Greek Word Study
νόμος
nómos
G3551
Quick Facts
Strong's Number
G3551
KJV Translations
law
Derivation / Root
from a primary (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals);
Definition of nómos
νόμος (nómos) — law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
Word Origin
This word comes from a primary (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals);
Related Greek Words
Words sharing the same root or derived from νόμος.
ἄνομος
ánomos
G459
lawless, i.e. (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication, a Gentile), or (positively) wicked
ἀπονέμω
aponémō
G632
to apportion, i.e. bestow
διανέμω
dianémō
G1268
to distribute, i.e. (of information) to disseminate
ἔννομος
énnomos
G1772
(subjectively) legal, or (objectively) subject to
κληρονόμος
klēronómos
G2818
a sharer by lot, i.e. inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor
νομή
nomḗ
G3542
pasture, i.e. (the act) feeding (figuratively, spreading of a gangrene), or (the food) pasturage
νομίζω
nomízō
G3543
properly, to do by law (usage), i.e. to accustom (passively, be usual); by extension, to deem or regard
νομικός
nomikós
G3544
according (or pertaining) to law, i.e. legal (ceremonially); as noun, an expert in the (Mosaic) law
νομίμως
nomímōs
G3545
legitimately (specially, agreeably to the rules of the lists)
νομοδιδάσκαλος
nomodidáskalos
G3547
an expounder of the (Jewish) law, i.e. a Rabbi
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