ΝΟΜΟΘΕΤΗΣ, νομοθετης
NOMOTHETĒS, nomothetēs
Sounds Like: noh-moh-THEH-tays
Translations: lawgiver, a lawgiver
From the root: ΝΟΜΟΘΕΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to someone who establishes or enacts laws. It can describe a person who creates a legal system or a divine being who gives commandments. It is typically used in a nominative case to identify the subject as the lawgiver.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3550 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:74
Codex Sinaiticus
- James — 4:12
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 16:156, 17:161, 17:165, 17:169, 18:173, 22:186, 29:209, 34:237
- Book Two — 16:156, 17:161, 17:165, 17:169, 18:173, 22:186, 29:209, 34:237
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- James — 4:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΟΜΟΘΕΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΝΟΜΟΘΕΤΑΙ — lawgivers, legislators
- ΝΟΜΟΘΕΤΑΣ — lawgiver, a lawgiver
- ΝΟΜΟΘΕΤΗ — of a lawgiver, of the lawgiver, to a lawgiver, to the lawgiver, lawgiver, a lawgiver
- ΝΟΜΟΘΕΤΗΝ — lawgiver, a lawgiver
- ΤΟΝΝΟΜΟΘΕΤΗΝ — the lawgiver, a lawgiver
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