ΝΟΜΟΙΣ, νομοις
NOMOIS, nomois
Sounds Like: NOH-moys
Translations: to laws, to a law, by laws, by a law, with laws, with a law
From the root: ΝΟΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a law, custom, or principle. It is often used in the context of divine or human statutes, regulations, or established practices. In a sentence, it would indicate the recipient or instrument of an action related to laws, such as 'to the laws' or 'by means of laws'.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3551 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:279
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:74
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 28:261, 12:125, 14:144, 15:150, 30:214, 32:221, 32:225, 32:226, 37:258, 38:270, 42:293
- Book Two — 12:125, 14:144, 15:150, 30:214, 32:221, 32:225, 32:226, 37:258, 38:270, 42:293
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 6:145, 8:210, 8:224, 8:230, 8:249, 8:295, 8:331
- Book 5 — 4:185, 5:198
- Book 9 — 9:187
- Book 10 — 4:51, 4:72
- Book 11 — 5:141, 6:212, 6:217, 6:281, 8:338
- Book 12 — 3:150, 9:381, 9:382
- Book 13 — 2:54, 9:257, 10:297
- Book 14 — 7:116
- Book 15 — 5:136
- Book 16 — 2:27, 6:172
- Book 18 — 6:236, 9:345, 9:347
- Book 19 — 1:15
- Book 20 — 5:117, 9:218
Josephus' The Jewish War
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 5:10
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Esther — 3:13, 8:11, 8:12
- Judith — 11:12
- 1 Maccabees — 10:37
- 2 Maccabees — 5:14, 6:1, 8:36, 11:31
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 9:10
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 1 — 1:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΟΜΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΝΝΟΜΩΣ — lawfully, legally, in a lawful manner, according to law
- ΕΝΝΟΜ? — lawful, legal, legitimate, in accordance with law, subject to law
- ΕΝΟΜ — law, a law, custom, a custom, principle, a principle
- ΝΟΜ — law, a law, custom, a custom, principle, a principle
- ΝΟΜΕ — law, custom, principle, rule
- ΝΟΜΙΑΝ — law, a law, custom, a custom, principle, a principle
- ΝΟΜΙΚΟΙ — lawyers, experts in the law, teachers of the law
- ΝΟΜΙΚΩΣ — lawfully, legally, according to law
- ΝΟΜΙΜΑ — lawful, legal, customary, ordinances, statutes, laws, a lawful thing, lawful things
- ΝΟΜΟ — law, a law, custom, principle, rule, (of) law, (to) law
- ΝΟΜΟΙ — laws, rules, customs, principles
- ΝΟΜΟΝ — law, a law, rule, principle
- ΝΟΜΟΝʼ — law, a law, custom, principle, rule, regulation
- ΝΟΜΟΣ — law, a law, principle, custom
- ΝΟΜΟΣΔ' — law, a law, custom, a custom, rule, a rule, regulation, a regulation, the fourth law, the fourth custom, the fourth rule, the fourth regulation
- ΝΟΜΟΣΟ — law, a law, custom, a custom, principle, a principle
- ΝΟΜΟΥ — of law, of a law, law
- ΝΟΜΟΥΣ — laws, a law
- ΝΟΜΩ — (to) law, (to) a law, (to) custom, (to) a custom, (to) principle, (to) a principle
- ΝΟΜΩΝ — of laws, of customs, of principles
- ΠΑΡΑΝΟΜΩΣ — unlawfully, illegally, contrary to law
- ΤΟΥΣΝΟΜΟΥΣ — the laws
- ΤΩΝΝΟΜΩΝ — of the laws, of laws
- ΤΩΝΟΜΩ — to the law, of the law
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