Lexicon nomotheteó: to make law, to ordain by law Original Word: νομοθετέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: nomotheteó Phonetic Spelling: (nom-oth-et-eh'-o) Short Definition: I ordain, enact Definition: (a) I ordain, lay down, give the sanction of law to, enact, (b) I base legally, regulate, direct. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom nomothetésDefinitionto make law, to ordain by law NASB Translationenacted (1), received the Law (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3549: νομοθετέωνομοθετέω, 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).
Strong's establish, receive the law. From nomothetes; to legislate, i.e. (passively) to have (the Mosaic) enactments injoined, be sanctioned (by them) -- establish, receive the law. see GREEK nomothetes |
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