ΘΕΣΜΟΙΣ, θεσμοις
THESMOIS, thesmois
Sounds Like: thess-MOYS
Translations: (to) laws, (to) customs, (to) ordinances, (to) statutes
From the root: ΘΕΣΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to established laws, customs, or ordinances, often those that are divinely instituted or deeply ingrained in a society. It describes fixed rules or principles that govern behavior or society. In the dative plural, as seen here, it indicates the indirect object of an action, meaning 'to' or 'for' these laws or customs.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2315 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 6:163
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΕΣΜΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΘΕΣΜΩΣ — unlawfully, lawlessly, wickedly, without law
- ΘΕΣΜΟΝ — ordinance, an ordinance, law, a law, custom, a custom, statute, a statute
- ΘΕΣΜΟΣ — ordinance, a law, statute, custom, regulation
- ΘΕΣΜΟΥΣ — statutes, ordinances, laws, customs
- ΘΕΣΜΟΥΣΗΣ — of a law, of a custom, of an ordinance, of a statute
- ΘΕΣΜΩΝ — of laws, of ordinances, of statutes, of customs, of regulations
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