What does ἐνθύμησις (enthýmēsis) mean in the Bible?
ἐνθύμησις (enthýmēsis): Thoughts and feelings arising from the heart's inclinations, not merely rational deliberation
Greek · G1761
ἐνθύμησις
Deliberation
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ἐνθύμησιςG1761
Pronunciationenthýmēsis
What does ἐνθύμησις (enthýmēsis) mean in the Bible?
ἐνθύμησις (enthýmēsis): Thoughts and feelings arising from the heart's inclinations, not merely rational deliberation
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1761?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] thoughts (1), imagination (1), thoughts (1), were thinking (1).
Where does ἐνθύμησις (enthýmēsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 9:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), Acts (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It[the] thoughts1×Hebrews 4:12
imagination1×Acts 17:29
thoughts1×Matthew 12:25
were thinking1×Matthew 9:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 9:4
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Matthew2Acts1Hebrews1
Source forms
ἐνθυμήσεις2xenthymēseisMatthew 9:4, Matthew 12:25
ἐνθυμήσεων1xenthymēseōnHebrews 4:12
ἐνθυμήσεως1xenthymēseōsActs 17:29
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural2xMatthew 9:4, Matthew 12:25
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural1xHebrews 4:12
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xActs 17:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Thoughts and feelings arising from the heart's inclinations, not merely rational deliberation
Strong'sG1761
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
deliberation
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Thoughts and feelings arising from the heart's inclinations, not merely rational deliberation
(ἐνθυμέομαι), [in Sm.: Job.21:27, Eze.11:21 * ;] consideration, pondering (EV, device): Act.17:29; pl., thoughts, feelings: Mat.9:4 12:25, Heb.4:12.
Synonymsἔννοια, the action of the reason; while ἐνθ. is rather that of the affections (cf. Westc., Heb., l.with)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 9:4Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ἐνθυμήσειςenqumhseiv
inward thought, reflection, thoughts
Read verseMatthew 12:25Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ἐνθυμήσειςenqumhseiv
inward thought, reflection, thoughts
Read verseActs 17:29Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐνθυμήσεωςenqumhsewv
inward thought, reflection, thoughts
Read verseHebrews 4:12Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
ἐνθυμήσεωνenqumhsewn
inward thought, reflection, thoughts
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineActs 17:291×
Genitive · Plural · FeminineHeb 4:121×
Accusative · Plural · FeminineMatt 9:4 · Matt 12:252×
Word Origins
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