What does νομίμως (nomímōs) mean in the Bible?
νομίμως (nomímōs): Lawfully, according to proper procedure or regulation; legitimately according to established rules.
Greek · G3545
νομίμως
Legitimately (specially, agreeably to the rules of the lists)
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νομίμωςG3545
Pronunciationnomímōs
What does νομίμως (nomímōs) mean in the Bible?
νομίμως (nomímōs): Lawfully, according to proper procedure or regulation; legitimately according to established rules.
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How does the BSB render G3545?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include according to the rules (1), legitimately (1).
Where does νομίμως (nomímōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Timothy 1:8. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1), 2 Timothy (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 Itaccording to the rules1×2 Timothy 2:5
legitimately1×1 Timothy 1:8
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row1 Timothy 1:8
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
1 Timothy12 Timothy1
Source forms
νομίμως2xnomimōs1 Timothy 1:8, 2 Timothy 2:5
Parsing patterns
Adverb2x1 Timothy 1:8, 2 Timothy 2:5
Evidence Summary
Justice
Greek word. Lawfully, according to proper procedure or regulation; legitimately according to established rules.
Strong'sG3545
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study link1 Timothy 1:8-11Source Gloss
legitimately (specially, agreeably to the rules of the lists)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Timothy 1:8Adverb
νομίμωςnomimwv
lawfully
Read verse2 Timothy 2:5Adverb
νομίμωςnomimwv
lawfully
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
1 Tim 1:8 · 2 Tim 2:52×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
In accordance with proper rules or intended purpose.
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
νομίμως is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
The issue is not whether the law is good, but whether it is used according to God’s intended design.1 Timothy 1:8-11
Canonical Themes
Justice