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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ἔννοια G1771
Pronunciation énnoia
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 It intentions 1× Hebrews 4:12
resolve 1× 1 Peter 4:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Hebrews 4:12
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Hebrews 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ἔννοιαν 1x ennoian 1 Peter 4:1
ἐννοιῶν 1x ennoiōn Hebrews 4:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Peter 4:1
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 1x Hebrews 4:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Inner conviction or settled purpose that shapes moral and spiritual decision-making.
Strong's G1771
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
thought/purpose
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 4:12 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
ἐννοιῶν ennoiwn
thought, intention, purpose
Read verse 1 Peter 4:1 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἔννοιαν ennoian
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Heb 4:12 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 1 Pet 4:1 1×
Word Origins
ἔννοια is built from these roots:
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