νομικός
nomikós · G3544 · Greek · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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about the law, about laws
(Derivative of νόμος ‘law, rule,’) Pertaining to law
ExamplesTitus 3:9 But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and disputes about the Law, for they are useless and worthless.
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interpreter of the Law, expert in the Law
One who is an expert in interpreting religious law (with a probable exception of Titus 3:13 (see sense 3), always in reference to the Jewish Law)
ExamplesMatthew 22:35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him:
Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.
Luke 10:25 And behold, a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
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lawyer
A specialist in civil law
ExamplesTitus 3:13 Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τὶςsomeone 1
Named alongside itApposition
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- σύyou 2
- εἷςone 1
- ΖηνᾶςJove-given 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- ἀθετέωto reject, to set aside 1
- λέγωto say 1
- ἀνίστημιto rise, to stand up, to raise up 1
- ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πρόςto, toward, with 3
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- About the law, about laws33.337
- Warning against unproductive controversy, Titus 3:9 states “But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and disputes about the Law, for they are useless and worthless,” where “about the Law” renders this adjective describing disputes concerned with matters of law.
- Interpreter of the Law, expert in the Law33.338
- Introducing the question about eternal life, Luke 10:25 states “And behold, a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, ‘Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’” where “lawyer” renders this same term substantivized to mean an expert interpreter of the Law.
- Lawyer56.37
- Describing those who rejected John's baptism, Luke 7:30 states “But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John,” where “lawyers” renders this same term in its professional sense as one skilled in legal matters.
Word family 22 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon νομικη, νομικόν (νόμος), pertaining to (the) law (Plato, Aristotle, others): μάχαι, Tit…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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