Greek noun (masculine) · G3563
νοῦς
nousnooce
prop., of the ruling faculty, mind, understanding, reason (see Lft.; By meton., of an act of mind
24 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: noûs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3563is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3563
the intellect, i.e. mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will); by implication, meaning
The King James renders it: mind, understanding.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nous is rendered "prop., of the ruling faculty, mind, understanding, reason (see Lft.; By meton., of an act of mind". It stands 24 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.
- Seven of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "prop., of the ruling faculty, mind, understanding, reason (see Lft.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 24:45Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
Luke 24:45νοῦν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's twenty-four uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: prop., of the ruling faculty, mind, understanding, reason (see Lft., and By meton., of an act of mind.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| prop., of the ruling faculty, mind, understanding, reason (see Lft. | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 24:45Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. |
| By meton., of an act of minda mind, thought, purpose | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereRomans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?” |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- νοῦν9
- νοὸς5
- νοΐ3
- νοῒ3
- νοῦς3
- νοός1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular9N-ASM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular6N-DSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular6N-GSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3N-NSM
Luke
one use
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
- νοῦνnounnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: mind
Romans
six uses
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- νοῦνnounnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: mind
But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
- νοόςnoosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: mind
Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
- νοῒnoinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: mind
“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
- νοῦνnounnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: mind
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- νοὸςnoosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: mind
One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
- νοῒnoinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: mind
1 Corinthians
seven uses
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
- νοῒnoinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: mind
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
- νοῦνnounnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: mind
- νοῦνnounnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: mind
For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
- νοῦςnousnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: the mind
What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.
- νοΐnoinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: mind
- νοΐnoinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: mind
But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
- νοΐnoinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: with mind
Ephesians
two uses
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
- νοὸςnoosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: mind
to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
- νοὸςnoosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: mind
Philippians
one use
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- νοῦνnounnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: understanding
Colossians
one use
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.
- νοὸςnoosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: mind
2 Thessalonians
one use
not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.
- νοὸςnoosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: mind
1 Timothy
one use
and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
- νοῦνnounnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: in mind
2 Timothy
one use
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
- νοῦνnounnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: in mind
Titus
one use
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
- νοῦςnousnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: mind
Revelation
two uses
Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.
- νοῦνnounnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: understanding
This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
- νοῦςnousnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: mind
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.