nomos <3551>
nomov nomos
Pronunciation: | nom'-os |
Origin: | from a primary nemo (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals) |
Reference: | TDNT - 4:1022,646 |
PrtSpch: | n m |
In Greek: | nomon 59, nomou 66, nomouv 2, nomov 34, nomw 33 |
In NET: | law 179, a law 5, of law 3, laws 2, principle 2, legal 1, it 1, by law 1 |
In AV: | law 197 |
Count: | 197 |
Definition: | 1) anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command 1a) of any law whatsoever 1a1) a law or rule producing a state approved of God 1a1a) by the observance of which is approved of God 1a2) a precept or injunction 1a3) the rule of action prescribed by reason 1b) of the Mosaic law, and referring, acc. to the context. either to the volume of the law or to its contents 1c) the Christian religion: the law demanding faith, the moral instruction given by Christ, esp. the precept concerning love 1d) the name of the more important part (the Pentateuch), is put for the entire collection of the sacred books of the OT Synonym : See Definition 5918 from a primary nemo (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle):-law. |
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