2001 Translation

NOUS, nous

Sounds Like: NOOS

Translations: mind, a mind, understanding, a faculty of understanding, reason, intellect, thought, a thought, purpose, a purpose

From the root: ΝΟΥΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the human mind, intellect, or faculty of understanding. It can also denote one's thoughts, purpose, or way of thinking. It is often used to describe the inner capacity for perception, judgment, and moral discernment.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G3563 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 6:21, 10:4, 10:35
• To the Newly Baptized — 1:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 1:15, 2:16, 2:18, 3:17, 14:11
• Job — 12:11
• Isaiah — 10:7
• 1 Corinthians — 14:14
• Titus — 1:15
• Revelation — 17:9
• Epistle of Barnabas — 17:1
• Shepherd of Hermas — 95:4

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 7:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 16 — 11:380

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 4:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Ezra (Alpha) — 2:8
• 4 Maccabees — 1:15, 2:16, 2:18, 3:17, 14:11
• Proverbs — 29:7
• Job — 12:11, 36:19
• Isaiah — 10:7

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 18:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 1 Corinthians — 14:14
• Titus — 1:15
• Revelation — 17:9

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΟΥΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΝΟΙ — to minds, for minds, to understandings, for understandings, to thoughts, for thoughts
• ΝΟΥ — of mind, of understanding, of intellect, of a mind, of an understanding, of an intellect
• ΝΟΥΝ — mind, a mind, understanding, an understanding, reason, a reason

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