What does νομικός (nomikós) mean in the Bible?
νομικός (nomikós): Expert in Jewish law and Torah interpretation, distinct from scribes who copied texts professionally.
Greek · G3544
νομικός
Lawyer
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νομικός G3544
Pronunciation nomikós
What does νομικός (nomikós) mean in the Bible?
νομικός (nomikós): Expert in Jewish law and Torah interpretation, distinct from scribes who copied texts professionally.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3544?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include experts in the law (5), about [the] law (1), an expert in the law (1), expert in the law (1), lawyer (1).
Where does νομικός (nomikós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 22:35. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (6), Titus (2), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It experts in the law 5× Luke 7:30, Luke 11:45, Luke 11:46, Luke 11:52
about [the] law 1× Titus 3:9
an expert in the law 1× Matthew 22:35
expert in the law 1× Luke 10:25
lawyer 1× Titus 3:13
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 22:35 νομικὸς to an expert in the law Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Luke 7:30 νομικοὶ to experts in the law Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Luke 10:25 νομικός to expert in the law Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Luke 11:45 νομικῶν to experts in the law Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Luke 11:46 νομικοῖς to experts in the law Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Luke 11:52 νομικοῖς to experts in the law Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Luke 14:3 νομικοὺς to experts in the law Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Titus 3:9 νομικὰς to about [the] law Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Titus 3:13 νομικὸν to lawyer Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 22:35
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Luke 6 Titus 2
Source forms
νομικοῖς 2x nomikois Luke 11:46, Luke 11:52
νομικὰς 1x nomikas Titus 3:9
νομικοὶ 1x nomikoi Luke 7:30
νομικὸν 1x nomikon Titus 3:13
νομικός 1x nomikos Luke 10:25
νομικὸς 1x nomikos Matthew 22:35
νομικοὺς 1x nomikous Luke 14:3
νομικῶν 1x nomikōn Luke 11:45
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 2x Luke 11:46, Luke 11:52
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 22:35, Luke 10:25
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Titus 3:9
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 14:3
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Titus 3:13
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Luke 11:45
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 7:30
Evidence Summary
Justice
Greek word. Expert in Jewish law and Torah interpretation, distinct from scribes who copied texts professionally.
Strong's G3544
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 7 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
lawyer
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Expert in Jewish law and Torah interpretation, distinct from scribes who copied texts professionally.
(νόμος), [in LXX: 4Ma.5:4 * ;]
1relating to law: μάχαι, Tit.3:9.
2learned in the law; as subst., ὁ ν. (EV, lawyer): Mat.22:35, Luk.10:25, Tit.3:13; pl., Luk.7:30 11:45-46, 52 14:3 (cf. MM, xvii).
Synonymsγραμματεύς, q.v
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 22:35 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
νομικός, nomikov
about law, one learned in the Law
Read verse Luke 7:30 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
νομικοὶ nomikoi
about law, one learned in the Law
Read verse Luke 10:25 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
νομικός nomikov
about law, one learned in the Law
Read verse Luke 11:45 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
νομικῶν nomikwn
about law, one learned in the Law
Read verse Luke 11:46 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
νομικοῖς nomikoiv
about law, one learned in the Law
Read verse Luke 11:52 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
νομικοῖς, nomikoiv
about law, one learned in the Law
Read verse Luke 14:3 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
νομικοὺς nomikouv
about law, one learned in the Law
Read verse Titus 3:9 Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
νομικὰς nomikav
about law, one learned in the Law
Read verse Titus 3:13 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
νομικὸν nomikon
about law, one learned in the Law
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 7 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Plural (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 22:35 · Luke 10:25 2×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 7:30 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 11:45 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Luke 11:46 · Luke 11:52 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 14:3 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Titus 3:9 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Titus 3:13 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 10:25–37 νομικός nomikós
Lawyer, expert in the Law
Showing 1 selected witness from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
νομικός is built from this root:
Canonical Themes
Justice
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain