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Greek · G3551, G937

νόμος

Law · royal

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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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βασιλικός G937 royal
Pronunciation basilikós
Royal authority; often denotes supreme law governing other laws with regal character.
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What does νόμος (nómos) mean in the Bible?

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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What does νόμος · βασιλικός mean in the Bible?

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)".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3551, G937?

G3551, G937 is connected to 193 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Justice

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)

Strong's G3551, G937
Lexical occurrences 193 verses Word forms 5 forms 193 references Study link James 2:8–13

Source Gloss

law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
Extended definition

:--law.

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×
193 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
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