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Strong's #3563 - νοῦς
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- the mind, comprising alike the faculties of perceiving and understanding and those of feeling, judging, determining
- the intellectual faculty, the understanding
- 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
- the power of considering and judging soberly, calmly and impartially
- a particular mode of thinking and judging, i.e thoughts, feelings, purposes, desires
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νοῦς, ὁ, v. νόος.
νόος, νόου, ὁ,
Att. contr. νοῦς, gen. νοῦ: Hom. uses the contr. form once, in nom., Od. 10.240, cf. Hes. Fr. 205 (Hdt. never): Trag. use contr. form, exc. in A. Ch. 742 (iamb.), S. Ph. 1209 (lyr.): Aeol. gen. νῶ Alc. Supp. 9.1; acc. νῶν Sapph.ib.25.2; νόον Ead.70 (s.v.l.): heterocl. forms are found in NT and later writers, gen. νοός Romans 7:23, LXX 4 Maccabees 1:35; dat. νοΐ 1 Corinthians 1:10, [ Aristid. ] Or. 35(9).26; nom. pl. νόες Ph. 1.86, Plot. 6.7.17, Dam. Pr. 96; acc. pl. νόας Plu. Fr. 7.27, Iamb. Myst. 1.15, Ammon. in Int. 243.3 (v.l.), Dam. Pr. 103: Att. pl. νοῖ, acc. νοῦς, gen. νόων ib. 122, dat. νοῖς ibid., is rare in early writers, as Ar. Fr. 471, but freq. in later philosophy:
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1. mind, as employed in perceiving and thinking, sense, wit, οὐ λῆθε Διὸς πυκινὸν ν. Il. 15.461; ν. πολυκερδέα Od. 13.255; ν. ὁρῇ καὶ ν. ἀκούει, τἄλλα κωφὰ καὶ τυφλά Epich. 249, cf. S. OT 371; νόῳ prudently, Od. 6.320; παρὲκ νόον senselessly, Il. 20.133; σὺν νόῳ wisely, Hdt. 8.86, 138; ξὺν νῷ with play on ξυνῷ, Heraclit. 114 (νόῳ codd. Stob.); ξὺν νῷ ἑλομένῳ Pl. R. 619b; οὐδενὶ ξὺν νῷ Id. Cri. 48c; μηδενὶ ξὺν νῷ Ar. Nu. 580; τοῦ νοῦ χωρίς S. OT 550; τοῦ ν. κενός Id. OC 931; νόῳ λαβεῖν τι to apprehend it, Hdt. 3.51; νόῳ σχεῖν, ἔχειν, recall, remember, Id. 5.92. ή, Pl. R. 490a; κοινὸς ν. Phld. Rh. 1.37 S., Arr. Epict. 3.6.8; ἀγαθὸς ν., σπουδαῖος ν., Phld. Rh. 2.61, 1.252 S.
2. νοῦν ἔχειν in two senses, to have sense, be sensible, S. Tr. 553, El. 1013, 1465, Ar. Ra. 535, etc.; ὁ νοῦς ὅδ' αὐτὸς ν. ἔχων οὐ τυγχάνει E. IA 1139; so ν. ὀλίγον κεκτημένος Ar. Ec. 747; σμικρὸν νοῦ κεκτῆσθαι Pl. Lg. 887e; impers., τὸ γὰρ περισσὰ πράσσειν οὐκ ἔχει ν. οὐδένα S. Ant. 68, cf. Pl. Ti. 68b; cf. νουνεχόντως. νοῦν or τὸν ν. ἔχειν to have one's mind directed to something, ἄλλοσ' ὄμμα, θητέρᾳ δὲ ν. ἔχειν S. Tr. 272, cf. Sapph. Supp. 25.2; τὸν ν. πρὸς αὑτὸν οὐκ ἔχων, ἐκεῖσε δέ E. Ph. 1418; δεῦρο ν. ἔχε Id. Or. 1181; οἴκοι τὸν ν. ἔχειν Id. Ion 251; ποῦ τὸν ν. ἔχεις; Ar. Ec. 156; τὸν ν. ἔχειν πρός τινα or τι (like προσέχειν τὸν ν.) Th. 7.19, Pl. Grg. 504d; πρός τινι Id. Prt. 324a, etc.; περί τινος Id. R. 534b; ἐν πέρδιξιν AP 7.206 (Damoch.): conversely, ἐπὶ νοῦν ἐλθεῖν τινι to occur to one, D.H. 3.15, Arr. An. 7.24.3.
