2001 Translation

NOMŌ, nomō

Sounds Like: NOH-moh

Translations: (to) law, (to) a law, (to) custom, (to) a custom, (to) principle, (to) a principle

From the root: ΝΟΜΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a law, custom, or principle. In the New Testament, it often refers to the Mosaic Law, but can also denote a general principle or rule. It is used here in the dative case, indicating the recipient or indirect object of an action, or the means by which something is done.

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G3551 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 3:6

Codex Sinaiticus

• Deuteronomy — 29:19, 30:10
• 1 Chronicles — 16:40
• 2 Esdras — 18:14, 18:18, 20:30, 20:35, 20:37
• Esther — 3:13e
• Tobit — 1:8
• 1 Maccabees — 1:57, 2:26, 2:42, 2:50, 2:64
• 4 Maccabees — 2:8, 4:23, 5:16, 13:22, 13:24, 18:1
• Psalms — 1:2, 77:10, 118:1, 118:29
• Wisdom — 9:5
• Sirach — 9:15, 19:17, 23:23, 32:24, 33:3, 39:1, 39:8, 45:17, 46:14
• Isaiah — 33:6
• Jeremiah — 51:23
• Malachi — 2:8, 2:9
• Matthew — 12:5, 22:36
• Luke — 2:23, 2:24, 10:26, 24:44
• John — 1:45, 8:17, 10:34
• Acts of the Apostles — 13:38
• Romans — 2:12, 2:17, 2:20, 2:23, 3:19, 7:2, 7:4, 7:16, 7:22, 7:23, 7:25, 8:7
• 1 Corinthians — 9:9, 14:21
• Galatians — 2:19, 3:11, 5:4
• Philippians — 3:6

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 2:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 14:78, 16:156, 20:181, 33:235, 38:267, 38:268
• Book Two — 16:156, 20:181, 33:235, 38:267, 38:268

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 12:208, 13:230, 19:315
• Book 4 — 8:322
• Book 5 — 2:152, 9:331
• Book 6 — 5:69
• Book 8 — 3:90, 10:250
• Book 9 — 4:58, 7:155, 13:270
• Book 10 — 1:11
• Book 11 — 4:109, 5:124, 5:145, 6:231
• Book 12 — 2:109, 6:187, 6:273, 7:300, 9:388
• Book 13 — 10:285
• Book 14 — 12:304
• Book 15 — 5:157
• Book 16 — 5:158, 11:398
• Book 17 — 5:95
• Book 19 — 3:230, 8:349

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 2:3
• Book Two — 6:11
• Book Three — 8:24
• Book Four — 2:34, 6:36
• Book Five — 3:29, 8:2
• Book Six — 4:20, 6:38

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 40:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 8:4, 32:1, 45:3, 89:2, 90:1, 94:5, 96:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 16:4
• Joshua — 9:4, 9:7
• 1 Kings — 2:3
• 2 Kings — 10:31
• 1 Chronicles — 16:40
• 2 Chronicles — 15:3, 23:18, 31:3, 31:21, 35:26
• Ezra (Alpha) — 1:31, 5:50, 8:3, 8:12
• Ezra (Beta) — 3:2, 7:6, 7:14
• Nehemiah — 8:14, 10:29, 10:36
• Tobit — 1:8
• 1 Maccabees — 1:57, 2:26, 2:27, 2:42, 2:50, 2:64
• 2 Maccabees — 1:4
• 3 Maccabees — 3:4
• 4 Maccabees — 2:8, 4:23, 5:16, 13:22, 13:24, 18:1
• Psalms — 1:2, 77:10, 118:1, 118:29
• Psalms of Solomon — 10:5, 14:1
• Sirach — 0:22, 9:15, 19:17, 23:23, 35:24, 36:3, 39:1, 39:8, 45:17, 46:14
• Isaiah — 33:6
• Jeremiah — 51:23
• Baruch — 2:2
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 9:11, 9:13
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 9:10, 9:11
• Malachi — 2:8, 2:9

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 1 — 1:4, 1:6
• Parable 8 — 3:5

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 12:5, 22:36
• Luke — 2:23, 2:24, 10:26, 24:44
• John — 1:46, 8:5, 8:17, 10:34, 15:25
• Acts — 13:39
• Romans — 2:12, 2:17, 2:20, 2:23, 3:19, 7:2, 7:4, 7:16, 7:22, 7:23, 7:25, 8:7
• 1 Corinthians — 9:9, 14:21
• Galatians — 2:19, 3:11, 5:4
• Philippians — 3:6

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
• ΝΟΜΟΙΣ — to laws, to a law, by laws, by a law, with laws, with a law
• 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
• 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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