Strong G3542νομή
pasture
- Transliteration
- nomē
- Pronunciation
- nom-ah'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine from the same as G3551; pasture that is (the act) feeding (figuratively spreading of a gangrene) or (the food) pasturage: - X eat pasture.
Detailed definition
νομή, -ῆς, ἡ
(νέμω, to pasture), [in LXX chiefly for מִרְעֶה, also for נָוֶה, etc.;]
1. a pasture, pasturage: figuratively, Jhn.10:9
2. a grazing, feeding; metaphorically, of a spreading sore, 2Ti.2:17 (Polyb.).†
(AS)
(νέμω, to pasture), [in LXX chiefly for מִרְעֶה, also for נָוֶה, etc.;]
1. a pasture, pasturage: figuratively, Jhn.10:9
2. a grazing, feeding; metaphorically, of a spreading sore, 2Ti.2:17 (Polyb.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3542 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- eat1
- pasture1
- sober1
First verses
- John 10:9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
- 1 Timothy 3:11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
- 2 Timothy 2:17And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus;
Occurrences by book
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νομ-ή, ἡ,
(νέμω) pasturage, ἀμφίβιον.. ἔδωκε ν. βατράχοισι Κρονίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 59; νομὰς νέμειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.110)]; νομὰς νέμεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 78, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 679a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 575b4, etc.; ποιμνίων νομαί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 761)]: in concrete sense, νομαὶ βοσκημάτων herds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.2.)]
2 food from pasturing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 111 C, etc.; αἷμα, ν. σαρκῶν [prev. author] “Ti.” 80e; ἡ προσήκουσα ψυχῆς ν. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 248b; ν. τῶν μελιττῶν τὸ θύμον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 626 b20, compare “PCair.Zen.” 520.10 (3rd c.BC).)]
3 feeding, grazing, of herds, νομὴν ποιεῖσθαι, ={νέμεσθαι}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 596a14.)]
3.b metaphorically, spreading, ν. πυρός [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.48.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 35)]; frequently of sores, etc., ν. ποιεῖσθαι spread, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.81.6; ὡς γάγγραινα, ν. ἕξει NT.2Tim.2.17, compare 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.995; ἵσταται ἡ ν., of baldness, [prev. author][prev. work]411; νομαί)]spreading ulcers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.13, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.860, +others; ν. σαρκὸς θηριώδεις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.165e.)]
II division, distribution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.52 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321c, +others)]; of an inheritance, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.12)]; ἡ πατρῴα (variant{πατρῴων}) ν. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303b34)]; διεφθαρκὼς νομῇ χρημάτων τὸν δῆμον by largess of money, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.76, compare “IG” 5(1).1346 (_Laconian dialect_))]: in plural, = Latin donativa, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.8.9, 5.5.8, 6.8.8.)]
II.2 paying out or distribution in bandaging, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.25.1, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18 (2).741.)]
III in Law, = Latin possessio, Wilcken [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 41 iii 20 (3rd c.AD))]; μακρᾶς ν. παραγραφή, = longae posses- sionis praescriptio, Mitteis [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 374 i 3 (3rd c.AD))]; ν. ἄδικος, = injusta possessio, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PTeb. 286.7 (2nd c.AD))]; ἐπὶ νομῆς πέμπειν, = in possessionem mittere, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 53.4.1.)]
IV ἐν χειρῶν νομαῖς, ={ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ} [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (compare (νόμος 1.1 e), “SIG” 700.29 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus, 2nd c.BC).)]
(νέμω) pasturage, ἀμφίβιον.. ἔδωκε ν. βατράχοισι Κρονίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 59; νομὰς νέμειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.110)]; νομὰς νέμεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 78, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 679a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 575b4, etc.; ποιμνίων νομαί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 761)]: in concrete sense, νομαὶ βοσκημάτων herds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.2.)]
2 food from pasturing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 111 C, etc.; αἷμα, ν. σαρκῶν [prev. author] “Ti.” 80e; ἡ προσήκουσα ψυχῆς ν. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 248b; ν. τῶν μελιττῶν τὸ θύμον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 626 b20, compare “PCair.Zen.” 520.10 (3rd c.BC).)]
3 feeding, grazing, of herds, νομὴν ποιεῖσθαι, ={νέμεσθαι}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 596a14.)]
3.b metaphorically, spreading, ν. πυρός [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.48.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 35)]; frequently of sores, etc., ν. ποιεῖσθαι spread, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.81.6; ὡς γάγγραινα, ν. ἕξει NT.2Tim.2.17, compare 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.995; ἵσταται ἡ ν., of baldness, [prev. author][prev. work]411; νομαί)]spreading ulcers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.13, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.860, +others; ν. σαρκὸς θηριώδεις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.165e.)]
II division, distribution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.52 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321c, +others)]; of an inheritance, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.12)]; ἡ πατρῴα (variant{πατρῴων}) ν. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303b34)]; διεφθαρκὼς νομῇ χρημάτων τὸν δῆμον by largess of money, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.76, compare “IG” 5(1).1346 (_Laconian dialect_))]: in plural, = Latin donativa, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.8.9, 5.5.8, 6.8.8.)]
II.2 paying out or distribution in bandaging, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.25.1, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18 (2).741.)]
III in Law, = Latin possessio, Wilcken [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 41 iii 20 (3rd c.AD))]; μακρᾶς ν. παραγραφή, = longae posses- sionis praescriptio, Mitteis [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 374 i 3 (3rd c.AD))]; ν. ἄδικος, = injusta possessio, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PTeb. 286.7 (2nd c.AD))]; ἐπὶ νομῆς πέμπειν, = in possessionem mittere, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 53.4.1.)]
IV ἐν χειρῶν νομαῖς, ={ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ} [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (compare (νόμος 1.1 e), “SIG” 700.29 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus, 2nd c.BC).)]