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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 Box Gen 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39 - And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:40 - And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41 - And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17 - He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:8 - The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 - [[Maschil of Asaph.]] O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13 - So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:7 - For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 100:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:3 - Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15 - Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9 - That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 - For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25 - Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1 - Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3 - And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 - All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19 - And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:6 - And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5 - And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14 - I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:18 - Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:6 - According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18 - How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 - And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:6 - And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
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