- Transliteration: Dianoia

- Phonetic: dee-an'-oy-ah

- Definition:

1. the mind as a faculty of understanding, feeling, desiring

2. understanding

3. mind, i.e. spirit, way of thinking and feeling

4. thoughts, either good or bad

- Origin: from G1223" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1223 and G3563" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3563

- TDNT entry: 20:03,6

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From G1223" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1223 and G3563" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3563; deep thought properly the faculty (mind or its disposition) by implication its exercise: - imagination mind understanding.