Strong G3549νομοθετέω
to give laws
- Transliteration
- nomotheteō
- Pronunciation
- nom-oth-et-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3550; to legislate that is (passively) to have (the Mosaic) enactments injoined be sanctioned (by them): - establish receive the law.
Detailed definition
νομοθετέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for יָרָה hi.;]
1. intrans., to make laws; pass., to be furnished with laws: Heb.7:11.
2. Trans., to ordain by law, enact: pass., Heb.8:6.†
(AS)
[in LXX for יָרָה hi.;]
1. intrans., to make laws; pass., to be furnished with laws: Heb.7:11.
2. Trans., to ordain by law, enact: pass., Heb.8:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3549 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- establish1
- receive1
First verses
- Hebrews 7:11If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
- Hebrews 8:6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νομοθετ-έω,
perfect νενομοθέτηκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 126.13)]:—frame laws, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 15.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 534d, etc.; Λακεδαιμονίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 15; ταῖς μοναρχίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.8; περί τινος [prev. author] 11.40; περί τινων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1294a37; ὑπὲρ ὅλου τοῦ ἐμπορίου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.48)]:—middle, frame laws for oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398b, “Tht.” 177e, etc.)]:—passive, of a state, to be furnished with laws, have a code of laws, [NT ([prev. author] “Lg.” 701d, 962e, cf. NT.Heb.7.11.)]
II ordain by law, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 628d, “R.” 417b; ἐναντία τῷ ὅρκῳ τοῦ δήμου ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.3)]: with infinitive, enact, τῶν ζῴων ἐστὶν ἃ σέβεσθαι ἐνομοθέτησε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.26, compare “POxy.” 1119.16 (3rd c.AD))]: —in middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 736c)]:—passive, to be ordained by law, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (NT.Heb.8.6; τὰ καλῶς νενομοθετημένα ἡμῖν ὑπὸ τῶν βασιλέων “OGI” 329.13 (Aegina, 2nd c.BC),compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pr.Im.” 18: _impersonal_, περὶ ταῦτα οὕτω σφι νενομοθέτηται)] it has been so ordained by law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41; ν. καλὸν [εἶναι] τὸ χαρίζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182b; ἦν νενομοθετημένον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1319a11.)]
perfect νενομοθέτηκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 126.13)]:—frame laws, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 15.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 534d, etc.; Λακεδαιμονίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 15; ταῖς μοναρχίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.8; περί τινος [prev. author] 11.40; περί τινων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1294a37; ὑπὲρ ὅλου τοῦ ἐμπορίου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.48)]:—middle, frame laws for oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398b, “Tht.” 177e, etc.)]:—passive, of a state, to be furnished with laws, have a code of laws, [NT ([prev. author] “Lg.” 701d, 962e, cf. NT.Heb.7.11.)]
II ordain by law, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 628d, “R.” 417b; ἐναντία τῷ ὅρκῳ τοῦ δήμου ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.3)]: with infinitive, enact, τῶν ζῴων ἐστὶν ἃ σέβεσθαι ἐνομοθέτησε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.26, compare “POxy.” 1119.16 (3rd c.AD))]: —in middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 736c)]:—passive, to be ordained by law, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (NT.Heb.8.6; τὰ καλῶς νενομοθετημένα ἡμῖν ὑπὸ τῶν βασιλέων “OGI” 329.13 (Aegina, 2nd c.BC),compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pr.Im.” 18: _impersonal_, περὶ ταῦτα οὕτω σφι νενομοθέτηται)] it has been so ordained by law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41; ν. καλὸν [εἶναι] τὸ χαρίζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182b; ἦν νενομοθετημένον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1319a11.)]