The meaning of “ἄνομος”
Understanding ánomos reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
without law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked. - lawless, i.e. (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law - (by...
ἄνομος
without law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked. - lawless, i.e. (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law - (by implication, a Gentile), or (positively) wicked
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Mark 15:28 | “And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.” Word: ἄνομος (ánomos) | |
| Luke 22:37 | “For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.” Word: ἄνομος (ánomos) | |
| Acts 2:23 | “Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:” Word: ἄνομος (ánomos) | |
| 1 Corinthians 9:21 | “To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.” Word: ἄνομος (ánomos) | |
| 2 Thessalonians 2:8 | “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:” Word: ἄνομος (ánomos) |