akin to nemo, "to divide out, distribute," primarily meant "that which is assigned;" hence, "usage, custom," and then, "law, law as prescribed by custom, or by statute;" the word ethos, "custom," was retained for unwritten "law," while nomos became the established name for "law" as decreed by a state and set up as the standard for the administration of justice.
Romans 2:12,13Romans 2:14Romans 3:27Romans 4:15 Romans 5:13Romans 7:1 Galatians 5:23Galatians 5:18Romans 7:21,23 Matthew 5:18John 1:17Romans 2:15,18,20,26,273:194:157:4,7,14,16,228:3,4,7Galatians 3:10,12,19,21,245:3Ephesians 2:15Philippians 3:61—Timothy 1:8Hebrews 7:19James 2:9Romans 2:14 1—Corinthians 9:20Galatians 2:16,19,213:2,5,10 Philippians 3:5,9Hebrews 7:169:19James 2:114:11Galatians 2:16Matthew 5:1712:5Luke 16:1624:44John 1:45Romans 3:21Galatians 3:10John 10:3415:25John 12:34Romans 3:19 1—Corinthians 14:21Galatians 6:2John 13:14,1515:4Matthew 20:28John 13:1Matthew 5:18Matthew 5:21-48Romans 3:27Romans 7:23Romans 7:23Romans 8:2James 1:252:121—Corinthians 9:21Psalm 119:32,45,972—Corinthians 3:17James 2:8Matthew 22:34-40Romans 13:8Galatians 5:14Romans 8:2John 6:63Romans 9:31Galatians 3:21Hebrews 7:16Hebrews 7:19Hebrews 8:6Galatians 5:3Galatians 5:14Romans 8:3JUSTIFICATION. Acts 19:38COURTLuke 5:17Acts 5:341—Timothy 1:7DOCTOR.denotes "legislation, lawgiving" (No. 1, and tithemi, "to place, to put"), Romans 9:4 , "(the) giving of the law." Cp. B, No. 1.
(a) used intransitively, signifies "to make laws" (cp. A, No. 2, above); in the Passive Voice, "to be furnished with laws," Hebrews 7:11 , "received the law," lit., "was furnished with (the) law;" (b) used transitively, it signifies "to ordain by law, to enact;" in the Passive Voice, Hebrews 8:6 . See ENACT.
"to esteem, judge," etc., signifies "to go to law," and is so used in the Middle Voice in Matthew 5:40 , RV, "go to law" (AV, "sue ... at the law"); 1—Corinthians 6:1,6 . See ESTEEM.
1—Corinthians 6:7"to transgress law" (para, "contrary to," and nomos), is used in the present participle in Acts 23:3 , and translated "contrary to the law," lit., "transgressing the law."
denotes "relating to law;" in Titus 3:9 it is translated "about the law," describing "fightings" (AV, "strivings"); see LAWYER.
(a) "lawful, legal," lit., "in law" (en, "in," and nomos), or, strictly, "what is within the range of law," is translated "lawful" in Acts 19:39 , AV (RV, "regular"), of the legal tribunals in Ephesus; (b) "under law" (RV), in relation to Christ, 1—Corinthians 9:21 , where it is contrasted with anomos (see No. 3 below); the word as used by the Apostle suggests not merely the condition of being under "law," but the intimacy of a relation established in the loyalty of a will devoted to his Master. See LAWFUL.
signifies "without law" (a, negative) and has this meaning in 1—Corinthians 9:21 (four times). See LAWLESS , TRANSGRESSOR , UNLAWFUL , WICKED.
"without law" (the adverbial form of C, No. 3), is used in Romans 2:12 (twice), where "(have sinned) without law" means in the absence of some specifically revealed "law," like the "law" of Sinai; "(shall perish) without law" predicates that the absence of such a "law" will not prevent their doom; the "law" of conscience is not in view here. The succeeding phrase "under law" is lit., "in law," not the same as the adjective ennomos (C, No. 2), but two distinct words.
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