thinking

Greek Noun Female

φρήν genitive, φρενός, ἡ, [in LXX most frequently in Pr (Pro.6:32, al.) and chiefly for לֵב; also 3Ma.4:16 3Mac 5:47;] chiefly in Hom. and Trag, but also in Plat, al, both sing. and pl; 1) in physical sense, the parts about the heart, midriff. 2) heart, mind, thought: pl, 1Co.14:20 (see Edwards, Eng.-Gr. Lex., App., 1). (AS)

thinking

Greek Noun Female

φρήν, ἡ, genitive φρενός, plural φρένες, genitive φρενῶν, dative φρεσί: older dative plural φρασί (ν) [Refs 6th c.BC+]: I) midriff, κραδία φρένα λακτίζει [Refs 4th c.BC+]; elsewhere always in plural, ἔνθα φρένες ἔρχαται ἀμφ᾽ ἁδινὸν κῆρ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰς φρένας διάφραγμα εἰς τὸ μέσον αὐτῶν (i.e. τοῦ θώρακος καὶ τοῦ κύτους) τιθέντες [Refs 8th c.BC+] I.2) heart, as seat of the passions, e.g. of fear, τρομέοντο δέ οἱ φρένες ἐντός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of joy and grief, φρένα τέρπεσθαι φόρμιγγι [Refs]; of anger, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of courage, ἕνα φρεσὶ θυμὸν ἔχοντες [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc; of bodily appetites, such as hunger, etc, [Refs]: the shades of the dead are without it, ψυχὴ καὶ εἴδωλον, ἀτὰρ φρένες οὐκ ἔνι πάμπαν [Refs] (except the shade of Teiresias, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: so generally in Poets, φρενὸς ἔνδοθεν ἄλγεα κεῖται [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐκ φρενός from one's very heart, ὁ ἐκ φρενὸς λόγος a sincere speech, [Refs]; οὐκ ἀπ᾽ ἄκρας φρενός not superficially and carelessly, [Refs]; φῦσαι φρένας to produce a haughty spirit, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.3) mind, as seat of the mental faculties, perception, thought, ἔγνω ᾗσιν ἐνὶ φ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετὰ φρεσὶ μερμηρίξαι, βάλλεσθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῷ γὰρ ἐπὶ φρεσί θῆκε put in his mind, suggested it,[Refs]; ἐπιγνάμπτει φρένας (variant for{νόον}) ἐσθλῶν [Refs]; ἀνὴρ φρένας ἀφνειός rich (only) in his imagination, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀρθᾷ, ἐλευθέρᾳ φρενί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: plural, wits, Κύκλωπα περὶ φρένας ἤλυθε οἶνος [Refs 8th c.BC+]: of losing one's wits, φρενῶν ἀφεστάναι, ἐκστῆναι, μεθεστάναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔξεδροι, παράκοποι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons in their senses, ἐπήβολος φρενῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+] (so in later Prose, οἱ φρένας ἔχοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φρένες, opposed to σῶμα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; attributed to animals, μετὰ φρεσὶ γίγνεται ἀλκή [Refs 8th c.BC+]—The word is not common in early Prose, τίς αὐτῶν νόος ἢ φρή; [Refs 1st c.AD+]; συμφορὰ τῶν φ, i.e. madness, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.4) will, purpose, οὔ τι Διὸς βέομαι φρεσίν [Refs 8th c.BC+].—In usage there is little or no distinction observable between singular and plural, but the singular is not found in Prose (except [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

the midrif (as a partition of the body), i.e. (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in the plural) the mind or cognitive faculties); understanding; probably from an obsolete (to rein in or curb; compare g5420 (φράσσω))