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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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 BoxGen 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - They also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants’ flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - The woman had a fattened calf at the house, which she butchered at once. She took some flour, kneaded it and baked bread without yeast.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39 - and they went to the outskirts of Gedor to the east of the valley in search of pasture for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:40 - They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet. Some Hamites had lived there formerly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41 - The men whose names were listed came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings and also the Meunites who were there and completely destroyed[fn] them, as is evident to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17 - He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:8 - It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 - A maskil[fn] of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13 - Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will proclaim your praise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:7 - for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:3 - Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his[fn]; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15 - Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9 - to say to the captives, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Be free!’ “They will feed beside the roads and find pasture on every barren hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 - The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the LORD; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25 - Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1 - “Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3 - “I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - The land is full of adulterers; because of the curse[fn] the land lies parched and the pastures in the wilderness are withered. The prophets follow an evil course and use their power unjustly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 - Whoever found them devoured them; their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they sinned against the LORD, their verdant pasture, the LORD, the hope of their ancestors.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19 - But I will bring Israel back to their own pasture, and they will graze on Carmel and Bashan; their appetite will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore, hear what the LORD has planned against Babylon, what he has purposed against the land of the Babylonians: The young of the flock will be dragged away; their pasture will be appalled at their fate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:6 - All the splendor has departed from Daughter Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; in weakness they have fled before the pursuer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5 - I will turn Rabbah into a pasture for camels and Ammon into a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14 - I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:18 - Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:6 - When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18 - How the cattle moan! The herds mill about because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 - He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds dry up, and the top of Carmel withers.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where now is the lions’ den, the place where they fed their young, where the lion and lioness went, and the cubs, with nothing to fear?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:6 - The land by the sea will become pastures having wells for shepherds and pens for flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the city of revelry that lived in safety. She said to herself, “I am the one! And there is none besides me.” What a ruin she has become, a lair for wild beasts! All who pass by her scoff and shake their fists.
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