Noûs — G3563

G3563 · Greek — νοῦς

Pronunciation: nooce

Definition

masculine noun

the intellect, i.e. mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will); by implication, meaning

  1. the mind, comprising alike the faculties of perceiving and understanding and those of feeling, judging, determining
    1. the intellective faculty, the understanding
    2. reason (German die Vernunft) in the narrower sense, as the capacity for spiritual truth, the higher powers of the soul, the faculty of perceiving dibble things, of recognizing goodness and of hating evil
    3. the power of considering and judging soberly, calmly and impartially
  2. a particular mode of thinking and judging

Usually translated as

mind, understanding

Origin

probably from the base of G1097

Occurrences

Noûs occurs 24 times in 22 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1), Romans (6), 1 Corinthians (5), Ephesians (2), Philippians (1), Colossians (1), 2 Thessalonians (1), 1 Timothy (1), 2 Timothy (1), Titus (1), Revelation (2)

Strong's Lexicon — N