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Strong's #5424: phren (pronounced frane)

probably from an obsolete phrao (to rein in or curb; compare 5420); 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.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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phrēn

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

2) the mind

2a) the faculty of perceiving and judging

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: probably from an obsolete phrao (to rein in or curb, compare G5420)

Citing in TDNT: 9:220, 1277




Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

1 Corinthians 14:20: "be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but"
1 Corinthians 14:20: "in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men."









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