Strong G3551νόμος
law
- Transliteration
- nomos
- Pronunciation
- nom'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From a primary word νέμω nemō (to parcel out especially food or grazing to animals);
law (through the idea of prescriptive usage) generally (regulation) specifically (of Moses [including the volume]; also of the Gospel) or figuratively (a principle): - law.
law (through the idea of prescriptive usage) generally (regulation) specifically (of Moses [including the volume]; also of the Gospel) or figuratively (a principle): - law.
Detailed definition
νόμος, -ου, ὁ
(νέμω, to deal out, distribute), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹרָה, also for חֻקָּה, etc.;]
that which is assigned, hence, usage, custom, then law; in NT (only in Mt, Jo, Ja, and the Lucan and Pauline bks.);
1. of law in general: Rom.3:27 5:13b; pl., of divine laws, Heb.8:10 10:16; ὁ ν. τ. Χριστοῦ, Gal.6:2; (τ.) ἐλευθερίας, Jas.1:25 2:12; βασιλικιός (Hort., in l.; Deiss., LAE, 267:3), Jas.2:8.
2. Of a force or influence impelling to action: Rom.7:21, 23a, 25 8:2.
3. Of the Mosaic law: Mat.5:18, Luk.2:27, Jhn.1:17, Act.6:13, Rom.2:15, 1Co.9:8, 1Ti.1:8, Heb.7:19; al.; Μωυσέως, Luk.2:22, Jhn.7:23, Act.15:5, al.; κυρίου, Luk.2:39; κατὰ τὸν ν., Act.22:12, Heb.7:5 9:22.
4. As printed, Abbott-Smith mistakenly numbers this as 3.Anarthrous (Bl, §46, 8; ICC on Rom.2:12, 13), νόμος,
__(a) of law in general: Rom.2:12, 14b 3:20, 21 4:15, al.;
__(b) of the Mosaic law in its quality as law: Rom.2:14a 5:20 10:4, Gal.2:19, al.; οἱ ἐκ ν., Rom.4:14; ὑπὸ νόμον, 1Co.9:20, Gal.4:5; ν. πράσσειν (πληροῦν), Rom.2:25 13:8.
5. Of Christian teaching: ν. πίστεως, Rom.3:27; τ. Χριστοῦ, Gal.6:2.
6. By meton., of the books which contain the law;
__(a) of the Pentateuch: Mat.12:5, Jhn.1:45, al.; ὁ ν. καὶ οἱ προφῆται, Mat.5:17, Luk.16:16, al.; ὁ ν. καὶ προφῆται κ. ψαλμοί, Luk.24:44.
__(b) of the OT Scriptures in general (as Heb. תּוֹרָה): Jhn.10:34 12:34 15:25, 1Co.14:21, al.
(AS)
(νέμω, to deal out, distribute), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹרָה, also for חֻקָּה, etc.;]
that which is assigned, hence, usage, custom, then law; in NT (only in Mt, Jo, Ja, and the Lucan and Pauline bks.);
1. of law in general: Rom.3:27 5:13b; pl., of divine laws, Heb.8:10 10:16; ὁ ν. τ. Χριστοῦ, Gal.6:2; (τ.) ἐλευθερίας, Jas.1:25 2:12; βασιλικιός (Hort., in l.; Deiss., LAE, 267:3), Jas.2:8.
2. Of a force or influence impelling to action: Rom.7:21, 23a, 25 8:2.
3. Of the Mosaic law: Mat.5:18, Luk.2:27, Jhn.1:17, Act.6:13, Rom.2:15, 1Co.9:8, 1Ti.1:8, Heb.7:19; al.; Μωυσέως, Luk.2:22, Jhn.7:23, Act.15:5, al.; κυρίου, Luk.2:39; κατὰ τὸν ν., Act.22:12, Heb.7:5 9:22.
4. As printed, Abbott-Smith mistakenly numbers this as 3.Anarthrous (Bl, §46, 8; ICC on Rom.2:12, 13), νόμος,
__(a) of law in general: Rom.2:12, 14b 3:20, 21 4:15, al.;
__(b) of the Mosaic law in its quality as law: Rom.2:14a 5:20 10:4, Gal.2:19, al.; οἱ ἐκ ν., Rom.4:14; ὑπὸ νόμον, 1Co.9:20, Gal.4:5; ν. πράσσειν (πληροῦν), Rom.2:25 13:8.
