Lexicon nephros: a kidney, fig. the (inmost) mind Original Word: νεφρός, οῦ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: nephros Phonetic Spelling: (nef-ros') Short Definition: a kidney as a general emotional center Definition: a kidney (as a general emotional center), the reins. HELPS word-Studies 3510 nephrós – properly, a visceral organ ("kidney"); (figuratively) a person's innermost feelings, particularly as they come to bear on decision-making. Philo (about ad 50) applied this term to "the emotions driving the conscience," i.e. affections that influence decisions. [The LXX also used 3510 (nephrós) this way when translating OT 3629 /oiktírmōn ("kidneys").] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitiona kidney, fig. the (inmost) mind NASB Translationminds (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3510: νεφρόςνεφρός, νεφρου, ὁ, a kidney ( Plato, Aristophanes); plural the kidneys, the loins, as the Sept. for כְּלָיות, used of the inmost thoughts, feelings, purposes, of the soul: with the addition of καρδίας, Revelation 2:23, with which cf. Psalm 7:10; Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 17:10; Wis. 1:6.
Strong's reins. Of uncertain affinity; a kidney (plural), i.e. (figuratively) the inmost mind -- reins. |
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