Mind Understanding

νόος, νόου, ὁ, Attic dialect contraction νοῦς, genitive νοῦ: Refs 8th c.BC+ uses the contraction form once, in nominative, Refs 8th c.BC+: Trag. use contraction form, except in Refs 5th c.BC+: Aeolic dialect genitive νῶ Refs 7th c.BC+: irregular forms are found in “NT” and later writers, genitive νοός LXX+NT+1st c.AD+, is rare in early writers, as Refs 5th c.BC+ __1 mind, as employed in perceiving and thinking, sense, wit, οὐ λῆθε Διὸς πυκινὸν ν. Refs 8th c.BC+; νόῳ prudently, Refs 8th c.BC+; παρὲκ νόον senselessly, Refs 8th c.BC+; σὺν νόῳ wisely, Refs 5th c.BC+; ξὺν νῷ with play on ξυνῷ, Refs 5th c.BC+; νόῳ λαβεῖν τι to apprehend it, Refs 5th c.BC+; νόῳ σχεῖν, ἔχειν, recall, remember, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀγαθὸς ν., σπουδαῖος ν., Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 νοῦν ἔχειν in two senses, __2.a to have sense, be sensible, Refs 5th c.BC+; so ν. ὀλίγον κεκτημένος Refs 5th c.BC+; compare νουνεχόντως. __2.b νοῦν or τὸν ν. ἔχειν to have one's mind directed to something, ἄλλοσ᾽ ὄμμα, θητέρᾳ δὲ ν. ἔχειν Refs 7th c.BC+; ποῦ τὸν ν. ἔχει; Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸν ν. ἔχειν πρός τινα or τι (like προσέχειν τὸν ν.) Refs 5th c.BC+ to occur to one, Refs 1st c.BC+ __3 mind, more widely, as employed in feeling, deciding, etc., heart, χαῖρε νόῳ Refs 8th c.BC+; ν. ἔμπεδος, ἀκήλητος, ἀπηνής,Refs 8th c.BC+; ν. εὐμενής, ἄγναμπτος, etc., Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐκ παντὸς νόου with all his heart and soul, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῷ νῷ.. κἀπὸ τῆς γλώσσης in heart as well as tongue, Refs 5th c.BC+ according to one's mind, Refs 5th c.BC+ __4 mind, resolve, purpose, ἀγαθῷ νόῳ, i.e. kindly, Refs 5th c.BC+; τί σοι ἐν νόῳ ἐστὶ ποιέει; what do you intend to do? Refs; ἡμῖν ἐν ν. ἐγένετο εἰπεῖν Refs; ἐν ν. ἔχειν with future infinitive, to intend.., Refs: with present infinitive,Refs 5th c.BC+; ποιέειν τι ἐπὶ νόον τινί to put into his mind to do.., Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ νόον τρέπειν τινί.. Refs __5 reason, intellect, νόου φρενί Refs 6th c.BC+; opposed to δόξα, Refs 5th c.BC+ __5.b “Mind” as the active principle of the Universe, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II act of mind, thought, ἡμῖν δ᾽ οὔ τις τοῦδε νόος καὶ μῆτις ἀμείνων Refs 8th c.BC+ __II.2 purpose, design, νόον τελεῖν τινι Refs 8th c.BC+ __III sense, meaning of a word, etc., οὗτος ὁ νόος τοῦ ῥήματος Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ νόος τῆς θυσίης conjecture for νόμος in Refs 5th c.BC+; meaning of a work of art, Refs 1st c.AD+; πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν νοῦν to the same effect, Refs 1st c.BC+; πρὸς νοῦν οὐδὲν λέγοντες to the point, Refs 1st c.BC+senseless, Refs __IV Refs 4th c.BC+

שֵׂ֫כֶל, שֶׂ֫כֶל n.m. prudence, insight;—שֵׂ֫׳ abs. ψ 111:10 +, cstr. Pr 19:11 +; שֶׂ׳ abs. 1 S 25:3 +; שָׂ֑כֶל Jb 17:4; sf. שִׂכְלוֹ Pr 12:8; Dn 8:25;— 1. prudence, good sense: טוֹבַת שׂ׳ woman of good sense 1 S 25:3. 2. insight, understanding: ‖ בִינָה 1 Ch 22:12; 2 Ch 2:11, cf. Jb 17:4; שׂ׳ טוֹב Pr 3:4; 13:15 ψ 111:10; 2 Ch 30:22; אִישׁ שׂ׳ Ezr 8:18; יוֹעֵץ בְּשׂ׳ 1 Ch 26:14; מְקוֹר חַיִּים שׂ׳ בְּעָלָיו Pr 16:22; restrains from anger 19:11, wins praise 12:8, fool despises שׂ׳ מִלִּים 23:9; שׂוֹם שׂ׳ Ne 8:8 (‖ הֵבִין) set forth (the) understanding (i.e. the meaning). 3. bad sense, cunning, craft, Dn 8:25.