5. Of Christian teaching: ν. πίστεως, Rom.3:27; τ. Χριστοῦ, Gal.6:2.
6. By meton., of the books which contain the law;
__(a) of the Pentateuch: Mat.12:5, Jhn.1:45, al.; ὁ ν. καὶ οἱ προφῆται, Mat.5:17, Luk.16:16, al.; ὁ ν. καὶ προφῆται κ. ψαλμοί, Luk.24:44.
__(b) of the OT Scriptures in general (as Heb. תּוֹרָה): Jhn.10:34 12:34 15:25, 1Co.14:21, al.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3551 appears in 158 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- law158
- contain1
- the1
First verses
- Matthew 5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
- Matthew 5:18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- Matthew 7:12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
- Matthew 11:13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
- Matthew 12:5Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
- Matthew 22:36Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
- Matthew 22:40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
- Matthew 23:23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
- Luke 2:22And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
- Luke 2:23(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
- Luke 2:24And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
- Luke 2:27And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
- Luke 2:39And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
- Luke 10:26He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
- Luke 16:16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
- Luke 16:17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
- Luke 24:44And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
- John 1:17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- John 1:45Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
- John 7:19Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
νόμος, ὁ,
(νέμω) that which is in habitual practice, use or possession, not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 2.15), though read by 4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.3.)]
I usage, custom, [Μοῦσαι] μέλπονται πάντων τε νόμους καὶ ἤθεα κεδνά [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 66; ν. ἀρχαῖος ἄριστος [prev. author] “fragment” 221)]; ἔνθα ν. (i.e. ἐστί) with infinitive, where it is the custom.., [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 25.5)]; ν. πάντων βασιλεύς custom is lord of all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 169.1; ν. δεσπότης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.104, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 715d; ν. τύραννος τῶν ἀνθρώπων [prev. author] “Prt.” 337d; ἴησις ὀθονίοισι κατὰ τὸν ν. τὸν ἀρθριτικόν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 18; ὡς νόμος [prev. author] “Mochl.” 37)]: hence, law, ordinance, τόνδε.. ν. διέταξε Κρονίων.. θηρσὶ.. ἐσθέμεν ἀλλήλους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 276; τρέφονται πάντες οἱ ἀνθρώπειοι ν. ὑπὸ τοῦ θείου 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 114; ἄφθογγον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον ν. [ἐστί] 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 448; ν. κάλλιστον ἐξευρόντα, πειθαρχεῖν πατρί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1177)]; ν. κοινός, ={ὀρθὸς λόγος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.43: _plural_, ἔργων.. ὧν νόμοι πρόκεινται ὑψίποδες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 865 (Lyric poetry); νεοχμοῖς ν. Ζεὺς κρατύνει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 150 (Lyric poetry).)]
I.b in VT, of the law of God, ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ [LXX (LXX.Psa.1.2, +others, cf. LXX.Isa.2.3)]; νόμον ὃν ἐνετείλατο ὑμῖν Μωϋσῆς[LXX (LXX.Deu.33.4)]; so in NT, ὁ ν. Μωϋσέως [NT (NT.Luke.2.22, etc.; but also ὁ ν. τοῦ Χριστοῦ NT.Gal.6.2)]; ὁ ν. τοῦ Πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς, opposed to ὁ ν. τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ τοῦ θανάτου, [NT (NT.Rom.8.2; ν. τέλειος ὁ τῆς ἐλευθερίας NT.Jam.1.25.)]
I.c with Preps., κατὰ νόμον according to custom or law, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 417, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61, etc.; κὰν νόμον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.78)]; οἱ κατὰ ν. ὄντες θεοί the established deities, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 904a; κατὰ νόμους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 241)]; παρὰ νόμον contrary to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eu.” 171 (Lyric poetry); παρὰ τοὺς τῆς φύσεως ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 83e; ἐν Πανελλάνων νόμῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.38)]; ἐν Ἀδραστείῳ νόμῳ by the law of Adrastus, i.e. at the Nemean games, [Refs ([prev. author] “N.” 10.28: especially in _dative_ νόμῳ)] by custom, conventionally, opposed to φύσει, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Philolaus Philosophus 9, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1094b16, etc.)]; ν. γλυκύ, ν. πικρόν, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 9; εἰ μή τις λέγοι ν. ὁρᾶν καὶ τὰς λεγομένας ποιότητας μὴ ἐν τοῖς ὑποκειμένοις εἶναι 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.4.29)]; ὅσον νόμου χάριν just for form's sake, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 43.14, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1076a27.)]
