Strong's G5424 · Greek

φρήν

phren · 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)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

φρήν (G5424)

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

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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