νόμος
“usage, custom, law”
Primary meaning: usage, custom, law. Strong's: law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle). Lexical nuances: that which is assigned, hence, usage , custom , then law ; in NT (only in Mt, Jo, Ja, and the Lucan and Pauline bks.); of law in general: Ro 3:27 5:13b ; pl., of divine laws, He 8:10 10:16 ; ὁ ν. τ. Χριστοῦ , Ga 6:2 ; (τ.) ἐλευθερίας , Ja 1:25 2:12 ; βασιλικιός (Hort., in l.; Deiss., LAE , 367 3 ), Ja 2:8 . Of a force or influence impelling to action: Ro 7:21 , 23a , 25 8:2 . Of the Mosaic law:...
Lexical & Etymological Analysis
Root & Derivation
from a primary (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals);
Traditional English Renderings (KJV/AV)
Septuagint (LXX) & New Testament Conceptual Bridges
Cross-Testament BridgeHow this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.
LXX conceptual translation: חֻקָּה (statute, ordinance, fixed custom) -> νόμος (usage, custom, law)
LXX conceptual translation: תּוֹרָה (instruction, teaching, law, guidance) -> νόμος (usage, custom, law)
LXX conceptual translation: H8452 -> νόμος (usage, custom, law)
Key Biblical Occurrences (8)
Foundational passages where νόμος (nomos) carries significant theological or narrative weight.