Words translated "mind" in the RSV New Testament
Reference: Eerdmans Analytical Concordance, and BAG (NT Greek Lexicon) for definitions.
gnoma -
1. Purpose, intention, mind. 2. Opinion, judgement. 3. Previous knowledge, consent. 4. Decision, declaration.
1 Cor. 1.10 ... but you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgement.
Rev. 17.13 (the ten kings) These have one purpose and they give their power and authority to the beast.
Rev. 17.17 For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be fulfilled.
dianoia -
1. Understanding, intelligence, mind. 2. As a kind of thinking, disposition, thought. 3. Purpose, plan. 4. In an unfavorable sense, imagination, conceit.
Eph. 2.3: Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature, children of wrath.
Col. 1.21 And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet he has now reconciled you ...
Hebrews 8.10 And this is the convant that I will make with the house of Isreal after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and I will write them upon their hearts (kardias), and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Hebrews 10.16 Same as 8.10
1 Pet. 1.13 Therefore, gird your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, (gird up the loins of your mind, be sober), fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
2 Pet. 3.1 This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the words spoken beforehand ..
kardia -
1. Heart, all inclusive, of faculty of thought, of the will and its decisions, of moral decisions, the moral life, of the emotions, wishes, desires, also of love, of disposition, the human heart as a dwelling place of heavenly powers and beings. 2. Figuratively, heart in the sense interior, center ...
Lk. 21.14 So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;
Rom. 1.21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give thanks; but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
2 Cor. 1.15 For to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;
2 Cor. 9.7 Let each one do as he has purposed in his heart; not gridgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
vephros - kidneys, figuratively of the inner life, mind.
Rev. 2.23 And I will kill her children with pestilence; and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
noama - 1. Thought, mind. 2. Purpose, in a bad sense, design, plot.
2 Cor. 3.14 ..(Moses used to put a veil over his face) that the sons of Israel might not look intently at the end of what was fading away. But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifeted, because it is removed in Christ.
2 Cor. 4.4 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are pserishing, in whose case the god of this world has blinded thee minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (blinded the thoughts ... so that the enlightenment ... should not shine forth)
Phil. 4.7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (or thoughts)
pneuma -
2 Cor. 2.13 I had no rest for my spirit, not finding Titus ny brother; but tking my leave of them, I went on to Macedonia.
2 Cor. 7.13 ... we rejoiced even much more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
phroneo - Think, set one's mind on. (verb)
Phil 2.2 ..make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
Phil. 2.5 Have this attitude (think ye this among yourselves) in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus.
phronama - Way of thinking, mind, aim, aspiration, striving.
Romans 8.5-7 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds (phroneo - think, concentrate on, be devoted to) on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so; and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8.27 ..and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
psuka - (life, soul, self)
Acts 14.2 But the Jews who disbelieved stirred up the minds of the Gentiles, and embittered them against the brethren.
Acts 15.24 ... some ... have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls ...
Phil. 1.27 ... so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; ...
nous -
In the NT only in Pauline lit. except for Lk 24.45, Rev. 13.18 and 17.9. Denotes the faculty of physical and intellectual perception, then also the power to arrive at moral judgements.
1. The understanding, the mind, as the faculty of thinking. 2. The mind, intellect as the side of life contrasted with physical existence, the higher, mental part of the natuyral man which initiates his thoughts and plans. 3. Mind, attitude, way of thinking as the sum total of the whole mental and moral state of being. 4. Also the result of thinking, mind, thought, opinion, decree.
Luke 24.46 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, ...
Rom. 1.28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, ...
Rom. 7.23, 25 ... but I see a different law in the memnbers of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. ... Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.
Rom. 11.34 For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor?
Rom. 12.2 And do not be comformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 14.5 One man regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Let each man be fully convinced in his own mind.
1 Cor. 1.10 Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree, and there be no divisions among you, but you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgement. (gnoma)
1 Cor 2.16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Cor. 14.14, 15, 19 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. What is the outcome then? I shall pray with the spirit and I shall pray with the mind also; I shall sing with the spirit and I shall sing with the mind also. ....
... however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind, that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tounge.
Eph. 4.17-24 This I say therefore, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being dardened in their understanding (dianoia), excluded from the life of god, because of the ignorance (agnoian) that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart (kardias); and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. But you did not learn (emathete) Christ in this way, if indeed hou have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that in
reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deciet, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
Col. 2.18 Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to (Christ) the head...
2 Thes. 2.2 ...that you not be shaken from your composure (from your mind) or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, ...
1 Tim. 6.5 (3-5) If anyone advocates a different doctrine, and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.
2 Tim. 3.8 And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected as regards the faith.
Titus 1.15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
Rev. 13.18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding (nous) calculate the number of the beast...
