Dictionary entry

νοῦς

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

νοῦς

(contr. from νόος),, gen., dat., νοός, νοΐ (late forms, = cl., νοῦ, νῷ; Bl., § 9, 3), acc., νοῦν, [in LXX chiefly for לֵב, לֵבָב;]

1. prop., of the ruling faculty, mind, understanding, reason (v. Lft., Notes, 88 f.; Vaughan on Ro 7:23): Lk 24:45, Ro 1:287:2312:214:5, Eph 4:17, 23, Phl 4:7, II Th 2:2, I Ti 6:5, II Ti 3:8, Tit 1:15, Re 13:1817:9; 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.

2. 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.