νόμος

nomosNoun (Masculine)G3551

law

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

Short Definition

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

Full Lexicon Entry

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
aof law in general
bof the Mosaic law in its quality as law
5.Of Christian teaching
6.By meton., of the books which contain the law
aof the Pentateuch
LXX Usage: chiefly for תּוֹרָה, also for חֻקָּה, etc.

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology G:N-M

DescriptionGreek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

157 times

Appears 157 times in the New Testament. Top books include:

Romans
51
Galatians
25
Acts
18
Hebrews
13
John
13

Key Passages

  • 1 Corinthians 14:21
  • Galatians 3:2
  • Hebrews 8:4
  • Luke 2:39
  • Romans 3:27

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