I.d statute, ordinance made by authority, [Σόλων] νόμους ἔθηκεν ἄλλους, τοῖς δὲ Δράκοντος θεσμοῖς ἐπαύσαντο χρώμενοι πλὴν τῶν φονικῶν [Refs ([prev. author] “Ath.” 7.1 (but τὸν Δράκοντος ν. τὸν περὶ τοῦ φόνου “IG” 12.115.5), etc.)]; νόμον τιθέναι, τίθεσθαι, see at {τίθημ; βασιλικὸς ν}. [NT+2nd c.AD+ (“OGI” 483.1 (Pergam., 2nd c.AD), NT.Jam.2.8)]: frequently of general laws, opposed to ψηφίσματα (special decrees), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173d, etc.; ὅταν τὰ ψηφίσματα κύρια ᾖ ἀλλὰ μὴ ὁ ν. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292a7)]: generally, law, ἄνευ ὀρέξεως νοῦς ὁ ν. ἐστίν [Refs ([prev. work] 1287a32)]; ἄγραφος ν. Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.85, etc.)]; opposed to γεγραμμένος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1373b6; ν. ἴδιος, opposed to κοινός, [prev. work] 4)]; ὁ ν. frequently as subject, οἱ ν. διδόασι τιμωρίας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.12; ὧν ὁ ν. ἀγορεύει “Inscription Magn.” 92b16 (2nd c.BC))]; μὴ ὁ ν. κρίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ πρῶτο; [NT (NT.John.7.51.)]
I.e with genitive of things, οὗτός τοι πεδίων πέλεται ν. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 388; Ὑλλίδος στάθμας ἐν νόμοις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.62; τὸν φαρμάκων δίδαξε μαλακόχειρα ν. [prev. author] “N.” 3.55; ν. ἐμβολῆς καὶ διορθώσιος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mochl.” 38)]; ὁ ν. τοῦ κριοῦ, τοῦ ἀνδρός, τῶν ἐρανιστῶν, [LXX+NT+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.Lev.6.31 (7.1), NT.Rom.7.2, “SIG” 1198.14 (Arcesine, 3rd c.BC))]; ἐς χειρῶν νόμον ἀπικέσθαι to come to blows, into action, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.48)]; ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ ἀπόλλυσθαι, περιπεσεῖν, die in action, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.89, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.57.8; μεταλλάξαι τὸν βίον ἐν χ. ν. [prev. author] 3.63.5, compare 3.116.9; Ἀσδρούβας.. ἐν χ. ν. κατέστρεψε τὸν βίον [prev. author] 11.2.1; τοὺς μὲν ἐν χ. ν. διέφθειρε [prev. author] 1.82.2)]; τοὺς ἐν χ. ν. τὰς πολιτείας καταλύοντας by 'direct action', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.5; but κτεῖναι ἐν ταῖς πολεμικαῖς ἐξόδοις ἐν χειρὸς νόμῳ)]under martial law, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1285a10; τῷ τοῦ πολέμου νόμῳ κτησάμενος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.33.)]
I.2 Νόμος personified, οἱ θεοὶ σθένουσι χὡ κείνων κρατῶν N. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 800, compare 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 105, 160.)]
II melody, strain, οἶδα δ᾽ ὀρνίχων νόμως πάντων [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 67; ν. ἵππιος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.101; Ἀπόλλων ἁγεῖτο παντοίων ν. [prev. author] “N.” 5.25; ν. πολεμικοί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.69; ἐπηλάλαξαν Ἀραὶ τὸν ὀξὺν ν. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 952 (Lyric poetry); κρεκτοὶ ν. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 463, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.584: _metaphorically_, τοὺς Ἅιδου ν. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 861.)]
