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(G5917) Synonyms for Mind, understanding: nous (νοῦς G3563), dianoia (διάνοια G1271).

(νοῦς G3563) nous is distinctly the reflective consciousness, ``the organ of moral thinking and knowing, the intellectual organ of moral sentiment'' (Cremer). dianoia meant originally activity of thinking, but has borrowed from nous its common meaning of faculty of thought. It is more common than nous, and has largely replaced it in its usual meanings.