νομίμως
nomímōs · G3545 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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correctly, according to the rules
Pertaining to being correct according to rules and regulations
Examples1 Timothy 1:8 But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully,
2 Timothy 2:5 And if someone likewise competes as an athlete, he is not crowned as victor unless he competes according to the rules.
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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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Near synonyms 2 words
- ὀρθῶς orthōs · G3723 · correct, correctly
- Greek adverb meaning 'rightly' or 'correctly,' referring to doing something in the proper manner, including moral correctness; overlaps with νομίμως but lacks the specific connotation of conformity to legal or competitive rules.
- καλῶς kalōs · G2573 · good, fine, praiseworthy
- Greek adverb meaning 'well' or 'properly,' expressing doing something in a fitting or correct manner; shares the sense of proper conduct with νομίμως but is broader and less technical, without the specific legal or rule-bound connotation.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Correctly, according to the rules72.18
- Instructing Timothy on right use of the Law, 1 Timothy 1:8 states “But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully,” where “lawfully” renders this adverb for acting in accordance with proper rules.
Word family 22 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon adverb (νόμιμος), lawfully, agreeably to the law, properly: 1 Tim 1:8; 2 Tim 2:5.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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