νόμον

nomon

law

from a primary (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle):--law.

G3551

Acts 18:13 · Word #5

Lexicon G3551

Lemmaνόμος
Transliterationnómos
Strong'sG3551
In-contextlaw
Literallaw

Morphology N ACC M SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case ACC — Accusative — Direct object or extent
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaνόμος
Strong'sG3551

SIBI-P1 G3551-02

the apportioned-law

Rootνόμος (nomos)
Core Meaningslaw, custom, regulation, ordinance, prescribed order, apportioned rule
Semantic Rangelaw as Mosaic Torah; legal code; custom or established norm; governing principle; binding regulation; divinely given instruction.
Conceptual Significanceνόμος is central to Jewish and early Christian thought, denoting the Torah as covenantal instruction given through Moses, and by extension any binding divine or moral order. In theological discourse it can signify the Mosaic Law, Scripture as authoritative instruction, or a governing spiritual principle contrasted with grace or faith.
Morphological NotesGr,N,,,,,AMS — noun, accusative case, masculine, singular; functioning as a direct object in the clause.
Rendering Rationaleνόμον is the accusative masculine singular form of νόμος, derived from the idea of apportioning or assigning. "The apportioned-law" preserves the root sense of something distributed or prescribed as binding order, while the singular definite form reflects the accusative singular noun functioning as a direct object.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root νόμος (law, custom, regulation, ordinance, prescribed order, apportioned rule)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G3551-01 nomo to/for the apportioned-law
G3551-03 nomos the apportioned-law
G3551-04 nomou of the apportioned-law

Word Usage (195 occurrences of G3551)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 5:17 νόμον nomon
Matthew 5:18 νόμου nomou
Matthew 7:12 νόμος nomos