phroneō · think, set one's mind

What it means

phroneō (φρονέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “think, set one's mind”.

Think, have in mind, set one's interest on something.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To have a certain outlook.
2. To fix one's attention on something.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• think ×14
• thinking ×5
• Be of the same mind ×2
• I thought ×1
• observes it ×1
• one who observes ×1
• set their minds on ×1
• set your mind on ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Acts×1
• Romans×9
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×1
• Philippians×10
• Colossians×1

• Matthew 16:23

  But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not thinking the things of God but the things of men.”

• Mark 8:33

  But he, turning around and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter and says, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not thinking the things of God but the things of men.”

• Acts 28:22

  But we think it right to hear from you what you think; for concerning this party it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”

• Romans 8:5

  For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

• Romans 11:20

  True. Because of unbelief they were broken off, but you stand by faith. Do not think lofty things, but fear;

• Romans 12:3

  For by the grace given to me I say to everyone who is among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think so as to think soberly, as God has assigned to each a measure of faith.

• Romans 12:16

  Be of the same mind toward one another; do not set your mind on lofty things, but let yourselves be carried along by what is humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

• Romans 14:6

  The one who observes the day observes it to the Lord; and the one who eats eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and the one who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God.

• Romans 15:5

  And may the God of perseverance and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind among one another according to the Messiah Jesus,

• 1 Corinthians 13:11

  When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I did away with the things of the child.

• 2 Corinthians 13:11

  Finally, brothers, rejoice, be restored, be comforted, think the same thing, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

• Galatians 5:10

  I am confident about you in the Lord that you will think nothing else; but the one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

• Philippians 1:7

  Just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, all of you being sharers with me in grace, both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the good news.

• Philippians 2:2

  complete my joy so that you think the same thing, having the same love, united in soul, thinking the one thing.

• Philippians 2:5

  Think this way among yourselves, which was also in the Messiah Jesus,

• Philippians 3:15

  So as many as are mature, let us think this way; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.

• Philippians 3:19

  whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

• Philippians 4:2

  I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to think the same thing in the Lord.

• Philippians 4:10

  I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that now at last you have revived your thinking about me, about which you were also thinking, but you lacked opportunity.

• Colossians 3:2

  Think about the things above, not the things on the earth.

And 6 more times.