- Original: διάνοια - 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 and G3563 - TDNT entry: 20:03,6 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G1223 and G3563 ; deep thought properly the faculty (mind or its disposition) by implication its exercise: - imagination mind understanding. Total KJV Occurrences: 11 • imagination, 1 Luke 1:51 • mind, 5 Luke 10:27; Eph 2:3; Colossians 1:21; Hebrews 8:10; 1 Peter 1:13 • minds, 2 Hebrews 10:16; 2 Peter 3:1 • understanding, 3 Eph 1:18; Eph 4:18; 1 John 5:20