Word

νομοθετέω

nomothetéō · G3549 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to enact a law, to give a law

To give or to establish a law

Examples
Hebrews 7:11 So if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron?
Hebrews 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to the extent that He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

λαόςpeople 1
ὅστιςwhoever, whichever, whatever 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐπίon+ ἐπαγγελίαpromise 1
ἐπίon+ αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

διαθήκηcovenant 1

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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In the other Testament 3 words

חָקַק châqaq · H2710 · to carve, to portray, to draw: The Hebrew verb חָקַק means to inscribe or decree laws, functionally equivalent to νομοθετέω's sense of legislating or enacting law. Both refer to the formal act of establishing legal provisions.
שׂוּם sûwm · H7760 · to take position, to place, to put: When used with 'law' or 'statute' as object, שִׂים functions as 'to establish/enact (a law)', parallel to the legislative sense of νομοθετέω. Common in contexts of Moses setting laws before Israel.
נָתַן nâthan · H5414 · to give, to grant a covenant: נָתַן with תּוֹרָה or similar objects means 'to give law', conceptually equivalent to the passive sense of νομοθετέω ('to have law given/enacted'). Frequently used of God giving the law to Israel.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To enact a law, to give a law33.339: Discussing the Levitical priesthood, Hebrews 7:11 states “So if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron?” where “the people received the Law” renders this verb for the giving/enacting of law.

Word family 22 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

νόμος nómos · G3551 · law, ordinance, rule · 194×ἀνομία anomía · G458 · to live lawlessly, lawlessness, lawless living · 15×νομίζω nomízō · G3543 · to suppose, to presume, to assume · 15×ἄνομος ánomos · G459 · lawless, without the Law · 9×νομικός nomikós · G3544 · about the law, about laws, interpreter of the Law · 9×ἔνι éni · G1762 · to be, to exist · 6×νομοδιδάσκαλος nomodidáskalos · G3547 · teacher of the Law, expert in the Law · 3×ἀνόμως anómōs · G460 · without the Law · 2×ἔννομος énnomos · G1772 · legal, in accordance with law, subject to law · 2×νομή nomḗ · G3542 · pasture, extension, extend · 2×νομίμως nomímōs · G3545 · correctly, according to the rules · 2×νομοθετέωnomothetéō · G3549ἀπονέμω aponémō · G632 · to cause, to show, to assign to · 1×διανέμω dianémō · G1268 · to spread (a report), to become known, to spread · 1×ἐνδύνω endýnō · G1744 · to enter in secretly, to slip into · 1×ἐνειλέω eneiléō · G1750 · to wrap, to bandage · 1×ἔνειμι éneimi · G1751 · to be within · 1×νόμισμα nómisma · G3546 · coin · 1×νομοθεσία nomothesía · G3548 · to enact a law, to give a law · 1×νομοθέτης nomothétēs · G3550 · lawgiver · 1×παρανομέω paranoméō · G3891 · to disobey, to break the law, to transgress · 1×παρανομία paranomía · G3892 · lawless act, evil doing · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon νομοθέτω: passive, perfect 3 person singular νενομοθέτηται; pluperfect 3 person singular…

νομοθέτω: passive, perfect 3 person singular νενομοθέτηται; pluperfect 3 person singular νενομοθέτητο (on the omission of the augment see Winers Grammar, 72 (70); Buttmann, 33 (29)); (νομοθέτης); from (Lysias), Xenophon, and Plato down; the Sept. several times for הורָה;
1. to enact laws; passive laws are enacted or prescribed for one, to be legislated for, furnished with laws (often so in Plato; cf. Ast, Platonic Lexicon, ii., p. 391 (for examples)); ὁ λαός ἐπ' αὐτῆς (R G ἐπ' αὐτῇ) νενομοθέτηται (R G νενομοθέτητο) the people received the Mosaic law established upon the foundation of the priesthood, Heb 7:11 (Winers Grammar, § 39, 1 b.; cf. Buttmann, 337 (290); many refer this example (with the genitive) to time (A. V. under it); see ἐπί, A. II.,cf. B. 2 a. γ.).
2. to sanction by law, enact: τί, passive Heb 8:6 (cf. Winers Grammar, and Buttmann, as above).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Law, Regulation, Ordinance2 occurrences

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