διάνοιᾰ, ἡ, Aeolic dialect διανοιΐα Refs 7th c.BC+, poetry also διανοίᾱ accusative to Refs:— thought, i.e. intention, purpose, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῇ διανοίᾳ in the spirit of his action, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δ. with all one's heart, NT+2nd c.AD+ __2 thought, notion, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II process of thinking, thought, ὁ ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς αὑτὴν διάλογος.. ἐπωνομάσθη δ. Refs 5th c.BC+; especially discursive thought, opposed to νόησις, Refs 5th c.AD+ __III thinking faculty, intelligence, understanding, ὡς μεταξύ τι δόξης τε καὶ νοῦ τὴν δ. οὖσαν Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to σῶμα, LXX+4th c.BC+ __IV thought expressed, meaning of a word or passage, Refs 5th c.BC+; so δ., opposed to ῥητόν, spirit, opposed to letter, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __V intellectual capacity revealed in speech or action by the characters in drama, Refs 4th c.BC+

† מַדָּע n.m. 2 Ch 1:12 knowledge, thought (late); מַדָּע 2 Ch 1:10 + 4 times; מַדָּֽעֲךָ Ec 10:20;— 1. knowledge (‖ חָכְמָה) of Solomon, 2 Ch 1:10, 11, 12 Dn 1:4 (‖ חָכְמָה and דַּעַת), v 7 (‖ הַשְׂכֵּל). 2. place of knowledge, mind, (in our idiom also) thought Ec 10:20.

φρήν, ἡ, genitive φρενός, plural φρένες, genitive φρενῶν, dative φρεσί: older dative plural φρασί (ν) Refs 6th c.BC+: __I midriff, κραδία φρένα λακτίζει Refs 4th c.BC+; elsewhere always in plural, ἔνθα φρένες ἔρχαται ἀμφ᾽ ἁδινὸν κῆρ Refs 8th c.BC+; τὰς φρένας διάφραγμα εἰς τὸ μέσον αὐτῶν (i.e. τοῦ θώρακος καὶ τοῦ κύτους) τιθέντες Refs 8th c.BC+ __I.2 heart, as seat of the passions, e.g. of fear, τρομέοντο δέ οἱ φρένες ἐντός Refs 8th c.BC+; of joy and grief, φρένα τέρπεσθαι φόρμιγγι Refs; of anger, Refs 8th c.BC+; of courage, ἕνα φρεσὶ θυμὸν ἔχοντες Refs 8th c.BC+, etc.; of bodily appetites, such as hunger, etc., Refs: the shades of the dead are without it, ψυχὴ καὶ εἴδωλον, ἀτὰρ φρένες οὐκ ἔνι πάμπαν Refs (except the shade of Teiresias, Refs 8th c.BC+: so generally in Poets, φρενὸς ἔνδοθεν ἄλγεα κεῖται Refs 6th c.BC+; ἐκ φρενός from one's very heart, ὁ ἐκ φρενὸς λόγος a sincere speech, Refs; οὐκ ἀπ᾽ ἄκρας φρενός not superficially and carelessly, Refs; φῦσαι φρένας to produce a haughty spirit, Refs 5th c.BC+ __I.3 mind, as seat of the mental faculties, perception, thought, ἔγνω ᾗσιν ἐνὶ φ. Refs 8th c.BC+; μετὰ φρεσὶ μερμηρίξαι, βάλλεσθαι, Refs 8th c.BC+; τῷ γὰρ ἐπὶ φρεσί θῆκε put in his mind, suggested it,Refs; ἐπιγνάμπτει φρένας (variant for{νόον}) ἐσθλῶν Refs; ἀνὴρ φρένας ἀφνειός rich (only) in his imagination, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὀρθᾷ, ἐλευθέρᾳ φρενί, Refs 8th c.BC+: plural, wits, Κύκλωπα περὶ φρένας ἤλυθε οἶνος Refs 8th c.BC+: of losing one's wits, φρενῶν ἀφεστάναι, ἐκστῆναι, μεθεστάναι, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔξεδροι, παράκοποι, Refs 5th c.BC+; of persons in their senses, ἐπήβολος φρενῶν Refs 5th c.BC+ (so in later Prose, οἱ φρένας ἔχοντες Refs 5th c.BC+; φρένες, opposed to σῶμα, Refs 5th c.BC+; attributed to animals, μετὰ φρεσὶ γίγνεται ἀλκή Refs 8th c.BC+—The word is not common in early Prose, τίς αὐτῶν νόος ἢ φρή; Refs 1st c.AD+; συμφορὰ τῶν φ., i.e. madness, Refs 5th c.BC+ __I.4 will, purpose, οὔ τι Διὸς βέομαι φρεσίν Refs 8th c.BC+.—In usage there is little or no distinction observable between singular and plural, but the singular is not found in Prose (except Refs 5th c.BC+