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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νομίμως G3545
Pronunciation nomímōs
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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Questions this entry answers
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 It according to the rules 1× 2 Timothy 2:5
legitimately 1× 1 Timothy 1:8
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Timothy 1:8
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
1 Timothy 1 2 Timothy 1
Source forms
νομίμως 2x nomimōs 1 Timothy 1:8, 2 Timothy 2:5
Parsing patterns
Adverb 2x 1 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's G3545
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Timothy 1:8-11 Source Gloss
legitimately (specially, agreeably to the rules of the lists)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 1:8 Adverb
νομίμως nomimwv
lawfully
Read verse 2 Timothy 2:5 Adverb
νομίμως nomimwv
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 2
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
1 Tim 1:8 · 2 Tim 2:5 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
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
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