Strong G3545νομίμως
lawfully
- Transliteration
- nomimōs
- Pronunciation
- nom-im'-oce
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Adverb from a derivative of G3551; legitimately (specifically agreeably to the rules of the lists): - lawfully.
Detailed definition
νομίμως
adv. (νόμιμος, conformable to law), [in LXX: 4Ma.6:18 *;]
rightly, lawfully: 1Ti.1:8, 2Ti.2:5.†
(AS)
adv. (νόμιμος, conformable to law), [in LXX: 4Ma.6:18 *;]
rightly, lawfully: 1Ti.1:8, 2Ti.2:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3545 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lawfully2
First verses
- 1 Timothy 1:8But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
- 2 Timothy 2:5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: νόμ-ιμος, η, ον,
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.22, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 400b24)]:— conformable to custom, usage, or law, ν. ὅρκος Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.98; ν. ἔρωτες 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 6 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; ἔργα δίκαια καὶ ν. 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 174)]; legitimate, ν. παῖδες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 815 (Lyric poetry))]: hence, customary, prescriptive, φῶς [Refs ([prev. work] 345 (Lyric poetry))], etc.; οἱ ν. θεοί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 954a; ἡ ἐπίδεσις ἡ ν. 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 14; νόμιμόν [ἐστί] τινι ποιεῖν τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.8; ν. τινὰ δεδέσθαι [prev. author] “Mem.” 1.2.49.)]
2 observant of law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Choerilus Epicus 3, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.12, 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.5.61; ν. καὶ κόσμιοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 504d)]; ν. πόλις Isoc. [prev. cited]
II νόμιμα, τά, usages, customs, ἄλλα ἄλλοισιν νόμιμα, σφετέραν δ᾽ αἰνεῖ δίκαν ἕκαστος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 215, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 334 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.79)]; ν. Δωρικά, Χαλκιδικά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.4, 5; τὰ κοινὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ν. [prev. author] 3.59)]; almost, ={νόμοι}, ἄγραπτα ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 455; ν. θεῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 19; τὰ εἰωθότα ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 265a; ἄγραφα ν. [prev. author] “Lg.” 793a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.70)]; τὰ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ν., τὸ πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους ν., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.6.4, “Cyr.” 1.6.34)]; ν. βαρβαρικά, title of treatise by Aristotle: rare in singular, τὸ πάντων ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 135.1.)]
II.2 legal rights, ν. καὶ φιλάνθρωπα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 1074.2 (1st c.AD))]; process of law, τοῖς ν. χρῆσθαι Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 88 i 12 (2nd c.AD))]; ἄνευ νομίμων ἀπωθεῖσθαι to be illegally ejected, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFay.” 124.18 (2nd c.AD))]; εἴργεσθαι τῶν ν., i.e. ἱερῶν καὶ ἀγορᾶς, of persons accused of murder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.34, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 57.2.)]
II.3 funeral rites [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (νομίζω 1.1), 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.8; τιμᾶν τινας ἐσθήμασί τε καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ν. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58.)]
III adverb -μως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.14; κοσμίως καὶ ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182a; ν. ἀποθανεῖν)]in a natural way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 53.4)]; οἱ ν. ἀθλοῦντες, πεπαιδευμένοι, professional athletes, physicians, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.488, 17(1).26)], compare 8.171: comparative -ώτερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.20)]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 78.13.)]
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.22, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 400b24)]:— conformable to custom, usage, or law, ν. ὅρκος Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.98; ν. ἔρωτες 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 6 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; ἔργα δίκαια καὶ ν. 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 174)]; legitimate, ν. παῖδες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 815 (Lyric poetry))]: hence, customary, prescriptive, φῶς [Refs ([prev. work] 345 (Lyric poetry))], etc.; οἱ ν. θεοί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 954a; ἡ ἐπίδεσις ἡ ν. 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 14; νόμιμόν [ἐστί] τινι ποιεῖν τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.8; ν. τινὰ δεδέσθαι [prev. author] “Mem.” 1.2.49.)]
2 observant of law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Choerilus Epicus 3, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.12, 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.5.61; ν. καὶ κόσμιοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 504d)]; ν. πόλις Isoc. [prev. cited]
II νόμιμα, τά, usages, customs, ἄλλα ἄλλοισιν νόμιμα, σφετέραν δ᾽ αἰνεῖ δίκαν ἕκαστος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 215, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 334 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.79)]; ν. Δωρικά, Χαλκιδικά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.4, 5; τὰ κοινὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ν. [prev. author] 3.59)]; almost, ={νόμοι}, ἄγραπτα ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 455; ν. θεῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 19; τὰ εἰωθότα ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 265a; ἄγραφα ν. [prev. author] “Lg.” 793a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.70)]; τὰ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ν., τὸ πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους ν., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.6.4, “Cyr.” 1.6.34)]; ν. βαρβαρικά, title of treatise by Aristotle: rare in singular, τὸ πάντων ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 135.1.)]
II.2 legal rights, ν. καὶ φιλάνθρωπα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 1074.2 (1st c.AD))]; process of law, τοῖς ν. χρῆσθαι Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 88 i 12 (2nd c.AD))]; ἄνευ νομίμων ἀπωθεῖσθαι to be illegally ejected, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFay.” 124.18 (2nd c.AD))]; εἴργεσθαι τῶν ν., i.e. ἱερῶν καὶ ἀγορᾶς, of persons accused of murder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.34, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 57.2.)]
II.3 funeral rites [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (νομίζω 1.1), 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.8; τιμᾶν τινας ἐσθήμασί τε καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ν. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58.)]
III adverb -μως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.14; κοσμίως καὶ ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182a; ν. ἀποθανεῖν)]in a natural way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 53.4)]; οἱ ν. ἀθλοῦντες, πεπαιδευμένοι, professional athletes, physicians, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.488, 17(1).26)], compare 8.171: comparative -ώτερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.20)]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 78.13.)]