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Lexicon :: Strong's G3549 - nomotheteō

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νομοθετέω
Transliteration
nomotheteō (Key)
Pronunciation
nom-oth-et-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:1090,646

Strong’s Definitions

νομοθετέω nomothetéō, nom-oth-et-eh'-o; from G3550; to legislate, i.e. (passively) to have (the Mosaic) enactments injoined, be sanctioned (by them):—establish, receive the law.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3549 in the following manner: receive the law (1x), establish (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3549 in the following manner: receive the law (1x), establish (1x).

  1. to enact laws

    1. laws are enacted or prescribed for one, to be legislated for, furnished with laws

  2. to sanction by law, enact

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νομοθετέω nomothetéō, nom-oth-et-eh'-o; from G3550; to legislate, i.e. (passively) to have (the Mosaic) enactments injoined, be sanctioned (by them):—establish, receive the law.
STRONGS G3549:
νομοθετέω, νομοθέτω: passive, perfect 3 person singular νενομοθέτηται; pluperfect 3 person singular νενομοθέτητο (on the omission of the augment see Winers Grammar, 72 (70); Buttmann, 33 (29)); (νομοθέτης); from (Lysias), Xenophon, and Plato down; the Sept. several times for הורָה;
1. to enact laws; passive laws are enacted or prescribed for one, to be legislated for, furnished with laws (often so in Plato; cf. Ast, Platonic Lexicon, ii., p. 391 (for examples)); ὁ λαός ἐπ' αὐτῆς (R G ἐπ' αὐτῇ) νενομοθέτηται (R G νενομοθέτητο) the people received the Mosaic law established upon the foundation of the priesthood, Hebrews 7:11 (Winers Grammar, § 39, 1 b.; cf. Buttmann, 337 (290); many refer this example (with the genitive) to time (A. V. under it); see ἐπί, A. II.,cf. B. 2 a. γ.).
2. to sanction by law, enact: τί, passive Hebrews 8:6 (cf. Winers Grammar, and Buttmann, as above).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Hebrews
7:11; 8:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3549 matches the Greek νομοθετέω (nomotheteō),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12 - The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:10 - Then you shall do according to what they declare to you from that place that the LORD will choose. And you shall be careful to do according to all that they direct you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:8 - Good and upright is the LORD;
therefore he instructs sinners in the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:12 - Who is the man who fears the LORD?
Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:11 - Teach me your way, O LORD,
and lead me on a level path
because of my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:6 - As they go through the Valley of Baca
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - He
Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes;
and I will keep it to the end.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:102

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:102 - I do not turn aside from your rules,
for you have taught me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:104

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:104 - Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.
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