception; and they shall make the holy apparel of Aaron for the sanctuary, in which apparel he shall minister to me as priest.
Exodus 35:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
even brought seals and earrings, and finger rings, and necklaces, and bracelets, every article of gold.
Exodus 35:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
articles, the blue, and purple, and scarlet and fine linen.
Exodus 35:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair.
Exodus 35:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
they the children of Israel brought an offering to the Lord.
Exodus 35:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
God gave improvement in understanding both to him, and to Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan.
Exodus 35:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
God filled them with wisdom, understanding and perception, to understand to work all the works of the sanctuary, and to weave the woven and embroidered work with scarlet and fine linen, to do all work of curious workmanship and embroidery.
Exodus 36:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Bezalel wrought, and Oholiab and everyone wise in understanding, to whom was given wisdom and knowledge, to understand to do all the works according to the holy offices, according to all things which the Lord appointed.
Leviticus 19:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt in anywise rebuke thy neighbor, so thou shalt not bear sin on his account.
Numbers 15:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be on your fringes, and ye shall look on them, and ye shall remember all the commands of the Lord, and do them: and ye shall not turn back after your imaginations, and after the sight of your eyes in the things after which ye go a-whoring;
Numbers 22:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Balaam answered and said to the princes of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord God, to make it little or great in my mind.
Numbers 32:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And why do ye pervert the minds of the children of Israel, that they should not cross over into the land, which the Lord gives them?
Deuteronomy 4:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt know this day, and shalt consider in thy heart, that the Lord thy God he is God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath, and there is none else but he.
Deuteronomy 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if thou shouldest say in thy heart, This nation is greater than I, how shall I be able to destroy them utterly?
Deuteronomy 28:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord smite thee with insanity, and blindness, and astonishment of mind.
Deuteronomy 29:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye beheld their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which are among them.
Joshua 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the kings of the Amorites who were beyond Jordan heard, and the kings of Phoenicia by the sea, that the Lord God had dried up the river Jordan from before the children of Israel when they passed over, that their hearts failed, and they were terror-stricken, and there was no sense in them because of the children of Israel.
Joshua 22:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But take great heed to do the commands and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you to do; to love the Lord our God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commands, and to cleave to him, and serve him with all your mind, and with all your soul.
1 Chronicles 29:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, preserve these things in the thought of the heart of thy people forever, and direct their hearts to thee.
Job 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the days of the banquet were completed, Job sent and purified them, having risen up in the morning, And offered sacrifices for them, according to their number, And one calf for a sin offering for their souls: For Job said, Lest peradventure my sons have thought evil in their minds against God. Thus then Job did continually.
Job 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to him, Hast thou diligently considered my servant Job, That there is none like him on the earth, A man blameless, true, godly, Abstaining from everything evil?
Job 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: Who has hardened himself against him and endured?
Job 36:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The ancient heavens shall flow, And the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: And they know the order of rest. Yet by all these things thy understanding is not astonished, Neither is thy mind disturbed in thy body.
Proverbs 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For if wisdom shall come into thine understanding, And discernment shall seem pleasing to thy soul,
Proverbs 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the counsel of saints is understanding: the character of a sound mind.
Proverbs 13:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to know the law is the part of a sound understanding: But the ways of scorners tend to destruction.
Isaiah 14:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou saidst in thy heart, I will go up to heaven, I will set my throne above the stars of heaven: I will sit on a lofty mount, on the lofty mountains toward the north:
Isaiah 35:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Comfort one another, ye faint-hearted; be strong, fear not; behold, our God renders judgment, and he will render it; he will come and save us.
Isaiah 55:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.
Isaiah 57:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Through dread of whom hast thou feared, and lied against me, and hast not remembered, nor considered me, nor regarded me, yea, though when I see thee I pass thee by, yet thou hast not feared me.
Isaiah 59:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And truth has been taken away, and they have turned aside their mind from understanding. And the Lord saw it, and it pleased him not that there was no judgment.
Jeremiah 38:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For this is my covenant which I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, saith the Lord, I will surely put my laws into their mind, and write them on their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.
Ezekiel 14:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore speak to them, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Any man of the house of Israel, who shall conceive his devices in his heart, and shall set the punishment of his iniquity before his face, and shall come to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him according to the things in which his mind is entangled,