II.2 especially a type of early melody created by Terpander for the lyre as an accompaniment to Epic texts, ν. ὄρθιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24; ν. Βοιώτιος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 966; ν. κιθαρῳδικοί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1282, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 700d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1447b26, “Pr.” 918b13, etc.)]; also for the flute, ν. αὐλῳδικός [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1132d)]; without sung text, ν. αὐλητικός [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work]1133d, compare 138b, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.79)]; later, composition including both words and melody, e.g. [Refs (Timaeus Grammaticus “Pers.”)]
III ={νοῦμμος} (which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 136, 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 162, “Inscription Délos” 407.21 (2nd c.BC))]; ν. σηστέρτιοι, = Latin nummi sestertii, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Inscription Prien. 41.13 (2nd c.BC).)]
IV Architecture texts, course of masonry, [Refs (“IG” 12(2).11.17 (Mytil.).)]
(νέμω) that which is in habitual practice, use or possession, not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 2.15), though read by 4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.3.)]
I usage, custom, [Μοῦσαι] μέλπονται πάντων τε νόμους καὶ ἤθεα κεδνά [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 66; ν. ἀρχαῖος ἄριστος [prev. author] “fragment” 221)]; ἔνθα ν. (i.e. ἐστί) with infinitive, where it is the custom.., [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 25.5)]; ν. πάντων βασιλεύς custom is lord of all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 169.1; ν. δεσπότης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.104, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 715d; ν. τύραννος τῶν ἀνθρώπων [prev. author] “Prt.” 337d; ἴησις ὀθονίοισι κατὰ τὸν ν. τὸν ἀρθριτικόν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 18; ὡς νόμος [prev. author] “Mochl.” 37)]: hence, law, ordinance, τόνδε.. ν. διέταξε Κρονίων.. θηρσὶ.. ἐσθέμεν ἀλλήλους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 276; τρέφονται πάντες οἱ ἀνθρώπειοι ν. ὑπὸ τοῦ θείου 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 114; ἄφθογγον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον ν. [ἐστί] 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 448; ν. κάλλιστον ἐξευρόντα, πειθαρχεῖν πατρί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1177)]; ν. κοινός, ={ὀρθὸς λόγος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.43: _plural_, ἔργων.. ὧν νόμοι πρόκεινται ὑψίποδες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 865 (Lyric poetry); νεοχμοῖς ν. Ζεὺς κρατύνει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 150 (Lyric poetry).)]
I.b in VT, of the law of God, ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ [LXX (LXX.Psa.1.2, +others, cf. LXX.Isa.2.3)]; νόμον ὃν ἐνετείλατο ὑμῖν Μωϋσῆς[LXX (LXX.Deu.33.4)]; so in NT, ὁ ν. Μωϋσέως [NT (NT.Luke.2.22, etc.; but also ὁ ν. τοῦ Χριστοῦ NT.Gal.6.2)]; ὁ ν. τοῦ Πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς, opposed to ὁ ν. τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ τοῦ θανάτου, [NT (NT.Rom.8.2; ν. τέλειος ὁ τῆς ἐλευθερίας NT.Jam.1.25.)]
I.c with Preps., κατὰ νόμον according to custom or law, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 417, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61, etc.; κὰν νόμον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.78)]; οἱ κατὰ ν. ὄντες θεοί the established deities, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 904a; κατὰ νόμους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 241)]; παρὰ νόμον contrary to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eu.” 171 (Lyric poetry); παρὰ τοὺς τῆς φύσεως ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 83e; ἐν Πανελλάνων νόμῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.38)]; ἐν Ἀδραστείῳ νόμῳ by the law of Adrastus, i.e. at the Nemean games, [Refs ([prev. author] “N.” 10.28: especially in _dative_ νόμῳ)] by custom, conventionally, opposed to φύσει, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Philolaus Philosophus 9, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1094b16, etc.)]; ν. γλυκύ, ν. πικρόν, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 9; εἰ μή τις λέγοι ν. ὁρᾶν καὶ τὰς λεγομένας ποιότητας μὴ ἐν τοῖς ὑποκειμένοις εἶναι 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.4.29)]; ὅσον νόμου χάριν just for form's sake, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 43.14, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1076a27.)]
