Quick Definition
νοῦς, νοός, νοΐ, νοῦν, ὁ n.m. the mind, reasoning faculty
Strong's Definition
probably from the base of 1097; the intellect, i.e. mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will); by implication, meaning
KJV Usage: mind, understanding. Compare 5590
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | νοός, νοΐ, νοῦν | νουθεσία · νουθετέω · νουνεχῶς
26.14 · Psychological Faculties
mind the psychological faculty of understanding, reasoning, thinking, and deciding In some languages there is no noun such as English mind, and therefore one must use a verb expression meaning ‘to think,’ ‘to reason,’ or ‘to understand,’ depending upon the particular context. In some languages the closest equivalent of ‘mind’ may be a figurative extension of a term meaning ‘head,’ but more often than not, thinking is regarded as being in some other part of the body, for example, ‘heart’ or ‘liver.’
LUK 24:45 · ROM 7:23 · ROM 7:25 · ROM 11:34 · ROM 14:5 · 1CO 2:16 · 1CO 2:16 · 1CO 14:14 · 1CO 14:15 · 1CO 14:15 · 1CO 14:19 · EPH 4:23 · PHP 4:7 · 2TI 3:8 · TIT 1:15 · REV 13:18 · REV 17:9
30.5 · Think · To Think, Thought
way of thinking, disposition, manner of thought, attitude a particular manner or way of thinking In a number of languages it may be necessary to render ‘way of thinking’ by a clause, for example, ‘how people think.’ In the case of 1PE 4:1, it may be necessary to translate ‘you too must strengthen yourselves by thinking just like Christ thought.’
ROM 1:28 · ROM 11:34 · ROM 12:2 · 1CO 1:10 · EPH 4:17 · COL 2:18 · 2TH 2:2 · 1TI 6:5 · 2TI 3:8
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νοῦς (contr. fr. νόος)» 6, gen. νοός, dat. voi, (so in later Grk. for the earlier forms νοῦ, νῷ, contr. fr. νόου, νόῳ ; cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 453; W. § 8, 2 b.; [B. 12 sq. (12)]), ace. νοῦν (contr. fr. νόον), Sept. for 39 and 339, [fr. Hom. down]; mind (Germ. Sinn), i.e. 1. the mind, comprising alike the faculties of perceiving and understanding and those of feeling, judging, determining; hence spec. a. the intellective faculty, the understanding: Lk. xxiv. 45 (on which see διανοίγω, 2); Phil iv. 7; Rey. xiii. 18; xvii. 9; opp. to τὸ πνεῦμα, the spirit intensely roused and completely absorbed with divine things, but destitute of clear ideas of them, 1 Co. xiv. 14 sq. 19; ἔχειν τὸν νοῦν κυρίου [L txt., al. Χριστοῦ), to be furnished with the understanding of Christ, 1 Co. ii. 16°. b. reason (Germ. 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: Ro. i. 28; vii. 23; Eph. iv.17; 1 Tim. vi.5; 2 Tim. 111. 8 [cf. W. 229 (215); Β. 8 134, 7]; Tit. i. 15; opp. to ἡ σάρξ, Ro. vii. 25; ἀνανεοῦσθαι τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ νοός, to be so changed that the spirit which governs the mind is renewed, Eph. iv. 23; [ef. ἡ dvaxaivwors τοῦ νοός, Ro. xii. 21. c. the power of considering and judging soberly, calmly and impartially: 2 Th. ii. 2. 2. a particular mode of thinking and judging: Ro. xiv.5; 1 Co.i. 10; i. q. thoughts, feelings, purposes: τοῦ κυρίου (fr. Is. xl. 13), Ro. xi. 34; 1 Co. ii. 16"; i. q. desires, τῆς σαρκός, Col. ii. 18 [ef. Meyer ad loc.].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νοῦς nous 24x
the mind, intellect, 1 Cor. 14:15, 19; understanding, intelligent faculty, Lk. 24:45; intellect, judgment, Rom. 7:23, 25; opinion, sentiment, Rom. 14:5; 1 Cor. 1:10; mind, thought, conception, Rom. 11:34; 1 Cor. 2:16; Phil. 4:7; settled state of mind, 2 Thess. 2:2; frame of mind, Rom. 1:28; 12:2; Col. 2:18; Eph. 4:23; 1 Tim. 6:5; 2 Tim. 3:8; Tit. 1:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νοῦς
(contr. from νόος),ὁ, gen., dat., νοός, νοΐ (late forms, = cl., νοῦ, νῷ; Bl., § 9, 3), acc., νοῦν, [in LXX chiefly for לֵב, לֵבָב;]
prop., of the ruling faculty, mind, understanding, reason (v. Lft., Notes, 88 f.; Vaughan on Ro 7:23): Lk 24:45, Ro 1:28 7:23 12:2 14:5, Eph 4:17, 23, Phl 4:7, II Th 2:2, I Ti 6:5, II Ti 3:8, Tit 1:15, Re 13:18 17:9; ν. τ. σαρκός (ICC, in l.), Col 2:18; opp. to σάρξ, Ro 7:25; to πνεῦμα, I Co 14:14, 15; to γλῶσσα, I Co 14:19.