Matthew 22:37 New Testament, KJV
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mark 12:30 New Testament, KJV
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Luke 1:51 New Testament, KJV
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Luke 10:27 New Testament, KJV
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Ephesians 1:18 New Testament, KJV
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Ephesians 2:3 New Testament, KJV
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Ephesians 4:18 New Testament, KJV
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Colossians 1:21 New Testament, KJV
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Hebrews 8:10 New Testament, KJV
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Hebrews 10:16 New Testament, KJV
This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
1 Peter 1:13 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
2 Peter 3:1 New Testament, KJV
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
1 John 5:20 New Testament, KJV
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
1 Esdras 3:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it:
1 Esdras 3:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
it maketh the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:
1 Esdras 3:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
it turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt:
1 Esdras 4:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become servants for their sakes.
Judith 8:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For ye cannot find the depth of the heart of man, neither can ye perceive the things that he thinketh: then how can ye search out God, that hath made all these things, and know his mind, or comprehend his purpose? Nay, my brethren, provoke not the Lord our God to anger.
1 Maccabees 10:74 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So when Jonathan heard these words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind, and choosing ten thousand men he went out of Jerusalem, where Simon his brother met him for to help him.
1 Maccabees 11:49 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So when they of the city saw that the Jews had gotten the city as they would, their courage was abated: wherefore they made supplication to the king, and cried, saying,
2 Maccabees 2:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and how that the prophet, having given them the law, charged them not to forget the commandments of the Lord, and that they should not err in their minds, when they see images of silver and gold, with their ornaments.
2 Maccabees 3:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then whoso had looked the high priest in the face, it would have wounded his heart: for his countenance and the changing of his color declared the inward agony of his mind.
2 Maccabees 5:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And so haughty was Antiochus in mind, that he considered not that the Lord was angry for a while for the sins of them that dwelt in the city, and therefore his eye was not upon the place.
3 Maccabees 4:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherever this decree was received, the people kept up a revelry of joy and shouting; as if their long-pent-up, hardened hatred, were now to show itself openly.
3 Maccabees 5:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But this was the working of that Almighty God who had made him forget all his purpose.
3 Maccabees 5:39 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
His kinsmen, who were reclining with him, wondered at his instability, and thus expressed themselves:
4 Maccabees 2:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
on this ground, therefore, the temperate Joseph is praised in that by reasoning, he subdued, on reflection, the indulgence of sense.
4 Maccabees 7:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For father Eleazar, projecting his disposition, broke the raging waves of the passions as with a jutting promontory.
4 Maccabees 11:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I am indeed younger than my brothers, but in understanding I am as old;
4 Maccabees 13:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And it is impossible to overlook the leadership of reflection: for it gained the victory over both passions and troubles.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For his soul pleased the Lord; Therefore hastened he to take him away from among the wicked.
Wisdom of Sirach 3:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For many are deceived by their own vain opinion; And an evil suspicion hath overthrown their judgment.
Wisdom of Sirach 22:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A heart settled upon a thought of understanding Is as a fair plastering on the wall of a gallery.
Wisdom of Sirach 29:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety:
Baruch 1:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
but every man followed the imagination of his own wicked heart, to serve strange gods, and to do evil in the sight of the Lord our God.
Baruch 4:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For as it was your mind to go astray from God: so, being returned, seek him ten times more.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Beware therefore that ye in nowise be like to strangers, neither be ye afraid of them, when ye see the multitude before them and behind them, worshiping them.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1271, grouped by book.

Genesis 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 3 usages, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 2 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
1 John 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1271 FAQ

What does dianoia (διάνοια) mean?

Dianoia (Strong's G1271) is a Greek word most simply glossed "mind". dianoia (dee-an'-oy-ah) n. 1. deep thought, contemplation 2. (properly) the mind (or its disposition), the faculty

How many times is dianoia (διάνοια) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 78 linked usages for Strong's G1271 across 31 books.

Where can I study dianoia (διάνοια) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1271 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate dianoia (διάνοια)?

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Does Strong's G1271 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 41 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 24 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1271, with linked reader references where each row is available.