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GreekG3551Noun (Masculine)

νόμος

nomos

157Occurrences
G3551Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)

from a primary (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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
2.Of a force or influence impelling to action
3.Of the Mosaic law
4.As printed, Abbott-Smith mistakenly numbers this as 3.Anarthrous, νόμος
(a)of law in general
(b)of the Mosaic law in its quality as law
5.Of Christian teaching
6.By meton., of the books which contain the law
(a)of the Pentateuch
LXX: chiefly for תּוֹרָה, also for חֻקָּה, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

νόμος appears 157 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Romans
51
Galatians
25
Acts
18
Hebrews
13
John
13
Luke
9
Matthew
8
1 Corinthians
7

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 14:21BSB

It is written in the Law:“By strange tongues and foreign lipsI will speak to this people,but even then they will not listen to Me,says the Lord.”

Galatians 3:2BSB

I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

Hebrews 8:4BSB

Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

Luke 2:39BSB

When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

Romans 3:27BSB

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.