# G1963 ἐπίνοια

ἐπίνοια (epínoia), Strong’s G1963: attention of the mind, i.e. (by implication) purpose KJV: thought. Occurs 9 times.

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*epínoia* — attention of the mind, i.e. (by implication) purpose

KJV: thought

Built from [ἐπί epí](https://besorah.bible/word/G1909) (meaning superimposition) + [νοῦς noûs](https://besorah.bible/word/G3563) (the intellect, i.e. mind)

Occurs 9 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 8:22](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/8?v=22) — Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
- [Wisdom of Solomon 6:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/6?v=16) — because she herself goes around, seeking those who are worthy of her, and in their paths she appears to them…
- [Wisdom of Solomon 9:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/9?v=14) — For the thoughts of mortals are unstable, and our plans are prone to fail.
- [Wisdom of Solomon 14:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/14?v=12) — For the devising of idols was the beginning of fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life.
- [Wisdom of Solomon 15:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/15?v=4) — For we weren’t led astray by any evil plan of men’s, nor yet by painters’ fruitless labor, a form stained with varied…
- [Sirach 40:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/40?v=2) — The expectation of things to come, and the day of death, trouble their thoughts, and cause fear in their hearts.
- [2 Maccabees 12:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/12?v=45) — But if he was looking forward to an honorable memorial of gratitude laid up for those who die in godliness, then the…
- [4 Maccabees 17:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/17?v=2) — O you mother, who together with seven children destroyed the violence of the tyrant, and rendered void his wicked…