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νόμος · βασιλικός is a Greek phrase meaning "law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)".
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νόμος · βασιλικός is a Greek phrase meaning "law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)".
G3551, G937 is connected to 193 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Greek phrase. law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
:--law.
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.
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Highlights the kingly authority of the command to love one’s neighbor.James 2:8–13