Definition
ἄ-νομος, -ον
(ἀ. neg., νόμος), [in LXX for עָוֺן, פָּשַׁע, רֶשַׁע, etc. ;]
1. lawless, wicked: Mark 15:28, Luke 22:37, Acts 2:23, 1 Timothy 1:9, 2 Peter 2:8; ὁ ἄ., 2 Thessalonians 2:8 (= ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας, 2 Thessalonians 2:3).
2. without law (= οἱ μὴ ὑπὸ νόμον, Romans 2:14): 1 Corinthians 9:21 (MM, VGT, see word).
Synonyms: see: ἄθεσμος
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἄνομος:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Luke 22:37ἀνόμων · [the] transgressorsFor I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
- Acts 2:23ἀνόμων · of the lawlessHe was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
- 1 Corinthians 9:21ἀνόμοις · without [the] law; ἄνομος · without [the] law; ἄνομος · outside [the] law; ἀνόμους · without [the] lawTo those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8ἄνομος · lawless [one]And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
- 1 Timothy 1:9ἀνόμοις · for [the] lawlessWe 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,
- 2 Peter 2:8ἀνόμοις · [by the] lawless…(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—