GreekG0459Adjective

ἄνομος

anomos

7Occurrences
G0459Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

lawless, i.e. (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication, a Gentile), or (positively) wicked

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G3551 (νόμος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.lawless, wicked
2.without law (= οἱ μὴ ὑπὸ νόμον
Synonyms
see: ἄθεσμος
LXX: for עָוֺן, פָּשַׁע, רֶשַׁע, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ἄνομος appears 7 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
1
1 Timothy
1
2 Peter
1
2 Thessalonians
1
Acts
1
Luke
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 9:21BSB

To 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.

1 Timothy 1:9BSB

We 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 2:8BSB

(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

2 Thessalonians 2:8BSB

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.

Acts 2:23BSB

He 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.

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