ἀνομία
anomia
“lawlessness”
Definition
illegality, i.e. violation of law or (genitive case) wickedness
from G459 (ἄνομος);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
ἀνομία appears 14 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.
Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
You have loved righteousnessand hated wickedness;therefore God, Your God, has anointed Youabove Your companions with the oil of joy.”
For I will forgive their iniquitiesand will remember their sins no more.”
In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
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