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νόμος (nomos) means “law” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

νόμος Greek · G3551 193 tagged occurrences in 153 verses

Pronunciation guide: nom'-os Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3551

νόμος · nomos · law

νόμος, -ου, ὁ (νέμω, to deal out, distribute), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹרָה, also for חֻקָּה, etc. ;] that which is assigned, hence, usage, custom, then law; in NT (only in Mt, Jo, Ja, and the Lucan and Pauline bks.); 1. of law in general: Rom.3:27 5:13b; pl., of divine laws, Heb.8:10 10:16; ὁ ν. τ. Χριστοῦ, Gal.6:2; (τ.) ἐλευθερίας, Jas.1:25 2:12; βασιλικιός (Hort., in l.; Deiss., LAE, 267:3), Jas.2:8. 2. Of a force or influence impelling to action: Rom.7:21, 23a, 25 8:2. 3. Of the Mosaic law: Mat.5:18, Luk.2:27, Jhn.1:17, Act.6:13, Rom.2:15, 1Co.9:8, 1Ti.1:8, Heb.7:19; al.; Μωυσέως, Luk.2:22, Jhn.7:23, Act.15:5, al.; κυρίου, Luk.2:39; κατὰ τὸν ν., Act.22:12, Heb.7:5 9:22. 4. As printed, Abbott-Smith mistakenly numbers this as 3.Anarthrous (Bl, §46, 8; ICC on Rom.2:12, 13), νόμος, (a) of law in general: Rom.2:12, 14b 3:20, 21 4:15, al.; (b) of the Mosaic law in its quality as law: Rom.2:14a 5:20 10:4, Gal.2:19, al.; οἱ ἐκ ν., Rom.4:14; ὑπὸ νόμον, 1Co.9:20, Gal.4:5; ν. πράσσειν (πληροῦν), Rom.2:25 13:8. 5. Of Christian teaching: ν. πίστεως, Rom.3:27; τ. Χριστοῦ, Gal.6:2. 6. By meton., of the books which contain the law; (a) of the Pentateuch: Mat.12:5, Jhn.1:45, al.; ὁ ν. καὶ οἱ προφῆται, Mat.5:17, Luk.16:16, al.; ὁ ν. καὶ προφῆται κ. ψαλμοί, Luk.24:44. (b) of the OT Scriptures in general (as Heb. תּוֹרָה): Jhn.10:34 12:34 15:25, 1Co.14:21, al. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

usage, custom, law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law, the Pentateuch, the Old Testament scriptures in general.

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How translators render G3551

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
law 105
the law 53
of the law 12
a law 5
it 3
laws 2
principle 2
a lawbreaker 1
by law 1
i serve the law 1
law at work 1
law given 1
law is 1
law requires 1
law says 1
that 1
the law was given 1
to the law 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the law 130
of the law 30
law 19
to the law 5
a law 4
by the law 2
in the law 2
laws 2
contained in the law 1
that law 1
the 1

Verses containing G3551

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  1. 1 Corinthians 14:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

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  2. 1 Corinthians 15:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

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  3. Galatians 2:16 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

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  4. Galatians 2:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.

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  5. Galatians 2:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

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  6. Galatians 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

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  7. Galatians 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?

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  8. Galatians 3:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

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  9. Galatians 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

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  10. Galatians 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”

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  11. Galatians 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

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  12. Galatians 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

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  13. Galatians 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

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  14. Galatians 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

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  15. Galatians 3:21 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.

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  16. Galatians 3:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.

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  17. Galatians 3:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

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  18. Galatians 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

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  19. Galatians 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.

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  20. Galatians 4:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?

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  21. Galatians 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

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  22. Galatians 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

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  23. Galatians 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

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  24. Galatians 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

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  25. Galatians 5:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

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  26. Galatians 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

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  27. Galatians 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

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  28. Ephesians 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

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  29. Philippians 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

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  30. Philippians 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

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  31. Philippians 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

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  32. 1 Timothy 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.

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  33. 1 Timothy 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

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  34. Hebrews 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.

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  35. Hebrews 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.

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  36. Hebrews 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.

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  37. Hebrews 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

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  38. Hebrews 7:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

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  39. Hebrews 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

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  40. Hebrews 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

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  41. Hebrews 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

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  42. Hebrews 9:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

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  43. Hebrews 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

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  44. Hebrews 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).

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  45. Hebrews 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”

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  46. Hebrews 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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  47. James 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

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  48. James 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

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  49. James 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

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  50. James 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

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