reflection
Enthumesis refers to inward thoughts or reflections, including thoughts known in the heart and examined by God's word.
The occurrences chiefly concern inward thoughts as known in people’s hearts or discerned by God’s word; they also include human imagination in forming an image and reflections associated with the heart.
Senses in use
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Inward thoughts of the heart · dominant
In Matthew 12:25 and Matthew 9:4, the accusative plural form occurs where Jesus knows what is within his hearers; in Matthew 9:4 the APB renders the question, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?" Hebrews 4:12 uses the genitive plural in the clause describing the word of God as "discerning of the reflections and thoughts of the heart."
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Human imagination in image-making · rare
In Acts 17:29, the genitive singular form occurs in the description of an image "formed by the art and imagination of man," within the argument that the divine being should not be thought like gold, silver, or stone.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "imagination" in Acts 17:29, "reflections" in Hebrews 4:12, and language of "thoughts" or thinking in Matthew 12:25 and Matthew 9:4. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.