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Lexicon :: Strong's G3542 - nomē

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νομή
Transliteration
nomē (Key)
Pronunciation
nom-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as νόμος (G3551)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
34x in 6 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

νομή nomḗ, nom-ay'; feminine from the same as G3551; pasture, i.e. (the act) feeding (figuratively, spreading of a gangrene), or (the food) pasturage:—X eat, pasture.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3542 in the following manner: pasture (1x), eat (with G2192) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3542 in the following manner: pasture (1x), eat (with G2192) (1x).

  1. pasturage, fodder, food

    1. fig. he shall not want the needful supplies for the true life

  2. growth, increase

    1. of evils spreading like a gangrene

    2. of ulcers

    3. of a conflagration

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νομή nomḗ, nom-ay'; feminine from the same as G3551; pasture, i.e. (the act) feeding (figuratively, spreading of a gangrene), or (the food) pasturage:—X eat, pasture.
STRONGS G3542:
νομή, νομῆς, ἡ (νέμω to pasture), from Homer (i. e. batrach.) down;
1. pasturage, fodder, food: in figurative discourse εὑρήσει νομήν, i. e. he shall not want the needful supplies for the true life, John 10:9; (the Sept. for מִרְעֶה, מַרְעִית, נָוֶה).
2. tropically, growth, increase (German Umsicbfressen, Umsichgreifen): of evils spreading like a gangrene, 2 Timothy 2:17 (of ulcers, νομήν ποιεῖται ἕλκος, Polybius 1, 81, 6; of a conflagration, τό πῦρ λαμβάνει νομήν, 11, 4 (5), 4 cf. 1, 48, 5; Josephus, b. j. 6, 2, 9).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
10:9
2 Timothy
2:17

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Strong's Number G3542 matches the Greek νομή (nomē),
which occurs 34 times in 31 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - And they said to Pharao, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Chanaan; now then, [fn]we will dwell in the land of Gesem. And Pharao said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Gesem; and if thou knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharao, king of Egypt, heard of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - And the woman had a fat heifer in the house; and she hasted and slew it; and she took meal and kneaded it, and baked unleavened cakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39 - And they went till they came to Gerara, to the east of Gai, to seek pasture for their cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:40 - And they found abundant and good pastures, and the land before them was wide, and there was peace and quietness; for there were some of the children of Cham who dwelt there before.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41 - And these who are written by name came in the days of Ezekias king of Juda, and they smote the people's houses, and the Minæans whom they found there, and utterly destroyed them until this day: and they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture there for their cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17 - Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:8 - He will survey the mountains as his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 - (LXX 73:1) A Psalm of [fn]instruction for Asaph. Wherefore hast thou rejected us, O God, for ever? wherefore is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13 - (LXX 78:13) For we are thy people and the sheep of thy pasture; we will give thee thanks for ever; we will declare thy praise throughout all generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:7 - (LXX 94:7) For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:3 - (LXX 99:3) Know that the Lord he is God; he made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15 - Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9 - saying to them that are in bonds, Go forth; and bidding them that are in darkness shew themselves. They shall be fed in all the ways, and in all the paths shall be their pasture.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 - For the shepherds have become foolish, and have not sought the Lord; therefore the whole pasture has failed, and the sheep have been scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25 - Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the families that have not called upon thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, and consumed him, and have made his pasture desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1 - Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3 - And I will gather in the remnant of my people in every land, whither I have driven them out, and will set them in their pasture; and they shall increase and be multiplied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - For because of these things the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is become evil, and so also their strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 - (LXX 27:7) All that found them consumed them: their enemies said, Let us not leave them alone, because they have sinned against the Lord: he that gathered their fathers had a pasture of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19 - (LXX 27:19) And I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and on mount Ephraim and in Galaad, and his soul shall be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - (LXX 27:45) Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he has taken against Babylon; and his devices, which he has devised upon the Chaldeans inhabiting it: surely lambs of their flock shall be destroyed: surely pasture shall be cut off from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:6 - Vau. And all her beauty has been taken away from the daughter of Sion: her princes were as rams finding no pasture, and are gone away in weakness before the face of the pursuer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5 - And I will give up the city of Ammon for camels' pastures, and the children of Ammon for a pasture of sheep: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14 - I will feed them in a good pasture, on a high mountain of Israel: and their folds shall be there, and they shall lie down, and there shall they rest in perfect prosperity, and they shall feed in a fat pasture on the mountains of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:18 - And is it not enough for you that ye fed on the good pasture, that ye trampled with your feet the remnant of your pasture? and that ye drank the standing water, that ye disturbed the residue with your feet?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:6 - According to their pastures, so they were completely filled; and their hearts were exalted; therefore they forgot me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18 - What shall we store up for ourselves? the herds of cattle have mourned, because they had no pasture; and the flocks of sheep have been utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 - And he said, The Lord has spoken out of Sion, and has uttered his voice out of Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds have mourned, and the top of Carmel is dried up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - (LXX 2:12) Where is the dwelling-place of the lions, and the pasture that belonged to the whelps? where did the lion go, that the lion's whelp should enter in there, and there was none to scare him away?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:6 - And Crete shall be a pasture of flocks, and a fold of sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the scornful city that dwells securely, that says in her heart, I am, and there is no longer any to be after me: how is she become desolate, a habitation of wild beasts! every one that passes through her shall hiss, and shake his hands.
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