Phren means “understanding” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5424 — netheq (“scurf”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5424 φρήν (phren) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. phren (frayn') n. 1. the midrif (as a partition of the body) 2. (figuratively and by implication of sympathy) the feelings or sensitive nature It has 12 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include understanding, man, returned, kingdom, and whoso. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
phren (frayn') n. 1. the midrif (as a partition of the body) 2. (figuratively and by implication of sympathy) the feelings or sensitive nature 3. (by extension, also in the plural) the mind or cognitive faculties [probably from an obsolete phrao "to rein in or curb"] KJV: understanding Compare: G5420
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Usage: φρήν genitive, φρενός, ἡ, [in LXX most frequently in Pr (Pro.6:32, al.) and chiefly for לֵב; also 3Ma.4:16 3Mac 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., 1Co.14:20 (see Edwards, Eng.-Gr. Lex., App., 1).† (AS)
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Strong's G5424 (φρήν) appears 11 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
9 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: And to them that want understanding she says,
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The king was filled with great and constant joy, and celebrated banquets before the temple idols. His erring heart, far from the truth, and his profane mouth, gave glory to idols, deaf and incapable of speaking or aiding, and uttered unworthy speech against the Greatest God.
The king’s heart teemed with impious rage; and he rushed forth with the mass, along with the elephants. With feelings unsoftened, and eyes pitiless, he longed to gaze at the hard and wretched doom of the above-mentioned Jews.
First 12 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5424.
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: And to them that want understanding she says,
A man void of understanding sneers at his fellow citizens: But a sensible man is quiet.
But a wise man proceeds on his way aright.
A senseless man feels no need of wisdom, For he is rather led by folly.
And a senseless man is like a vineyard.
And at the end of the time I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised him that lives forever, and gave him glory; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom lasts to all generations:
At the same time my reason returned to me, and I came to the honor of my kingdom; and my natural form returned to me, and my princes, and my nobles, sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and more abundant majesty was added to me.
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
The king was filled with great and constant joy, and celebrated banquets before the temple idols. His erring heart, far from the truth, and his profane mouth, gave glory to idols, deaf and incapable of speaking or aiding, and uttered unworthy speech against the Greatest God.
The king’s heart teemed with impious rage; and he rushed forth with the mass, along with the elephants. With feelings unsoftened, and eyes pitiless, he longed to gaze at the hard and wretched doom of the above-mentioned Jews.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5424, grouped by book.
Phren (Strong's G5424) is a Greek word most simply glossed "understanding". phren (frayn') n. 1. the midrif (as a partition of the body) 2. (figuratively and by implication of sympathy) the feelings or sensitive nature
This page currently indexes 12 linked usages for Strong's G5424 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5424 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as understanding, man, returned, kingdom, whoso, and among. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 9 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5424, with linked reader references where each row is available.