What does ἔννοια (énnoia) mean in the Bible?
ἔννοια (énnoia): Inner conviction or settled purpose that shapes moral and spiritual decision-making.
Greek · G1771
ἔννοια
Thought/purpose
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ἔννοιαG1771
Pronunciationénnoia
What does ἔννοια (énnoia) mean in the Bible?
ἔννοια (énnoia): Inner conviction or settled purpose that shapes moral and spiritual decision-making.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1771?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include intentions (1), resolve (1).
Where does ἔννοια (énnoia) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 4:12. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (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 Itintentions1×Hebrews 4:12
resolve1×1 Peter 4:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowHebrews 4:12
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Hebrews11 Peter1
Source forms
ἔννοιαν1xennoian1 Peter 4:1
ἐννοιῶν1xennoiōnHebrews 4:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1x1 Peter 4:1
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural1xHebrews 4:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Inner conviction or settled purpose that shapes moral and spiritual decision-making.
Strong'sG1771
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
thought/purpose
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Inner conviction or settled purpose that shapes moral and spiritual decision-making.
(νοῦς), [in LXX: Pro.1:4 2:11 3:21 4:1 5:2 8:12 16:22 18:15 19:7 23:4, 19 24:7 (מְזִמָּה, etc.), Wis.2:14, Da TH Sus 1:28* ;]
1thinking, consideration.
Synonymsἐνθῦμησις, which see (Cremer, 439)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 4:12Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
ἐννοιῶνennoiwn
thought, intention, purpose
Read verse1 Peter 4:1Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἔννοιανennoian
thought, intention, purpose
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 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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · FeminineHeb 4:121×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine1 Pet 4:11×
Word Origins
ἔννοια is built from these roots: