What does νόμος · Μωσεύς mean in the Bible?
νόμος · Μωσεύς is a Greek phrase meaning "Law of Moses".
Greek · G3551, G3475
νόμου Μωϋσέως
Law · Moseus, Moses, or Mouses (i.e. Mosheh), the Hebrew lawgiver
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νόμος G3551 law
Pronunciation nómos
Encompasses both the Mosaic law and any binding principle or force impelling moral action
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Μωσεύς G3475 Moseus, Moses, or Mouses (i.e. Mosheh), the Hebrew lawgiver
Pronunciation Mōseús
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What does νόμου Μωϋσέως (nomou Mōuseōs) mean in the Bible?
νόμος · Μωσεύς is a Greek phrase meaning "Law of Moses".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3551, G3475?
G3551, G3475 is connected to 193 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Law of Moses
Source Gloss
Law of Moses
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 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 5 Aligned forms 193 Case pattern Genitive (67) Number pattern Singular (191)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 7:12 · Matt 11:13 · Matt 22:40 · Luke 16:16 · John 1:17 · John 7:23 · John 7:51 · Rom 2:14 · Rom 3:19 · Rom 4:15 · Rom 5:20 · Rom 7:1 · Rom 7:7 · Rom 7:12 · Rom 7:14 · Rom 8:2 34×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:18 · Matt 23:23 · Luke 2:27 · Luke 16:17 · John 12:34 · Acts 6:13 · Acts 13:15 · Acts 18:15 · Acts 21:20 · Acts 21:28 · Acts 22:3 · Acts 23:29 · Acts 28:23 · Rom 2:12 · Rom 2:13 · Rom 2:14 67×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:5 · Matt 22:36 · Luke 2:23 · Luke 2:24 · Luke 10:26 · Luke 24:44 · John 1:45 · John 8:17 · John 10:34 · John 15:25 · Acts 13:38 · Rom 2:12 · Rom 2:17 · Rom 2:20 · Rom 2:23 · Rom 3:19 31×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:17 · Luke 2:22 · Luke 2:39 · John 7:19 · John 7:49 · John 18:31 · John 19:7 · Acts 7:53 · Acts 15:5 · Acts 18:13 · Acts 21:24 · Acts 22:12 · Acts 23:3 · Acts 24:14 · Acts 25:8 · Rom 2:14 59×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Heb 8:10 · Heb 10:16 2×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
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