"a cogitation, an inward reasoning" (generally, evil surmising or supposition), is formed from en, "in," and thumos, "strong feeling, passion" (cp. thumoo, in the Middle Voice, "to be wroth, furious"); Eng., "fume" is akin; the root, thu--, signifies "to rush, rage." The word is translated "device" in Act 17:29, of man's production of images; elsewhere, "thoughts," Mat 9:4, Mat 12:25, Heb 4:12, where the accompanying word ennoia denotes inward intentions, See THOUGHT.
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denotes "thought, that which is thought out" (cp. noeo, "to understand"); hence, "a purpose, device;" translated "devices" in 2Co 2:11; "minds" in 2Co 3:14, 2Co 4:4, 2Co 11:3; in 2Co 10:5, "thought;" in Phi 4:7, AV, "minds," RV, "thoughts" See MIND, THOUGHT.
