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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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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Hebrews
7:11; 8:6

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Strong's Number G3549 matches the Greek νομοθετέω (nomotheteō),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:11 - Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:6 - But as it is, Christ[fn] has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
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