- Transliteration: Phren

- Phonetic: frane

- Definition:

1. the midriff or diaphragm, the parts of the heart

2. the mind

a. the faculty of perceiving and judging

- Origin: probably from an obsolete phrao (to rein in or curb, cf G5420" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5420)

- TDNT entry: 12:40,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Probably from an obsolete φράω phraō (to rein in or curb; compare G5420" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5420); the midrif (as a partition of the body) that is (figuratively and by implication of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension [also in the plural] the mind or cognitive faculties): - understanding.