Greek noun (feminine) · G5424
φρήν
phrenfrane
in physical sense, the parts about the heart, midriff.; heart, mind, thought
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phrḗn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5424is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5424
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)
The King James renders it: understanding.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
phren is rendered "in physical sense, the parts about the heart, midriff.; heart, mind, thought". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "in physical sense, the parts about the heart, midriff.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
1 Corinthians 14:20φρεσίν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's two uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: in physical sense, the parts about the heart, midriff., and heart, mind, thought.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| in physical sense, the parts about the heart, midriff. | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants… |
| heart, mind, thoughtpl., 1Co.14:20 (see Edwards, Eng.-Gr. Lex., App., 1).† (AS) | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- φρεσίν1
- φρεσὶν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural2N-DPF
1 Corinthians
two uses
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
- φρεσίνphresinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: minds
- φρεσὶνphresinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: thinking
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.