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noun · masculine

nefros

Greekνεφρός (nefros)

Strong’sG3510

a kidney as a general emotional center

stem nefr-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

minds

What it means

νεφρός, -οῦ, ὁ,

[in LXX for כִּלְיָה, Ex 29:13, al.; metaph., Ps 7:9 15 (16):7 25 (26):2, Wi 1:6, al.;]

a kidney; pl., the kidneys, reins; metaph., of the will and affections: ν. καί καρδίαι (thoughts), Re 2:23.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3510 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidnef-ros'

a kidney (plural), i.e. (figuratively) the inmost mind

Fromof uncertain affinity;

King Jamesreins.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence caseone singularmore than one plural
subject nominativenefrosnefrois
object accusativenefronnefroinνεφροὺς
direct address vocativenefrornefroir
of, belonging to genitivenefrounefroiu
to, for dativenefronefroi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
nefrstem+ogender+snruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

nefro is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

nefroin“minds”objectaccusative plural

Revelation 2:23“minds”kai teim tekneim autau apokteinami en thanato; kai gnōskeli pantais tais ekklēsais hoti mis amō tos eraunarōtos nefroin kai kardiain, kai dōami vi hekasto kata teim ergeim vu.Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.