law

Greek Noun Male

νόμος, -ου, ὁ (νέμω, to deal out, distribute), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹרָה, also for חֻקָּה, etc;] 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: Rom.3:27 5:13b; pl, of divine laws, Heb.8:10 10:16; ὁ ν. τ. Χριστοῦ, Gal.6:2; (τ.) ἐλευθερίας, Jas.1:25 2:12; βασιλικιός (Hort, in l; Deiss, LAE, 267:3), Jas.2:8. 2) Of a force or influence impelling to action: Rom.7:21, 23 a, 25 8:2. 3) Of the Mosaic law: Mat.5:18, Luk.2:27, Jhn.1:17, Act.6:13, Rom.2:15, 1Co.9:8, 1Ti.1:8, Heb.7:19; al; Μωυσέως, Luk.2:22, Jhn.7:23, Act.15:5, al; κυρίου, Luk.2:39; κατὰ τὸν ν, Act.22:12, Heb.7:5 9:22. 4) As printed, Abbott-Smith mistakenly numbers this as 3. Anarthrous (Bl, §46, 8; ICC on Rom.2:12, 13), νόμος, (a) of law in general: Rom.2:12, 14 b 3:20, 21 4:15, al; (b) of the Mosaic law in its quality as law: Rom.2:14 a 5:20 10:4, Gal.2:19, al; οἱ ἐκ ν, Rom.4:14; ὑπὸ νόμον, 1Co.9:20, Gal.4:5; ν. πράσσειν (πληροῦν), Rom.2:25 13:8. 5) Of Christian teaching: ν. πίστεως, Rom.3:27; τ. Χριστοῦ, Gal.6:2. 6) By meton, of the books which contain the law; (a) of the Pentateuch: Mat.12:5, Jhn.1:45, al; ὁ ν. καὶ οἱ προφῆται, Mat.5:17, Luk.16:16, al; ὁ ν. καὶ προφῆται κ. ψαλμοί, Luk.24:44. (b) of the OT Scriptures in general (as Heb. תּוֹרָה): Jhn.10:34 12:34 15:25, 1Co.14:21, al. (AS)

law

Greek Noun Male

νόμος, ὁ, (νέμω) that which is in habitual practice, use or possession, not in [Refs 8th c.BC+] I) usage, custom, [Μοῦσαι] μέλπονται πάντων τε νόμους καὶ ἤθεα κεδνά [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔνθα ν. (i.e. ἐστί) with infinitive, where it is the custom, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ν. πάντων βασιλεύς custom is lord of all, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, law, ordinance, τόνδε. ν. διέταξε Κρονίων. θηρσὶ. ἐσθέμεν ἀλλήλους [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ν. κοινός, ={ὀρθὸς λόγος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.b) in VT, of the law of God, ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ [LXX]; νόμον ὃν ἐνετείλατο ὑμῖν Μωϋσῆς[LXX]; so in NT, ὁ ν. Μωϋσέως [NT]; ὁ ν. τοῦ Πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς, opposed to ὁ ν. τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ τοῦ θανάτου, [NT] I.c) with Preps, κατὰ νόμον according to custom or law, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ κατὰ ν. ὄντες θεοί the established deities, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ νόμον contrary to, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν Ἀδραστείῳ νόμῳ by the law of Adrastus, i.e. at the Nemean games, [Refs] by custom, conventionally, opposed to φύσει, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. γλυκύ, ν. πικρόν, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ὅσον νόμου χάριν just for form's sake, [Refs 4th c.BC+] I.d) statute, ordinance made by authority, [Σόλων] νόμους ἔθηκεν ἄλλους, τοῖς δὲ Δράκοντος θεσμοῖς ἐπαύσαντο χρώμενοι πλὴν τῶν φονικῶν [Refs]; νόμον τιθέναι, τίθεσθαι, see at {τίθημ; βασιλικὸς ν}. [NT+2nd c.AD+]: frequently of general laws, opposed to ψηφίσματα (special decrees), [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, law, ἄνευ ὀρέξεως νοῦς ὁ ν. ἐστίν [Refs]; ἄγραφος ν. Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to γεγραμμένος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ν. frequently as subject, οἱ ν. διδόασι τιμωρίας [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μὴ ὁ ν. κρίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ πρῶτο; [NT] I.e) with genitive of things, οὗτός τοι πεδίων πέλεται ν. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ ν. τοῦ κριοῦ, τοῦ ἀνδρός, τῶν ἐρανιστῶν, [LXX+NT+3rd c.BC+]; ἐς χειρῶν νόμον ἀπικέσθαι to come to blows, into action, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ ἀπόλλυσθαι, περιπεσεῖν, die in action, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τοὺς ἐν χ. ν. τὰς πολιτείας καταλύοντας by 'direct action', [Refs 4th c.BC+]under martial law, [Refs 4th c.BC+] I.2) Νόμος personified, οἱ θεοὶ σθένουσι χὡ κείνων κρατῶν N. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) melody, strain, οἶδα δ᾽ ὀρνίχων νόμως πάντων [Refs 7th c.BC+] II.2) especially a type of early melody created by Terpander for the lyre as an accompaniment to Epic texts, ν. ὄρθιος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also for the flute, ν. αὐλῳδικός [Refs 1st c.AD+]; without sung text, ν. αὐλητικός [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; later, composition including both words and melody, e.g. [Refs] III) ={νοῦμμος} (which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. σηστέρτιοι, = Latin nummi sestertii, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] IV) Architecture texts, course of masonry, [Refs]

Greek

Noun Masculine

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