1. mind, thought — The faculty of thinking or the content of one's mental activity; the mind as the seat of perception and reflection. In 2 Cor 3:14 Israel's 'noemata' were hardened (minds unable to perceive the glory of the new covenant); in 2 Cor 4:4 the god of this age blinded 'ta noemata ton apiston' (the minds of unbelievers); in 2 Cor 11:3 Paul fears the Corinthians' 'noemata' (minds/thoughts) being led astray from devotion to Christ. In 2 Cor 10:5 every 'noema' (thought) is taken captive to obedience. In Phil 4:7 the peace of God guards hearts and 'noemata' (thoughts). Uniformly rendered across languages as arb 'afkar' (thoughts/ideas), deu 'Sinn' (mind/sense), fra 'pensee' (thought), heb 'machshavot' (thoughts/plans), hin 'man/vichar' (mind/thought), kor 'saenggak' (thoughts), spa 'pensamientos' (thoughts). The cognitive faculty and its individual acts form a single lexical sense. 5×
AR["أَفكارَ","أَفكارُهُمْ","أَفْكارَ","أَفْكارُكُمْ","فِكرٍ"]·ben["চিন্তা","চিন্তাসমূহ","মন","মনগুলি"]·DE["Sinn"]·EN["minds","thought","thoughts"]·FR["pensée","νοήματα"]·heb["מַחְשְׁבוֹת","מַחְשָׁבוֹת","מַחֲשָׁבָה"]·HI["मन","मनों","विचर","विचार"]·ID["pikiran"]·IT["noēmata","pensiero"]·jav["pikiran","pikiran-pikiran"]·KO["생각들을","생각들이","생각을"]·PT["entendimentos","pensamento","pensamentos"]·RU["мысли","мысль","умы"]·ES["pensamiento","pensamientos"]·SW["fikira","mawazo","wazo"]·TR["dusuncelerinizi","düşünceleriniz","düşünceyi","imansızların-","o-"]·urd["خیال-کو","خیالات","خیالوں","ذہن"]
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2. scheme, design — A cunning plan or crafty device, especially attributed to Satan; the negative purposeful-calculation aspect of mental activity. In 2 Cor 2:11 Paul urges forgiveness 'so that Satan might not outwit us, for we are not ignorant of his noemata (schemes/designs).' This sense is cross-linguistically distinct: arb 'maka'id' (tricks/plots, contrasting with 'afkar' used for neutral thoughts), eng 'schemes' (vs. 'minds/thoughts' elsewhere), hin 'yojanaen' (plans/strategies, vs. 'man' for mind), kor 'gyeryak' (stratagems, vs. 'saenggak' for thoughts). The Hebrew 'machshevot' spans both senses but the Arabic, Hindi, Korean, and English all shift to craft/scheme vocabulary, confirming a genuine polysemy between neutral cognition and malicious plotting. 1×
AR["مَكائِدَهُ"]·ben["চিন্তাসমূহ"]·DE["Sinn"]·EN["schemes"]·FR["pensée"]·heb["מַחְשְׁבוֹת"]·HI["योजनाएं"]·ID["rancangan"]·IT["pensiero"]·jav["rancangan"]·KO["계략을"]·PT["desígnios"]·RU["умыслы"]·ES["designios"]·SW["mipango"]·TR["niyetlerini-"]·urd["چالیں"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
νό-ημα, ατος, τό, Ionic dialect νῶμα Refs 5th c.BC+ (but νόημα Refs: (νοέω):—that which is perceived, perception, thought, τῶν νέες ὠκεῖαι, ὡς εἰ πτερὸν ἠὲ νόημα Refs 8th c.BC+; ἅμα νοήματι 'in the twinkling of an eye', Refs 4th c.BC+ lightning survey, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 thought, purpose, idea, design, τοιοῦτον ἐνὶ στήθεσσι νόημα Refs 8th c.BC+ __3 in Philos., thought, concept, opposed to…