νόμος

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law

νόμος , -ου, ὁ (νέμω, to deal out, distribute ), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹרָה, also for חֻקָּה, etc. ;] that which is assigned, hence, usage, custom , then law ; in NT (only in Mt, Jo, Ja, and the Lucan and Pauline bks.); __1. of law in general : Rom.3:27 5:13b; pl., of divine laws, Heb.8:10 10:16 ; ὁ ν. τ. Χριστοῦ, Gal.6:2; (τ.) ἐλευθερίας, Jas.1:25 2:12 ; βασιλικιός (Hort., in l.; Deiss., LAE , 267:3), Jas.2:8. __2. Of a force or influence impelling to action : Rom.7:21, 23 a, 25 8:2. __3. Of the Mosaic law : Mat.5:18 , Luk.2:27 , Jhn.1:17 , Act.6:13 , Rom.2:15 , 1Co.9:8 , 1Ti.1:8 , Heb.7:19; al.; Μωυσέως, Luk.2:22 , Jhn.7:23 , Act.15:5 , al.; κυρίου, Luk.2:39; κατὰ τὸν ν., Act.22:12 , Heb.7:5 9:22 . __4. As printed, Abbott-Smith mistakenly numbers this as 3. Anarthrous (Bl, §46, 8; ICC on Rom.2:12, 13 ), νόμος, __(a) of law in general : Rom.2:12, 14 b 3:20, 21 4:15, al.; __(b) of the Mosaic law in its quality as law : Rom.2:14 a 5:20 10:4, Gal.2:19 , al.; οἱ ἐκ ν., Rom.4:14; ὑπὸ νόμον, 1Co.9:20 , Gal.4:5 ; ν. πράσσειν (πληροῦν), Rom.2:25 13:8 . __5. Of Christian teaching : ν. πίστεως, Rom.3:27; τ. Χριστοῦ, Gal.6:2. __6. By meton., of the books which contain the law; __(a) of the Pentateuch : Mat.12:5 , Jhn.1:45 , al.; ὁ ν. καὶ οἱ προφῆται, Mat.5:17 , Luk.16:16 , al.; ὁ ν. καὶ προφῆται κ. ψαλμοί, Luk.24:44. __(b) of the OT Scriptures in general (as Heb. תּוֹרָה): Jhn.10:34 12:34 15:25 , 1Co.14:21 , al. (AS)