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
Usage patterns
Occurrences
- Romans 7:8νόμου · [the] lawBut sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
- Romans 7:9νόμου · [the] lawOnce I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
- Romans 7:12νόμος · law [is]So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
- Romans 7:14νόμος · [the] lawWe know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
- Romans 7:16νόμῳ · lawAnd if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
- Romans 7:21νόμον · principleSo this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
- Romans 7:22νόμῳ · lawFor in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
- Romans 7:23νόμον · law [ at work ]; νόμῳ · law; νόμῳ · lawBut I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
- Romans 7:25νόμῳ · [the] law; νόμῳ · [I serve the] lawThanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
- Romans 8:2νόμος · law; νόμου · lawFor in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Romans 8:3νόμου · lawFor what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
- Romans 8:4νόμου · law…so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
- Romans 8:7νόμῳ · law…because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- Romans 9:31νόμον · a law; νόμον · [it]…but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
- Romans 10:4νόμου · of the lawFor Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
- Romans 10:5νόμου · lawFor concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- Romans 13:8νόμον · [the] lawBe indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
- Romans 13:10νόμου · of [the] lawLove does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
- 1 Corinthians 9:8νόμος · [the] LawDo I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
- 1 Corinthians 9:9νόμῳ · LawFor it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
- 1 Corinthians 9:20νόμον · [the] law; νόμον · [the] law; νόμον · [the] law); νόμον · [the] lawTo the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.
- 1 Corinthians 14:21νόμῳ · LawIt is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
- 1 Corinthians 14:34νόμος · lawWomen are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
- 1 Corinthians 15:56νόμος · lawThe sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
- Galatians 2:16νόμου · of [the] law; νόμου · of the law; νόμου · of the law…know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
- Galatians 2:19νόμου · [the] law; νόμῳ · to [the] lawFor through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
- Galatians 2:21νόμου · the lawI do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
- Galatians 3:2νόμου · of the lawI would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
- Galatians 3:5νόμου · the lawDoes God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
- Galatians 3:10νόμου · of the law; νόμου · LawAll who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- Galatians 3:11νόμῳ · [the] lawNow it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
- Galatians 3:12νόμος · lawThe law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- Galatians 3:13νόμου · lawChrist redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- Galatians 3:17νόμος · [The] lawWhat I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
- Galatians 3:18νόμου · [the] lawFor if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.
- Galatians 3:19νόμος · law [ given ]Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
- Galatians 3:21νόμος · law; νόμος · a lawIs the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.