Lexical Definition

‎νόημα‎ nóēma (no'-ay-mah) mind/thought ^G:N-N
from ‎νοιέω‎

device, mind, thought.

• a perception, i.e. purpose, or (by implication) the intellect, disposition, itself

Abbott-Smith

** νόημα, -τος, τό (νοέω), [in LXX: Si 21:11, Ba 2:8, III Mac 5:30*;]
a thought, purpose, design: II Co 2:11 10:5 11:3, Phl 4:7. Meton., of the mind, II Co 3:14 4:4.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

νόημα-ημα, ατος, τό,

Ionic dialect νῶμα [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but νόημαημα [Refs]: (νοέω):—that which is perceived, perception, thought, τῶν νέες ὠκεῖαι, ὡς εἰ πτερὸν ἠὲ νόημαημα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅμα νοήματι 'in the twinkling of an eye', [Refs 4th c.BC+] lightning survey, [νόημας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 704 (Lyric poetry). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 thought, purpose, idea, design, τοιοῦτον ἐνὶ στήθεσσι νόημαημα [νόημαημα ποίησ᾽ 14.273; νοήματα.. ἐκτελέει 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.104, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 77, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.29; σοφώτατα νοήματα [prev. author] “O.” 7.72; οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὄττι θέω· δίχα μοι τὰ ν. 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 36; ἐκτὸς τῶν ἐωθότων ν. στῆσαί τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80; τὸ μὲν ν. τῆς θεοῦ, τὸ δὲ κλέμμ᾽ ἐμόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1203, compare “Nu.” 743. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 in Philos., thought, concept, opposed to sensation, sense-presentation, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; discursive thinking, as the function of διάνοια, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 Rhet., thought as expressed in literary form, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II understanding, mind, παρέπλαγξεν δὲ νόημαημα [Refs 8th c.BC+]