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
Occurrences
194 total
- Galatians 3:21νόμου · [the] 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.
- Galatians 3:23νόμον · the lawBefore this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.
- Galatians 3:24νόμος · lawSo the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
- Galatians 4:4νόμον · [the] lawBut when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- Galatians 4:5νόμον · [the] law…to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
- Galatians 4:21νόμον · [the] law; νόμον · law [says]Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
- Galatians 5:3νόμον · lawAgain I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
- Galatians 5:4νόμῳ · [the] lawYou who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
- Galatians 5:14νόμος · lawThe entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Galatians 5:18νόμον · [the] lawBut if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
- Galatians 5:23νόμος · law…gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
- Galatians 6:2νόμον · lawCarry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- Galatians 6:13νόμον · [the] lawFor the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
- Ephesians 2:15νόμον · law…by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
- Philippians 3:5νόμον · [the] law…circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
- Philippians 3:6νόμῳ · [the] law…as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
- Philippians 3:9νόμου · [the] law…and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- 1 Timothy 1:8νόμος · lawNow we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.
- 1 Timothy 1:9νόμος · lawWe realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,
- Hebrews 7:5νόμον · lawNow the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.
- Hebrews 7:12νόμου · [the] lawFor when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.
- Hebrews 7:16νόμον · a law…one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
- Hebrews 7:19νόμος · law…(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
- Hebrews 7:28νόμος · law; νόμον · lawFor the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
- Hebrews 8:4νόμον · [the] lawNow if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.
- Hebrews 8:10νόμους · lawsFor this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Hebrews 9:19νόμον · lawFor when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
- Hebrews 9:22νόμον · lawAccording to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
- Hebrews 10:1νόμος · lawFor the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
- Hebrews 10:8νόμον · [the] lawIn the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
- Hebrews 10:16νόμους · laws“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
- Hebrews 10:28νόμον · [the] lawAnyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- James 1:25νόμον · lawBut the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
- James 2:8νόμον · lawIf you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
- James 2:9νόμου · lawBut if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
- James 2:10νόμον · lawWhoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
- James 2:11νόμου · a lawbreakerFor He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
- James 2:12νόμου · [the] lawSpeak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
- James 4:11νόμου · [the] law; νόμον · [it]; νόμον · [the] law; νόμου · of [the] lawBrothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.