Vocabulary Form
νόμος, -ου, ὁ
Definition
law, principle
Erasmian
Modern
Root
νομο
Frequency
194
GK
3795
Cognates

An autonomous (aujtovnomoV) person is self-governed.

Biblical Concordance

Romans 2:15 They show that the work of the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc) is written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their conflicting thoughts accusing or else defending them,
Romans 2:17 But if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law (nomō | νόμῳ | dat sg masc), and boast in God,
Romans 2:18 and know his will, and approve the things that excel because you are instructed by the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc),
Romans 2:20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of little children, having in the law (nomō | νόμῳ | dat sg masc) the embodiment of knowledge and of truth —
Romans 2:23 You who boast in the law (nomō | νόμῳ | dat sg masc), by your breaking of the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc) you dishonor God!
Romans 2:25 to be sure, circumcision is of value if you practice the law (nomon | νόμον | acc sg masc), but if you are a transgressor of the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc), your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
Romans 2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc), will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
Romans 2:27 And will not the one who by nature is uncircumcised yet fulfills the law (nomon | νόμον | acc sg masc) judge you who have the written code and circumcision yet are a transgressor of the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc)?
Romans 3:19 Now we know that whatever the law (nomos | νόμος | nom sg masc) says, it speaks to those who are under the law (nomō | νόμῳ | dat sg masc), so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Romans 3:20 So by the works of the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc) no flesh will be justified before him, because through the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc) comes the knowledge of sin.
Romans 3:21 But now, apart from the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc) (although attested by the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc) and the prophets) the righteousness of God has been disclosed.
Romans 3:27 Where then is boasting? It has been excluded. By what kind of law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc)? By a law of works? No, but by the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc) of faith.
Romans 3:28 For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc).
Romans 3:31 Do we therefore nullify the law (nomon | νόμον | acc sg masc) through faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law (nomon | νόμον | acc sg masc).
Romans 4:13 For the promise that he would be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc), but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans 4:14 if the heirs are those who follow the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc), then faith is meaningless and the promise is void.
Romans 4:15 For the Law (nomos | νόμος | nom sg masc) brings about wrath, but where there is no law (nomos | νόμος | nom sg masc), there can be no violation.
Romans 4:16 For this reason the promise is based on faith, that it may depend on grace and be made certain to all his descendants, not only to those who are under the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc), but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
Romans 5:13 For sin was in the world before the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc) was given, but sin is not charged when there is no law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc).
Romans 5:20 Now the law (nomos | νόμος | nom sg masc) came in so that the transgression might increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
Romans 6:14 For sin will not have mastery over you, since you are not under law (nomon | νόμον | acc sg masc) but under grace.
Romans 6:15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law (nomon | νόμον | acc sg masc) but under grace? By no means!
Romans 7:1 Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law) (nomon | νόμον | acc sg masc), that the law (nomos | νόμος | nom sg masc) is binding on a person only so long as he lives?
Romans 7:2 Thus a married woman is bound by (nomō | νόμῳ | dat sg masc) law (nomō | νόμῳ | dat sg masc) to her husband while he is living; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc) of marriage.
Romans 7:3 Accordingly, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law (nomou | νόμου | gen sg masc), so that she is not an adulteress if she marries another man.