νόμος

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, Hebr 8,10; 10,16; ὁ ν. τ. Χριστοῦ, Gal 6,2 (τ.) ἐλευθερίας, Jak 1,25; 2,12; βασιλικιός (Hort., in l.; Deiss., LAE, 267:3), Jak 2,8,

2. Of a force or influence impelling to action: Rom 7,21, 23a, 25 8:2.

3. Of the Mosaic law: Matt 5,18, Luk 2,27, Joh 1,17, ApG 6,13, Rom 2,15, 1 Kor 9,8, 1 Tim 1,8, Hebr 7,19 al.; Μωυσέως, Luk 2,22, Joh 7,23, ApG 15,5, al.; κυρίου, Luk 2,39 κατὰ τὸν ν., ApG 22,12, Hebr 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, 1 Kor 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: Matt 12,5, Joh 1,45, al.; ὁ ν. καὶ οἱ προφῆται, Matt 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): Joh 10,34; 12,34; 15,25, 1 Kor 14,21, al.