Nous

nooce
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Nous Definition

  1. the mind, comprising alike the faculties of perceiving and understanding and those of feeling, judging, determining
    1. the intellectual faculty, the understanding
    2. reason in the narrower sense, as the capacity for spiritual truth, the higher powers of the soul, the faculty of perceiving divine things, of recognising goodness and of hating evil
    3. the power of considering and judging soberly, calmly and impartially
  2. a particular mode of thinking and judging, i.e thoughts, feelings, purposes, desires
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
nou'ß
Origin
probably from the base of (1097)
Strong's Number
3563
TDNT Entry
4:951,636

KJV Word Usage

mind
21
understanding
3
Total
24

KJV Verse Count

1
6
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Total
22
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Nous". "The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon". . .