Strong's Lexicon
G3563 — νοῦς
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3563 |
|---|---|
| Word: | νοῦς |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | probably from the base of G1097 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 24 |
| Transliteration: | nous |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | nous` |
| Meaning: | 1. the intellect, i.e. the mind 2. (by implication) meaning {divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will} |
| KJV Renderings: | mind, understanding |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νως, see νοῦς.
STRONGS NT 3563: νοῦςνοῦς (contracted from νως), ὁ, genitive νως,dative νοι< (so in later Greek for the earlier forms νου, νώ, contracted from νωυ, νόω; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 453; Winers Grammar, § 8, 2 b.; (Buttmann, 12f (12))), accusative νοῦν (contracted from νῷν), the Sept. for ìÅá and ìÅáÈá (from Homer down); mind (German Sinn), i. e.
1. the mind, comprising alike the faculties of perceiving and understanding and those of feeling, judging, determining; hence, specifically,
a. the intellective faculty, the understanding: Luk 24:45 (on which see διανοίγω, 2); Php 4:7; Rev 13:18; Rev 17:9; opposed to τό πνεῦμα, the spirit intensely roused and completely absorbed with divine things, but destitute of clear ideas of them, 1 Corinthians 14:14f, 19; ἔχειν τόν νοῦν κυρίου (L text, others Χριστοῦ), to be furnished with the understanding of Christ, 1Co 2:16 b.
b. reason (German die Vernunft) in the narrower sense, as the capacity for spiritual truth, the higher powers of the soul, the faculty of perceiving dibble things, of recognizing goodness and of hating evil: Rom 1:28; Rom 7:23; Eph 4:17; 1Ti 6:5; 2Ti 3:8 (cf. Winers Grammar, 229 (215); Buttmann, § 134, 7); Tit 1:15; opposed to ἡ σάρξ, Rom 7:25; ἀνανεοῦσθαι τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ νως, to be so changed that the spirit which governs the mind is renewed, Eph 4:23; (cf. ἡ ἀνακαίνωσις τοῦ νως, Rom 12:2).
c. the power of considering and judging soberly, calmly and impartially: 2Th 2:2.
2. a particular mode of thinking and judging: Rom 14:5; 1Co 1:10; equivalent to thoughts, feelings, purposes: τοῦ κυρίου (from Isa 40:13), Rom 11:34; 1Co 2:16 a; equivalent to desires, τῆς σαρκός, Col 2:18 (cf. Meyer at the passage).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
νοῦς (mind)
Luke 24:45
- KJV: Then opened he their understanding that they might understand the scriptures
- GK: τότε διήνοιξεν αυτών τον νούν του συνιέναι τας γραφάς
Romans 1:28
- KJV: And even as they did not like to retain God in knowledge God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not convenient
- GK: και καθώς ουκ εδοκίμασαν τον θεόν έχειν εν επιγνώσει παρέδωκεν αυτούς ο θεός εις αδόκιμον νουν ποιείν τα μη καθήκοντα
Romans 7:23
- KJV: But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members
- GK: βλέπω δε έτερον νόμον εν τοις μέλεσί μου αντιστρατευόμενον τω νόμω του νοός μου και αιχμαλωτίζοντά με τω νόμω της αμαρτίας τω όντι εν τοις μέλεσί μου
Romans 7:25
- KJV: I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God but with the flesh the law of sin
- GK: ευχαριστώ τω θεώ διά Ιησού χριστού του κυρίου ημών άρα ούν αυτός εγώ τω μεν νοϊ δουλεύω νόμω θεού τη δε σαρκί νόμω αμαρτίας
Romans 11:34
- KJV: For who hath known the mind of the Lord or who hath been his counsellor
- GK: τις γαρ έγνω νουν κυρίου η τις σύμβουλος αυτού εγένετο
Romans 12:2
- KJV: And be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what that good and acceptable and perfect will of God
- GK: και μη συσχηματίζεσθε τω αιώνι τούτω αλλά μεταμορφούσθε τη ανακαινώσει του νοός υμών εις το δοκιμάζειν υμάς τι το θέλημα του θεού το αγαθόν και ευάρεστον και τέλειον
Romans 14:5
- KJV: One man esteemeth one day above another another esteemeth every day Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind
- GK: ος μεν κρίνει ημέραν παρ΄ ημέραν ος δε κρίνει πάσαν ημέραν έκαστος εν τω ιδίω νοϊ πληροφορείσθω
1 Corinthians 1:10
- KJV: Now I beseech you brethren by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that ye all speak the same thing and there be no divisions among you but ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment
- GK: παρακαλώ δε υμάς αδελφοί διά του ονόματος του κυρίου ημών Ιησού χριστού ίνα το αυτό λέγητε πάντες και μη η εν υμίν σχίσματα ήτε δε κατηρτισμένοι εν τω αυτώ νοϊ και εν τη αυτή γνώμη
1 Corinthians 2:16
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