Rev. 17.9 Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits ...
Reference: Eerdmans Analytical Concordance, and BAG (NT Greek Lexicon) for definitions.
gnoma -
1. Purpose, intention, mind. 2. Opinion, judgement. 3. Previous knowledge, consent. 4. Decision, declaration.
1 Cor. 1.10 ... but you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgement.
Rev. 17.13 (the ten kings) These have one purpose and they give their power and authority to the beast.
Rev. 17.17 For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be fulfilled.
dianoia -
1. Understanding, intelligence, mind. 2. As a kind of thinking, disposition, thought. 3. Purpose, plan. 4. In an unfavorable sense, imagination, conceit.
Eph. 2.3: Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature, children of wrath.
Col. 1.21 And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet he has now reconciled you ...
Hebrews 8.10 And this is the convant that I will make with the house of Isreal after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and I will write them upon their hearts (kardias), and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Hebrews 10.16 Same as 8.10
1 Pet. 1.13 Therefore, gird your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, (gird up the loins of your mind, be sober), fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
2 Pet. 3.1 This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the words spoken beforehand ..
kardia -
1. Heart, all inclusive, of faculty of thought, of the will and its decisions, of moral decisions, the moral life, of the emotions, wishes, desires, also of love, of disposition, the human heart as a dwelling place of heavenly powers and beings. 2. Figuratively, heart in the sense interior, center ...
Lk. 21.14 So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;
Rom. 1.21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give thanks; but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
2 Cor. 1.15 For to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;
2 Cor. 9.7 Let each one do as he has purposed in his heart; not gridgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
vephros - kidneys, figuratively of the inner life, mind.
Rev. 2.23 And I will kill her children with pestilence; and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
noama - 1. Thought, mind. 2. Purpose, in a bad sense, design, plot.
2 Cor. 3.14 ..(Moses used to put a veil over his face) that the sons of Israel might not look intently at the end of what was fading away. But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifeted, because it is removed in Christ.
2 Cor. 4.4 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are pserishing, in whose case the god of this world has blinded thee minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (blinded the thoughts ... so that the enlightenment ... should not shine forth)
Phil. 4.7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (or thoughts)
pneuma -
2 Cor. 2.13 I had no rest for my spirit, not finding Titus ny brother; but tking my leave of them, I went on to Macedonia.
2 Cor. 7.13 ... we rejoiced even much more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
phroneo - Think, set one's mind on. (verb)
Phil 2.2 ..make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
Phil. 2.5 Have this attitude (think ye this among yourselves) in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus.
phronama - Way of thinking, mind, aim, aspiration, striving.
Romans 8.5-7 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds (phroneo - think, concentrate on, be devoted to) on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so; and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8.27 ..and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
psuka - (life, soul, self)
Acts 14.2 But the Jews who disbelieved stirred up the minds of the Gentiles, and embittered them against the brethren.
Acts 15.24 ... some ... have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls ...
Phil. 1.27 ... so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; ...
nous -
In the NT only in Pauline lit. except for Lk 24.45, Rev. 13.18 and 17.9. Denotes the faculty of physical and intellectual perception, then also the power to arrive at moral judgements.
1. The understanding, the mind, as the faculty of thinking. 2. The mind, intellect as the side of life contrasted with physical existence, the higher, mental part of the natuyral man which initiates his thoughts and plans. 3. Mind, attitude, way of thinking as the sum total of the whole mental and moral state of being. 4. Also the result of thinking, mind, thought, opinion, decree.
Luke 24.46 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, ...
Rom. 1.28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, ...
Rom. 7.23, 25 ... but I see a different law in the memnbers of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. ... Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.
Rom. 11.34 For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor?
Rom. 12.2 And do not be comformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 14.5 One man regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Let each man be fully convinced in his own mind.
1 Cor. 1.10 Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree, and there be no divisions among you, but you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgement. (gnoma)
1 Cor 2.16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Cor. 14.14, 15, 19 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. What is the outcome then? I shall pray with the spirit and I shall pray with the mind also; I shall sing with the spirit and I shall sing with the mind also. ....
... however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind, that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tounge.
Eph. 4.17-24 This I say therefore, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being dardened in their understanding (dianoia), excluded from the life of god, because of the ignorance (agnoian) that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart (kardias); and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. But you did not learn (emathete) Christ in this way, if indeed hou have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that in
reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deciet, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
Col. 2.18 Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to (Christ) the head...
2 Thes. 2.2 ...that you not be shaken from your composure (from your mind) or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, ...
1 Tim. 6.5 (3-5) If anyone advocates a different doctrine, and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.
2 Tim. 3.8 And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected as regards the faith.
Titus 1.15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
Rev. 13.18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding (nous) calculate the number of the beast...
Rev. 17.9 Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits ...