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νόμος

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greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine194 occurrences12 books154 verses

Definition

νόμος, -ου, ὁ

(νέμω, to deal out, distribute), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹרָה, also for חֻקָּה, etc. ;]

that which is assigned, hence, usage, custom, then law; in NT (only in Mt, Jo, Ja, and the Lucan and Pauline bks.);

1. of law in general: Romans 3:27 5:13b; pl., of divine laws, Hebrews 8:10; 10:16; ὁ ν. τ. Χριστοῦ, Galatians 6:2; (τ.) ἐλευθερίας, James 1:25; 2:12; βασιλικιός (Hort., in l.; Deiss., LAE, 267:3), James 2:8.

2. Of a force or influence impelling to action: Romans 7:21, 23a, 25 8:2.

3. Of the Mosaic law: Matthew 5:18, Luke 2:27, John 1:17, Acts 6:13, Romans 2:15, 1 Corinthians 9:8, 1 Timothy 1:8, Hebrews 7:19; al.; Μωυσέως, Luke 2:22, John 7:23, Acts 15:5, al.; κυρίου, Luke 2:39; κατὰ τὸν ν., Acts 22:12, Hebrews 7:5; 9:22.

4. As printed, Abbott-Smith mistakenly numbers this as 3.Anarthrous (Bl, §46, 8; ICC on Romans 2:12, 13), νόμος,

(a) of law in general: Romans 2:12, 14b 3:20, 21 4:15, al.;

(b) of the Mosaic law in its quality as law: Romans 2:14a 5:20 10:4, Galatians 2:19, al.; οἱ ἐκ ν., Romans 4:14; ὑπὸ νόμον, 1 Corinthians 9:20, Galatians 4:5; ν. πράσσειν (πληροῦν), Romans 2:25; 13:8.

5. Of Christian teaching: ν. πίστεως, Romans 3:27; τ. Χριστοῦ, Galatians 6:2.

6. By meton., of the books which contain the law;

(a) of the Pentateuch: Matthew 12:5, John 1:45, al.; ὁ ν. καὶ οἱ προφῆται, Matthew 5:17, Luke 16:16, al.; ὁ ν. καὶ προφῆται κ. ψαλμοί, Luke 24:44.

(b) of the OT Scriptures in general (as Heb. תּוֹרָה): John 10:34; 12:34; 15:25, 1 Corinthians 14:21, al.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as νόμος:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

194 total
  1. Romans 2:12νόμου · [the] law
    All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
  2. Romans 2:13νόμου · of [the] law; νόμου · of [the] law
    For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
  3. Romans 2:14νόμον · [the] law; νόμου · law [requires]; νόμον · [the] law; νόμος · a law
    Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
  4. Romans 2:15νόμου · law
    So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them
  5. Romans 2:17νόμῳ · [the] law
    Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
  6. Romans 2:18νόμου · law
    …if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
  7. Romans 2:20νόμῳ · law
    …an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
  8. Romans 2:23νόμῳ · [the] law; νόμου · law
    You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
  9. Romans 2:25νόμον · [the] law; νόμου · [the] law
    Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
  10. Romans 2:26νόμου · law
    If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
  11. Romans 2:27νόμον · law; νόμου
    The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
  12. Romans 3:19νόμος · law; νόμῳ · law
    Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  13. Romans 3:20νόμου · of the law; νόμου · [the] law
    Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
  14. Romans 3:21νόμου · [the] law; νόμου · Law
    But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
  15. Romans 3:27νόμου · principle; νόμου · [that]
    Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
  16. Romans 3:28νόμου · of the law
    For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
  17. Romans 3:31Νόμον · [the] law; νόμον · [the] law
    Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
  18. Romans 4:13νόμου · [the] law
    For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
  19. Romans 4:14νόμου · [the] law
    For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
  20. Romans 4:15νόμος · law; νόμος · law
    …because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
  21. Romans 4:16νόμου · law
    Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
  22. Romans 5:13νόμου · [the] law [was given]; νόμου · law
    For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
  23. Romans 5:20Νόμος · [The] law
    The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
  24. Romans 6:14νόμον · law
    For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
  25. Romans 6:15νόμον · law
    What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
  26. Romans 7:1νόμον · [the] law); νόμος · law
    Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
  27. Romans 7:2νόμῳ · by law; νόμου · law
    For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
  28. Romans 7:3νόμου · law
    So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
  29. Romans 7:4νόμῳ · law
    Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
  30. Romans 7:5νόμου · law
    For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
  31. Romans 7:6νόμου · law
    But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
  32. Romans 7:7νόμος · law; νόμου · the law; νόμος · law
    What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”