Word Summary
nephros: a kidney, the (inmost) mind
Original Word: νεφρόςTransliteration: nephros
Phonetic Spelling: (nef-ros')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a kidney, the (inmost) mind
Meaning: a kidney, the (inmost) mind
Strong's Concordance
reins.
Of uncertain affinity; a kidney (plural), i.e. (figuratively) the inmost mind -- reins.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.