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Lexicon :: Strong's G3563 - nous

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νοῦς
Transliteration
nous (Key)
Pronunciation
nooce
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of γινώσκω (G1097)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:951,636

Strong’s Definitions

νοῦς noûs, nooce; probably from the base of G1097; the intellect, i.e. mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will); by implication, meaning:—mind, understanding. Compare G5590.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's G3563 in the following manner: mind (17x), understanding (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's G3563 in the following manner: mind (17x), understanding (7x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νοῦς noûs, nooce; probably from the base of G1097; the intellect, i.e. mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will); by implication, meaning:—mind, understanding. Compare G5590.
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

Isaiah
40:13
Luke
24:45
Romans
1:28; 7:23; 7:25; 11:34; 12:2; 14:5
1 Corinthians
1:10; 2:16; 2:16; 14:14; 14:19
Ephesians
4:17; 4:23
Philippians
4:7
Colossians
2:18
2 Thessalonians
2:2
1 Timothy
6:5
2 Timothy
3:8
Titus
1:15
Revelation
13:18; 17:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3563 matches the Greek νοῦς (nous),
which occurs 24 times in 22 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:45 - Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:28 - And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:23 - but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:25 - Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:34 - “For who has known the mind of the Lord,
or who has been his counselor?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:2 - Do not be conformed to this world,[fn] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:5 - One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:10 - I appeal to you, brothers,[fn] by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:16 - “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:14 - For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:15 - What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:19 - Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:17 - Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:23 - and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:7 - And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:18 - Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions,[fn] puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:2 - not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:5 - and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:8 - Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:15 - To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:18 - This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:9 - This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated;
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