STRONGS G3563:
νοῦς (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
לֵב and
לֵבָב (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:
Luke 24:45 (on which see
διανοίγω, 2);
Philippians 4:7;
Revelation 13:18;
Revelation 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,
1 Corinthians 2:16b.
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 divine things, of recognizing goodness and of hating evil:
Romans 1:28;
Romans 7:23;
Ephesians 4:17;
1 Timothy 6:5;
2 Timothy 3:8 (cf.
Winers Grammar, 229 (215);
Buttmann, § 134, 7);
Titus 1:15; opposed to
ἡ σάρξ,
Romans 7:25;
ἀνανεοῦσθαι τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ νως, to be so changed that the spirit which governs the mind is renewed,
Ephesians 4:23; (cf.
ἡ ἀνακαίνωσις τοῦ νως,
Romans 12:2).
c. the power of considering and judging soberly, calmly and impartially:
2 Thessalonians 2:2.
2. a particular mode of thinking and judging:
Romans 14:5;
1 Corinthians 1:10; equivalent to
thoughts, feelings, purposes:
τοῦ κυρίου (from
Isaiah 40:13),
Romans 11:34;
1 Corinthians 2:16a; equivalent to
desires, τῆς σαρκός,
Colossians 2:18 (cf. Meyer at the passage).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Isaiah
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40:13
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Luke
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24:45
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Romans
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1:28; 7:23; 7:25; 11:34; 12:2; 14:5
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1 Corinthians
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1:10; 2:16; 2:16; 14:14; 14:19
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Ephesians
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4:17; 4:23
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Philippians
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4:7
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Colossians
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2:18
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2 Thessalonians
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2:2
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1 Timothy
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6:5
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2 Timothy
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3:8
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Titus
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1:15
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Revelation
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13:18; 17:9