Strong G3550νομοθέτης

lawgiver

Transliteration
nomothetēs
Pronunciation
nom-oth-et'-ace
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G3551 and a derivative of G5087; a legislator: - lawgiver.

Detailed definition

νομο-θέτης, -ου, ὁ
(νόμος, τίθημι), [in LXX: Psa.9:20 *;]
a law­giver: Jas.4:12.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3550 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • lawgiver1

First verses

  1. James 4:12
    There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νομοθέτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
lawgiver, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.15, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.97, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 429c, NT.Jam.4.12, etc.)]
II in plural, at Athens, a committee charged with the revision of the laws, Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.83, “IG” 22.140.8, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.10, Legal cited in [same work] 24.21, etc.)]