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νόμος G3551

G3551 is the Greek word νόμος, transliterated nómos. The King James Version most often renders it law.

Word: νόμοςTransliteration: nómosLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 138 verses

What it means

law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle).

Where it comes from

from a primary (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 171 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

law 164×laws 2×matters of the law 1×contained in the law 1×after the law 1×serveth the law 1×even the law 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: law.

Verses using νόμος

The first 40 of 138 verses, quoted in full.

Matthew 5:17 · KJV

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Matthew 5:18 · KJV

For 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 7:12 · KJV

Therefore 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 11:13 · KJV

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

Matthew 12:5 · KJV

Or 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 22:40 · KJV

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Matthew 23:23 · KJV

Woe 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 2:22 · KJV

And 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 · KJV

(As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

Luke 2:24 · KJV

And 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 2:39 · KJV

And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

Luke 10:26 · KJV

He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

Luke 16:16 · KJV

The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

Luke 16:17 · KJV

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

Luke 24:44 · KJV

And 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 1:17 · KJV

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

John 1:45 · KJV

Philip 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 7:19 · KJV

Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

John 7:23 · KJV

If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

John 7:49 · KJV

But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

John 7:51 · KJV

Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

John 8:5 · KJV

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

John 8:17 · KJV

It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.

John 10:34 · KJV

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

John 12:34 · KJV

The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

John 15:25 · KJV

But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

John 18:31 · KJV

Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

John 19:7 · KJV

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Acts 7:53 · KJV

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

Acts 13:15 · KJV

And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

Acts 13:39 · KJV

And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Acts 15:5 · KJV

But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

Acts 15:24 · KJV

Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:

Acts 18:15 · KJV

But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.

Acts 21:28 · KJV

Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

Acts 22:3 · KJV

I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

Acts 22:12 · KJV

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

Acts 23:3 · KJV

Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Acts 23:29 · KJV

Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

Acts 24:14 · KJV

But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

Common questions

What does Strong's G3551 mean?

G3551 is the Greek word νόμος (nómos), meaning law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle).

How is G3551 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it law (164 times), laws (2 times), matters of the law (1 time), contained in the law (1 time), after the law (1 time), among others.

How many times does G3551 appear in the Bible?

νόμος (nómos) is tagged in 138 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G3551 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from a primary (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals).

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