ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑΝ, διανοιαν
DIANOIAN, dianoian
Sounds Like: dee-AH-noy-ahn
Translations: mind, understanding, a mind, an understanding, thought, purpose, a thought, a purpose
From the root: ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the faculty of understanding, the intellect, or the mind. It can also denote a thought, purpose, or intention. It describes the inner working of one's mental processes and can be used to speak of one's way of thinking or disposition.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1271 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 7:5
- Proverbs — 4:4
- Sirach — 3:24
- Isaiah — 57:11
- Hebrews — 8:10, 10:16
- 2 Peter — 3:1
- 1 John — 5:20
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 1:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 3:74, 13:233
- Book 2 — 2:19
- Book 3 — 1:12, 5:82, 14:310
- Book 4 — 6:105, 8:180
- Book 5 — 1:2, 1:103, 8:249
- Book 6 — 2:19, 4:45, 11:215, 11:228, 11:230, 13:286, 14:359
- Book 7 — 4:92, 7:158, 8:164, 9:202, 14:345, 14:381
- Book 8 — 2:34, 4:120, 5:143, 6:170, 7:174, 8:210, 10:245, 15:420
- Book 9 — 4:57, 6:118, 10:222, 13:261
- Book 10 — 10:201, 10:203, 10:217, 11:235
- Book 11 — 3:39, 3:68, 4:110, 6:237, 6:256, 8:332
- Book 12 — 2:110, 2:112, 2:113, 6:158, 6:164, 6:172, 7:308, 10:403
- Book 13 — 1:32, 6:198, 11:316, 12:337
- Book 14 — 15:435
- Book 15 — 3:69, 3:80
- Book 17 — 5:117, 6:176, 6:180, 7:186, 8:188, 11:312, 13:344
- Book 18 — 5:112, 6:148, 7:247, 8:291, 8:294, 8:302
- Book 19 — 1:44, 1:51, 1:110, 1:133, 4:262
- Book 20 — 3:73
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 5:6
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 2:1
Pseudo Clement of Rome
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 34:3
- Ezra (Alpha) — 3:17, 3:18, 3:19
- 2 Maccabees — 3:16, 5:17
- 3 Maccabees — 4:1, 5:28, 5:39
- 4 Maccabees — 7:5
- Proverbs — 2:10
- Isaiah — 57:11, 59:15
- Jeremiah — 38:33
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 9:22
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 11 — 1:1
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 4 — 1:7
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΝΟΗΣΙΝ — understanding, a understanding, mind, a mind, thought, a thought, intention, an intention
- ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑ — mind, understanding, a mind, an understanding, thought, purpose, intention, intellect
- ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑΙ — thoughts, minds, understandings, intentions, purposes
- ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑΙΣ — thoughts, understandings, minds, intentions, purposes
- ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑΣ — (of) mind, (of) understanding, (of) thought, (of) intellect, (of) disposition, (of) purpose
- ΔΙΑΝΟΙΩΝ — (of) thoughts, (of) understandings, (of) minds, (of) intentions, (of) dispositions
- ΔΙΑΝΟΝΟΙΣ — (to) thoughts, (to) understandings, (to) minds, (to) intentions
- ΤΗΝΔΙΑΝΟΙΑΝ — the mind, the understanding, the thought, the purpose, the intention
- ΤΗΣΔΙΑΝΟΙΑΣ — of the mind, of the understanding, of the intellect, of the thought, of the intention
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