ἐπίνοια, ἐπινοίας, ἡ (ἐπινοέω to think on, devise), thought, purpose: Act_8:22. (Jer_20:10; Wis_6:17, etc.; often in Greek writings from Sophocles and Thucydides down.)

ἐπίνοια epinoia 1x thought, purpose, device, intent, Act_8:22

ἐπίνοια , -ας , ἡ ( <ἐπινοέω , to contrive), [in LXX : Jer_20:10 , Wis_6:16 ; Wis_9:14 ; Wis_14:12 ; Wis_15:4 , Sir_40:2 , 2Ma_12:45 , 4Ma_17:2 * ;] a thought, design: Act_8:22 .†

ἐπίνοια [page 242] For this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Act_8:22 ), cf. P Oxy II. 237 vii. 35 (A.D. 186) μὴ ἠκολουθηκέναι τῇ τοῦ νόμου ἀπανθρωπίᾳ ἀλλὰ τ [ῇ ] ἐπι [νοί ]ᾳ τῆς παιδός , ib. XII. 1468 .5 ( c. A.D. 258) οὐ δικαίας ἐπινοίας , OGIS 580 .7 (A.D. 367 75) ἐξ οἰκ (ε )ίων ἐπινοιῶν . For the corresponding verb, see P Tebt II. 382 .38 (B.C. 30 A.D. 1) τἄλλ᾽ ἐπινο̣[εῖ ]ν̣ [ὡς καθήκει , to manage the other formalities, as is fitting (Edd.), and from the inscrr. the important Priene 105 .18 (B.C. 9) (= Rouffiac Recherches , p. 71) εἰ μὴ παρ᾽ ἕκ [ασ ]τα [ἐ ]πινοήσαιμεν τρόπον τινὰ τῆς ἀμείψε [ως καινόν . See also P Lond V. 1674 .22 ( c. A.D. 570) καθ᾽ ἑκάστην ( sc. ὥραν ) ἐπινοούμενοι , being plotted against each hour (Ed.).

ἐπίνοια [Etym: from ἐπινοέω] ἐπίνοια, ἡ, "a thinking on or of" a thing, "a thought, notion", Thuc. "power of thought, inventiveness, invention", Ar. "a purpose, design", Eur. "after-thought, second thoughts", Soph.

ἐπίνοια, -ας, ἡ (ἐπινοέω, to contrive) [in LXX: Jer.20:10, Wis.6:16 9:14 14:12 15:4, Sir.40:2, 2Ma.12:45, 4Ma.17:2 * ;] a thought, design: Act.8:22.† (AS)