I.d statute, ordinance made by authority, [Σόλων] νόμους ἔθηκεν ἄλλους, τοῖς δὲ Δράκοντος θεσμοῖς ἐπαύσαντο χρώμενοι πλὴν τῶν φονικῶν [Refs ([prev. author] “Ath.” 7.1 (but τὸν Δράκοντος ν. τὸν περὶ τοῦ φόνου “IG” 12.115.5), etc.)]; νόμον τιθέναι, τίθεσθαι, see at {τίθημ; βασιλικὸς ν}. [NT+2nd c.AD+ (“OGI” 483.1 (Pergam., 2nd c.AD), NT.Jam.2.8)]: frequently of general laws, opposed to ψηφίσματα (special decrees), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173d, etc.; ὅταν τὰ ψηφίσματα κύρια ᾖ ἀλλὰ μὴ ὁ ν. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292a7)]: generally, law, ἄνευ ὀρέξεως νοῦς ὁ ν. ἐστίν [Refs ([prev. work] 1287a32)]; ἄγραφος ν. Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.85, etc.)]; opposed to γεγραμμένος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1373b6; ν. ἴδιος, opposed to κοινός, [prev. work] 4)]; ὁ ν. frequently as subject, οἱ ν. διδόασι τιμωρίας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.12; ὧν ὁ ν. ἀγορεύει “Inscription Magn.” 92b16 (2nd c.BC))]; μὴ ὁ ν. κρίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ πρῶτο; [NT (NT.John.7.51.)]
I.e with genitive of things, οὗτός τοι πεδίων πέλεται ν. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 388; Ὑλλίδος στάθμας ἐν νόμοις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.62; τὸν φαρμάκων δίδαξε μαλακόχειρα ν. [prev. author] “N.” 3.55; ν. ἐμβολῆς καὶ διορθώσιος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mochl.” 38)]; ὁ ν. τοῦ κριοῦ, τοῦ ἀνδρός, τῶν ἐρανιστῶν, [LXX+NT+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.Lev.6.31 (7.1), NT.Rom.7.2, “SIG” 1198.14 (Arcesine, 3rd c.BC))]; ἐς χειρῶν νόμον ἀπικέσθαι to come to blows, into action, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.48)]; ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ ἀπόλλυσθαι, περιπεσεῖν, die in action, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.89, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.57.8; μεταλλάξαι τὸν βίον ἐν χ. ν. [prev. author] 3.63.5, compare 3.116.9; Ἀσδρούβας.. ἐν χ. ν. κατέστρεψε τὸν βίον [prev. author] 11.2.1; τοὺς μὲν ἐν χ. ν. διέφθειρε [prev. author] 1.82.2)]; τοὺς ἐν χ. ν. τὰς πολιτείας καταλύοντας by 'direct action', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.5; but κτεῖναι ἐν ταῖς πολεμικαῖς ἐξόδοις ἐν χειρὸς νόμῳ)]under martial law, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1285a10; τῷ τοῦ πολέμου νόμῳ κτησάμενος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.33.)]
I.2 Νόμος personified, οἱ θεοὶ σθένουσι χὡ κείνων κρατῶν N. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 800, compare 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 105, 160.)]
II melody, strain, οἶδα δ᾽ ὀρνίχων νόμως πάντων [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 67; ν. ἵππιος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.101; Ἀπόλλων ἁγεῖτο παντοίων ν. [prev. author] “N.” 5.25; ν. πολεμικοί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.69; ἐπηλάλαξαν Ἀραὶ τὸν ὀξὺν ν. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 952 (Lyric poetry); κρεκτοὶ ν. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 463, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.584: _metaphorically_, τοὺς Ἅιδου ν. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 861.)]
II.2 especially a type of early melody created by Terpander for the lyre as an accompaniment to Epic texts, ν. ὄρθιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24; ν. Βοιώτιος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 966; ν. κιθαρῳδικοί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1282, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 700d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1447b26, “Pr.” 918b13, etc.)]; also for the flute, ν. αὐλῳδικός [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1132d)]; without sung text, ν. αὐλητικός [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work]1133d, compare 138b, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.79)]; later, composition including both words and melody, e.g. [Refs (Timaeus Grammaticus “Pers.”)]
III ={νοῦμμος} (which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 136, 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 162, “Inscription Délos” 407.21 (2nd c.BC))]; ν. σηστέρτιοι, = Latin nummi sestertii, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Inscription Prien. 41.13 (2nd c.BC).)]
IV Architecture texts, course of masonry, [Refs (“IG” 12(2).11.17 (Mytil.).)]