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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G3563 - Understanding

Strong's No.:G3563

Greek:νοῦς

Transliteration:nous

Phonetic:nooce

Word Origin:Probably from the base of G1097

Bible Usage:mind understanding. Compare G5590 .

Part of Speech:Noun Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

the intellect that is mind (divine or human; in thought feeling or will); by implication meaning


Thayers
Definition:

1. the mind, comprising alike the faculties of perceiving and understanding and those of feeling, judging, determining

a. the intellectual faculty, the understanding

b. 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

c. the power of considering and judging soberly, calmly and impartially

2. a particular mode of thinking and judging, i.e thoughts, feelings, purposes, desires


Bible References:
Understanding

Translation
Occurrences:
mind ( 15 )
minds ( 2 )
understanding ( 7 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.