Nous

nooce
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Nous Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 24
  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
nouß
Origin
probably from the base of (1097)
Strong's Number
3563
TDNT Entry
4:951,636

NAS Word Usage

composure
1
comprehension
1
mind
20
minds
1
understanding
1
Total
24

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 NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.