What does εἰλικρινής · διάνοια mean in the Bible?
εἰλικρινής · διάνοια is a Greek phrase meaning "sincere mind, pure understanding".
Greek · G1506, G1271
Eilikrinē dianoian
Pure · mind
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εἰλικρινής G1506 pure
Pronunciation eilikrinḗs
Pure without mixture or adulteration; unmixed integrity applied to moral and intellectual character.
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διάνοια G1271 mind
Pronunciation diánoia
Understanding as the seat of intention and purpose, distinct from mere intellect or emotion.
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What does eilikrinē dianoian (eilikrinēs / dianoia) mean in the Bible?
εἰλικρινής · διάνοια is a Greek phrase meaning "sincere mind, pure understanding".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1506, G1271?
G1506, G1271 is connected to 2 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. sincere mind, pure understanding
Source Gloss
sincere mind, pure understanding
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Phil 1:10 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 2 Pet 3:1 1×
Word Origins
eilikrinē dianoian is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain