ἘΠΙΝΟΙΑ, ἐπινοια
EPINOIA, epinoia
Sounds Like: eh-pee-NOY-ah
Translations: thought, a thought, device, a device, purpose, a purpose, invention, an invention, idea, an idea, design, a design
From the root: ΕΠΙΝΟΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a feminine noun meaning a thought, idea, purpose, or device. It is often used to refer to a mental conception, a plan, or an invention. It can describe both good and bad intentions or schemes.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1963 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 2:61
- Book 2 — 9:208
- Book 6 — 5:69
- Book 8 — 7:187, 11:280
- Book 10 — 4:51
- Book 11 — 7:301
- Book 16 — 11:363
Josephus' The Jewish War
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 5:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 8:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΝΟΙΑ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΝΟΙΑΙΣ — schemes, plans, devices, designs, inventions, thoughts
- ἘΠΙΝΟΙΑΝ — thought, a thought, purpose, a purpose, device, a device, design, a design, invention, an invention, plan, a plan
- ἘΠΙΝΟΙΑΣ — of a device, of an invention, of a thought, of a design, of a purpose, of a plan
- ΕΠΙΝΟΙΑ — thought, a thought, purpose, a purpose, device, a device, invention, an invention, design, a design, intent, an intent, plan, a plan
- ΕΠΙΝΟΙΑΙ — thoughts, devices, schemes, intentions, designs, plans
- ΕΠΙΝΟΙΑΝ — a thought, a purpose, a device, a plan, a design, an invention
- ΕΠΙΝΟΙΑΣ — (of) thought, (of) purpose, (of) device, (of) invention, (of) design, (of) conception
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