3. mind, more widely, as employed in feeling, deciding, etc., heart, χαῖρε νόῳ Od. 8.78; κεῦθε νόῳ Il. 1.363; [χόλος] οἰδάνει νόον 9.554; ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἀτάρβητος ν. ἐστί 3.63; ν. ἔμπεδος, ἀκήλητος, ἀπηνής, 11.813, Od. 10.329, 18.381; ν. εὐμενής, ἄγναμπτος, etc., Pi. P. 8.18, A. Pr. 164 (lyr.), etc.; πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων νόον ἔγνω Od. 1.3; ἐκ παντὸς νόου with all his heart and soul, Hdt. 8.97; τῷ νῷ.. κἀπὸ τῆς γλώσσης in heart as well as tongue, S. OC 936: freq. in phrase κατὰ νόον according to one's mind, Hdt. 1.117, 7.104; εἰ τάδ' ἔχει κατὰ νοῦν κείνῳ S. OC 1768 (anap.); πράξειας κατὰ ν. τὸν ἐμόν Id. Fr. 469 (anap.); κατὰ ν. πράξας Ar. Eq. 549; χωρεῖ κατὰ ν. Id. Pax 940, cf. Pl. Euthphr. 3e.
4. mind, resolve, purpose, ἀγαθῷ νόῳ, i.e. kindly, Hdt. 1.60; τί σοι ἐν νόῳ ἐστὶ ποιέειν; what do you intend to do? ib. 109; ἡμῖν ἐν ν. ἐγένετο εἰπεῖν Id. 9.46; ἐν ν. ἔχειν c. fut. inf., to intend.., Id. 1.10 (v.l.): c. pres. inf., ib. 27, Pl. R. 344d; ποιέειν τι ἐπὶ νόον τινί to put into his mind to do.., Hdt. 1.27; ἐπὶ νόον τρέπειν τινί.. Id. 3.21; ταύτῃ [ὁ] ν. ἔφερε Id. 9.120.
5. reason, intellect, νόου φρενί Xenoph. 25, cf. Parm. 16.2, etc.; θεῖος ν. Democr. 112, cf. Id. ap. Arist. de An. 404a28; opp. δόξα, Pl. Ti. 51d, cf. Arist. de An. 428a5. Mind as the active principle of the Universe, Anaxag. 12, etc.; Θαλῆς νοῦν τοῦ κόσμου τὸν θεόν Placit. 1.7.11; ἡ τοῦ κόσμου γένεσις ἐξ ἀνάγκης καὶ νοῦ συστάσεως Pl. Ti. 48a, cf. Sph. 249a, Phlb. 30c, Arist. Metaph. 1072b20, de An. 430a17, Zeno Stoic. 1.28, Plot. 5.1.4.
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1. act of mind, thought, ἡμῖν δ' οὔ τις τοῦδε νόος καὶ μῆτις ἀμείνων Il. 15.509; οὐ γάρ τις νόον ἄλλος ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοήσει 9.104; οὐ γὰρ δὴ τοῦτον μὲν ἐβούλευσας νόον αὐτή Od. 5.23.
2. purpose, design, νόον τελεῖν τινι Il. 23.149; σάφα οἶσθ' οἷος ν. Ἀτρεΐωνος 2.192.
