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νομικός (nomikos)

νομικός (nomikos) (Greek Lexicon • G3544 • relating to law, learned in the law): relating to law, learned in the law. Primary meaning: relating to law, learned in the law. Strong's: according (or pertaining) to law, i.e. legal (ceremonially); as noun, an expert in the (Mosaic) law. Lexical nuances: relating to law : μάχαι , Tit 3:9 . It is closely linked with νομοδιδάσκαλος (nomodidaskalos) (Greek Lexicon • G3547 • a teacher of the law): a teacher of the law. Primary meaning: a teacher of the law. Strong's: an expounder of the (Jewish) law, i.e. a Rabbi. Lexical nuances: a teacher of the law : Lk 5:17 , Ac 5:34 , I Ti 1:7 (NT and eccl. only; cf. νομοδείκτης , -διδάκτης , Plut.).†

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include 1 Corinthians 6:1 : "Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?"; 1 Corinthians 6:6 : "But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers."; 1 Corinthians 6:7 : "Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?". Related canonical books and chapters: Romans 7 ( Romans • Chapter 7 (25 verses)), Hebrews 10 ( Hebrews • Chapter 10 (39 verses)), Leviticus 7 ( Leviticus • Chapter 7 (38 verses)).

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νομικός
nomikos (nomikós) [nom-ik-os']
G3544 Greek adjective 9x
relating to law, learned in the law

Primary meaning: relating to law, learned in the law. Strong's: according (or pertaining) to law, i.e. legal (ceremonially); as noun, an expert in the (Mosaic) law. Lexical nuances: relating to law : μάχαι , Tit 3:9 .

Derivation: from G3551 (νόμος);
νομοδιδάσκαλος
nomodidaskalos (nomodidáskalos) [nom-od-id-as'-kal-os]
G3547 Greek noun masculine 3x
a teacher of the law

Primary meaning: a teacher of the law. Strong's: an expounder of the (Jewish) law, i.e. a Rabbi. Lexical nuances: a teacher of the law : Lk 5:17 , Ac 5:34 , I Ti 1:7 (NT and eccl. only; cf. νομοδείκτης , -διδάκτης , Plut.).†

Derivation: from G3551 (νόμος) and G1320 (διδάσκαλος);
νόμος
nomos (nómos) [nom'-os]
G3551 Greek noun masculine 194x
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:...

Derivation: from a primary (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals);
Romans 7
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Romans • Chapter 7 (25 verses)

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of h... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

תּוֹרָה
tora (tôrâ) [toe-RAW]
H8451 Hebrew noun feminine 219x
instruction, teaching, law, guidance

Instruction, direction, teaching, authoritative guidance; God's parental self-revelation instructing His people how to walk in communion; also Pentateuch.

Derivation: From יָרָה (H3384) to cast, point out, instruct.
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AUDIO • pronunciation

Hebrew lemma pronunciation for divine law, teaching, guidance, and the Pentateuch.

YaronSh (Lingua Libre) • Lingua Libre Hebrew Project CC-BY-SA 4.0
Hebrews 10
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Hebrews • Chapter 10 (39 verses)

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses .

Leviticus 7
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Leviticus • Chapter 7 (38 verses)

Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy. In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar. And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, a... Mentions: Aaron , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Sinai .

שַׁבָּת
sabbat (šabbāt) [shab-BAWT]
H7676 Hebrew noun feminine / masculine 111x
Sabbath, day of rest, covenant sign

The Sabbath day, holy seventh day of rest ordained at creation, enshrined in Decalogue, serving as perpetual sign of Mosaic Covenant.

Derivation: From שָׁבַת (H7673) to cease.
חֹק
hoq (ḥōq) [khoke]
H2706 Hebrew noun masculine 127x
statute, decree, enactment, boundary

Statute, ordinance, boundary, limit; engraved law originating from God's sovereign will setting fixed boundaries for nature and ethical duties for Israel.

Derivation: From חָקַק (H2710) to engrave.
θύω
thyo (thýō) [thoo'-o]
G2380 Greek verb 14x
to offer, to sacrifice, offer sacrifice

Primary meaning: to offer, to sacrifice, offer sacrifice, to slay. Strong's: properly, to rush (breathe hard, blow, smoke), i.e. (by implication) to sacrifice (properly, by fire, but genitive case); by extension to immolate (slaughter for any purpose). Lexical nuances: to offer first fruits to a god.

Derivation: a primary verb;
חַטָּאָת
hattat (ḥaṭṭāʾt) [khat-TAWTH]
H2403 Hebrew noun feminine 296x
sin offering, purification offering, sin

Sin offering, purification offering, sin itself; sacrificial animal whose blood purified sanctuary and altar from defilement.

Derivation: From חָטָא (H2398) to miss mark, sin.
θυσία
thysia (thysía) [thoo-see'-ah]
G2378 Greek noun feminine 28x
an offering, sacrifice, a sacrifice

Primary meaning: an offering, sacrifice, a sacrifice. Strong's: sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: actively, an offering , sacrifice (Hdt., al.).

Derivation: from G2380 (θύω);
ἄνομος
anomos (ánomos) [an'-om-os]
G0459 Greek adjective 9x
lawless, wicked, without law

Primary meaning: lawless, wicked, without law. Strong's: lawless, i.e. (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication, a Gentile), or (positively) wicked. Lexical nuances: lawless , wicked : Mk 15:28 , Lk 22:37 , Ac 2:23 , I Ti 1:9 , II Pe 2:8 ; ὁ ἄ. , II Th 2:8 (= ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας , II Th 2:3 ).

Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G3551 (νόμος);
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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Deuteronomy presenting Moses ' farewell sermons calling the new generation to loyal love, Shema obedience, and covenant renewal on the edge of the Promised Land .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Leviticus 3
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Leviticus • Chapter 3 (17 verses)

And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregat... Mentions: Aaron .

Code of Hammurabi Stele — Babylonian Law & Mosaic Parallels
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Diorite stele in the Louvre Museum with 282 legal statutes illustrating Ancient Near Eastern covenantal jurisprudence.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Leviticus 5
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Leviticus • Chapter 5 (19 verses)

And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or ... Mentions: Moses .

Psalms 119
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Psalms • Chapter 119 (176 verses)

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

שָׂעִיר
sair (śāʿîr) [saw-EER]
H8163 Hebrew noun masculine / adjective 59x
he-goat, hairy goat, sin offering goat

He-goat, buck; standard animal for communal sin offerings, ruler's sin offering, and the two goats on Day of Atonement.

Derivation: From שָׂעַר (H8175) to bristle, be hairy.
Gustave Doré — Moses Smashing the Tablets of the Law (1866)
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Moses descending Sinai in holy indignation at the sight of the golden calf and shattering the stone tablets.

Gustave Doré / La Grande Bible de Tours • La Grande Bible de Tours (1866) Public Domain Mark 1.0
νομοθεσία
nomothesia (nomothesía) [nom-oth-es-ee'-ah]
G3548 Greek noun feminine 1x
legislation, lawgiving

Primary meaning: legislation, lawgiving. Strong's: legislation (specially, the institution of the Mosaic code). Lexical nuances: legislation , lawgiving : Ro 9:4 .†

Derivation: from G3550 (νομοθέτης);
Numbers 29
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Numbers • Chapter 29 (40 verses)

And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel .

δικαίωμα
dikaioma (dikaíōma) [dik-ah'-yo-mah]
G1345 Greek noun neuter 10x
an ordinance, a sentence, of acquittal

Primary meaning: an ordinance, a sentence, of acquittal, of condemnation. Strong's: an equitable deed; by implication, a statute or decision. Lexical nuances: a concrete expression of righteousness, the expression and result of the act of δικαίωσις , "a declaration that a thing is δίκαιον , or that a person is δίκαιος ," hence, an ordinance : δ. τ. θεοῦ , Ro 1:32 ; τ. κυρίου , Lk 1:6 ; τ. νόμου , Ro 2:26 8:4 ; λατρείας , He 9:1 ; σαρκός , He 9:10 ; a sentence : of acquittal , Ro 5:16 (also 5:18 ; ICC , in l.), or of condemnation ; a righteous act : R...

Derivation: from G1344 (δικαιόω);
ἁμάρτημα
hamartema (hamártēma) [ham-ar'-tay-mah]
G0265 Greek noun neuter 4x
a sinful deed, a sin

Primary meaning: a sinful deed, a sin. Strong's: a sin (properly concrete). Lexical nuances: an act of disobedience to divine law (Lft., Notes , 273), a sinful deed , a sin : Mk 3:28 , 29 , Ro 3:25 , I Co 6:18 , II Pe 1:9 , WH, mg.; αἰώνιων ἁ. ( DCG , i, 788 a ), Mk 3:29 (for exx. from π. , v. MM, VGT , s.v.).†

Derivation: from G264 (ἁμαρτάνω);
Μωσεύς
Moseus (Mōseús) [moce-yoos']
G3475 Greek proper noun masculine 80x
Moses

Primary meaning: Moses. Strong's: Moseus, Moses, or Mouses (i.e. Mosheh), the Hebrew lawgiver. Lexical nuances: Moses : Mt 8:4 17:3 , 4 , al.; νόμος Μωυσέως , Lk 2:22 24:44 , Jo 7:23 , Ac 13:39 15:5 28:23 , I Co 9:9 , He 10:28 ; by meton., of the books of Moses, Lk 16:29 24:27 , Ac 15:21 , II Co 3:15 .

Derivation: of Hebrew origin; (H04872);
עֵדוּת
edut (ʿēḏût) [ay-DOOTH]
H5715 Hebrew noun feminine 59x
testimony, witness, covenant precept

Testimony, solemn covenant witness; Two Tablets of Decalogue placed inside Ark ('Ark of the Testimony', Aron Ha-Edut) testifying to God's holiness.

Derivation: From עֵד (H5707) witness.
שֶׁלֶם
selem (šelem) [SHEH-lem]
H8002 Hebrew noun masculine 87x
peace offering, fellowship sacrifice

Peace offering, fellowship sacrifice; portions given to God, priest, and shared by worshiper in joyful communal meal.

Derivation: From שָׁלַם (H7999) to be complete, make peace.
σαββατισμός
sabbatismos (sabbatismós) [sab-bat-is-mos']
G4520 Greek noun masculine 1x
to keep the sabbath,, a keeping sabbath, a sabbath rest

Primary meaning: to keep the sabbath,, a keeping sabbath, a sabbath rest. Strong's: a "sabbatism", i.e. (figuratively) the repose of Christianity (as a type of heaven). Lexical nuances: a keeping sabbath, a sabbath rest : metaph., as in Mishna (Zorell, s.v.), He 4:9 .†

Derivation: from a derivative of G4521 (σάββατον);

Scripture Passages (24)

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

For it is written in the law of Moses , Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

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