Quick Definition
ἐπίνοια, ας, ἡ n.f. thought, purpose
Strong's Definition
attention of the mind, i.e. (by implication) purpose
Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G3563 (νοῦς);
KJV Usage: thought
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | νοέω
30.66 · Think · To Intend, To Purpose, To Plan
intention, purpose that which is intended or purposed as the result of thinking
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπίνοια, -as, 7), (ἐπινοέω to think on, devise), thought, purpose: Acts viii. 22. (Jer. xx. 10; Sap. vi. 17, ete.; often in Grk. writ. fr. Soph. and Thue. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπίνοια epinoia 1x
thought, purpose, device, intent, Acts 8:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπίνοια, -ας, ἡ
(< ἐπινοέω, to contrive) [in LXX: Je 20:10, Wi 6:16 9:14 14:12 15:4, Si 40:2, II Mac 12:45, IV Mac 17:2 * ;]
a thought, design: Ac 8:22.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπίνοια. For this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Ac 832), cf. P Oxy II. 237 vi 35 (A.D. 186) μὴ ἠκολουθηκέναι τῇ TOD νόμου ἀπανθρωπίᾳ ἀλλὰ τῇ] ἐπι[νοί]ᾳ τῆς παιδός, 72). XII. 1468° (c. Α.}. 258) οὐ δικαίας ἐπινοίας, OG/S 5807 (A.D. 367-75) ἐξ οἰκ(ε)ίων ἐπιFor the corresponding verb, see P Tebt II. 38278 (B.C. 30—A.D. 1) τἄλλ᾽ ἐπινο[εῖ]ν [ὡς καθήκει, “to manage the other formalities, as is fitting” (Edd.), and from the | inserr. the important Pyieze 10518 (B.c. 9) (= Rouffiac Recherches, p. 71) εἰ μὴ παρ᾽ ἕκ[ασ]τα [ἐϊπινοήσαιμεν τρόπον τινὰ τῆς ἀμείψεζως καινόν. See also P Lond V. 16742? (c. A.D. 570) καθ᾽ ἑκάστην (sc. ὥραν) ἐπινοούμενοι, ‘being plotted against each hour” (Ed.). ἐπ[ἐφ-])ιορκέω. The aspirated form, banned by WH as ‘‘ Western,” and explained by Thumb (Sfzv2tus aspfer, p. 72) as due to a “contamination” of ἐφορκέω and émtopkéw, is common in papyri and inserr. in the legal formula εὐορκοῦντι μέν μοι εὖ ely, ἐφιορκοῦντι δὲ τὰ ἐναντία, ‘if my oath is kept, may it be well with me, but if false, the reverse’’: e.g. P Tebt I. 7817 (B.c. 110-8), P Oxy II. 255 (a.p. 19), 2d. 25574 (A.D. 48), OGZS 229 (iii/B.c.). See also Moulton G7. 11. § 40.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπίνοια (epinoia) — thought. ἐπίνοια, ἡ, thinking on or of a thing, thought, notion, οὐδ᾽ ἐς ἐπίνοιαν ἰέναι τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάσαις ταῖς ἐ. γίγνεσθαι περί τι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.110.10; conception, idea, ἐναργὴς τοῦ πράγματος ἐ. [Refs]; κατ᾽ ἐπίνοιαν in idea, opposed to κατὰ περίπτωσιν (which see), [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. power of thought, inventiveness, οἶνον σὺ τολμᾶς εἰς ἐ. λοιδορεῖ; [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. invention, device, conceit, ἐ. ἀστειοτάται [Refs]; θαυμαστὰς ἐξευρίσκων ἐ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
4. purpose, design, τίν᾽ ἐ. ἔσχεθε; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς ἐ.; [Refs]; κατὰ τὴν ἐκφορὰν καὶ τὴν ἐ. [Refs]., = sua sponte, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II. afterthought, second thoughts, ψεύδει γὰρ ἡ 'πίνοια τὴν γνώμην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 389.
III. intelligence, κοινὴ ἐ. [Refs]
III.2. Psychol., reflection on experience, retrospection, [Refs]