III sense, meaning of a word, etc., οὗτος ὁ νόος τοῦ ῥήματος Hdt. 7.162, cf. Ar. Ra. 1439, Plb. 5.83.4, Phld. Rh. 1.106 S., etc.; ὁ νόος τῆς θυσίης cj. for νόμος in Hdt. 1.216; meaning of a work of art, Philostr. VA 4.28; πολὺς ν. ἐν ὀλίγῃ λέξει συνέσταλται Plu. 2.510e; πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν νοῦν to the same effect, Str. 15.3.7; πρὸς νοῦν οὐδὲν λέγοντες to the point, Phld. Mus. p.96K.; οὐδὲ νοῦν ἔχον senseless, Id. Po. 5.29. Pythag. name for μονάς, Theol.Ar. 6. (Etym. dub.; the pr.n. Πολυνόϝα IG 9(1).870 hardly proves νόϝος.)
νως, see νοῦς.
STRONGS NT 3563: νοῦς νοῦς (contracted from νως), ὁ, genitive νως,dative νοι< (so in later Greek for the earlier forms νου, νώ, contracted from νωυ, νόω; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 453; Winers Grammar, § 8, 2 b.; (Buttmann, 12f (12))), accusative νοῦν (contracted from νῷν), the Sept. for לֵב and לֵבָב (from Homer down); mind (German Sinn), i. e.
1. the mind, comprising alike the faculties of perceiving and understanding and those of feeling, judging, determining; hence, specifically,
a. the intellective faculty, the understanding: Luke 24:45 (on which see διανοίγω, 2); Philippians 4:7; Revelation 13:18; Revelation 17:9; opposed to τό πνεῦμα, the spirit intensely roused and completely absorbed with divine things, but destitute of clear ideas of them, 1 Corinthians 14:14f, 19; ἔχειν τόν νοῦν κυρίου (L text, others Χριστοῦ), to be furnished with the understanding of Christ, 1 Corinthians 2:16b.
b. 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: Romans 1:28; Romans 7:23; Ephesians 4:17; 1 Timothy 6:5; 2 Timothy 3:8 (cf. Winers Grammar, 229 (215); Buttmann, § 134, 7); Titus 1:15; opposed to ἡ σάρξ, Romans 7:25; ἀνανεοῦσθαι τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ νως, to be so changed that the spirit which governs the mind is renewed, Ephesians 4:23; (cf. ἡ ἀνακαίνωσις τοῦ νως, Romans 12:2).
c. the power of considering and judging soberly, calmly and impartially: 2 Thessalonians 2:2.
2. a particular mode of thinking and judging: Romans 14:5; 1 Corinthians 1:10; equivalent to thoughts, feelings, purposes: τοῦ κυρίου (from Isaiah 40:13), Romans 11:34; 1 Corinthians 2:16a; equivalent to desires, τῆς σαρκός, Colossians 2:18 (cf. Meyer at the passage).
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νοῦς
(contr. from νόος ), ὁ , gen., dat., νοός , νοΐ (late forms, = cl., νοῦ , νῷ ; Bl., § 9, 3), acc, νοῦν ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3820, H3824;]
1. prop., of the ruling faculty, mind, understanding, reason (v. Lft., Notes, 88 f.; Vaughan on Romans 7:23): Luke 24:45, Romans 1:28; Romans 7:23; Romans 12:2; Romans 14:5, Ephesians 4:17; Ephesians 4:23 Philippians 4:7, 2 Thessalonians 2:2, 1 Timothy 6:5, 2 Timothy 3:8, Titus 1:15, Revelation 13:18; Revelation 17:9; ν . τ . σαρκός (ICC, in l), Colossians 2:18; opp. to σάρξ , Romans 7:25; to πνεῦμα , 1 Corinthians 14:14-15; to γλῶσσα , 1 Corinthians 14:19.
2. By meton., of an act of mind, a mind, thought, purpose: Romans 11:34 = 1 Corinthians 2:16 (LXX), 1 Corinthians 1:10.†
νόος , see νοῦς .
SYN.: see πνεῦμα G4151.
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