By meton., of an act of mind, a mind, thought, purpose: Ro 11:34 = I Co 2:16 (LXX), I Co 1:10.†
SYN.: v.s. πνεῦμα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νοῦς (nous) — mind. νόος, νόου, ὁ, Attic dialect contraction νοῦς, genitive νοῦ: [Refs 8th c.BC+] uses the contraction form once, in nominative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Trag. use contraction form, except in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Aeolic dialect genitive νῶ [Refs 7th c.BC+]: irregular forms are found in “NT” and later writers, genitive νοός [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+], is rare in early writers, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]
1. mind, as employed in perceiving and thinking, sense, wit, οὐ λῆθε Διὸς πυκινὸν ν. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νόῳ prudently, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; παρὲκ νόον senselessly, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σὺν νόῳ wisely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξὺν νῷ with play on ξυνῷ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόῳ λαβεῖν τι to apprehend it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόῳ σχεῖν, ἔχειν, recall, remember, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγαθὸς ν., σπουδαῖος ν., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. νοῦν ἔχειν in two senses,
2. a to have sense, be sensible, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ν. ὀλίγον κεκτημένος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare νουνεχόντως.
2. b νοῦν or τὸν ν. ἔχειν to have one's mind directed to something, ἄλλοσ᾽ ὄμμα, θητέρᾳ δὲ ν. ἔχειν [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ποῦ τὸν ν. ἔχει; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν ν. ἔχειν πρός τινα or τι (like προσέχειν τὸν ν.) [Refs 5th c.BC+] to occur to one, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
3. mind, more widely, as employed in feeling, deciding, etc., heart, χαῖρε νόῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ν. ἔμπεδος, ἀκήλητος, ἀπηνής,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ν. εὐμενής, ἄγναμπτος, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ παντὸς νόου with all his heart and soul, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ νῷ.. κἀπὸ τῆς γλώσσης in heart as well as tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+] according to one's mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. mind, resolve, purpose, ἀγαθῷ νόῳ, i.e. kindly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί σοι ἐν νόῳ ἐστὶ ποιέει; what do you intend to do? [Refs]; ἡμῖν ἐν ν. ἐγένετο εἰπεῖν [Refs]; ἐν ν. ἔχειν with future infinitive, to intend.., [Refs]: with present infinitive,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιέειν τι ἐπὶ νόον τινί to put into his mind to do.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ νόον τρέπειν τινί.. [Refs]
5. reason, intellect, νόου φρενί [Refs 6th c.BC+]; opposed to δόξα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. b “Mind” as the active principle of the Universe, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. act of mind, thought, ἡμῖν δ᾽ οὔ τις τοῦδε νόος καὶ μῆτις ἀμείνων [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. purpose, design, νόον τελεῖν τινι [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III. sense, meaning of a word, etc., οὗτος ὁ νόος τοῦ ῥήματος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ νόος τῆς θυσίης conjecture for νόμος in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; meaning of a work of art, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν νοῦν to the same effect, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; πρὸς νοῦν οὐδὲν λέγοντες to the point, [Refs 1st c.BC+]senseless, [Refs]
IV. [Refs 4th c.BC+]