ἔννομος ennomos · G1772
under law
ἔν-νομος, -ον ; [in LXX: Sir, Pro.1:1-33 ogue 12* ; ] ; 1. lawful, legal (MM, Exp., xiii): Act.19:39. ; 2. Of persons, ; (a) law-abiding; (b) under law: ἔ. Χριστοῦ, in relation to Christ, 1Co.9:21 (Cremer. 435).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἔννομος, ον, ; ordained by law, lawful, legal, []; [χθονὸς αἶσα] []; ἔννομα πείσονται they will suffer lawful punishment, []; ἔ. ὁμολογία, πολιτεία, []; ἐκκλησία []; ἡλικία, χρόνοι, [] adverb -μως, ζημιοῦσθαι, διοικεῖσθαι,[]: comparative -ώτερον[]; 2 of persons, keeping within the law, upright, just, []; also, subject to the law, μὴ ὢν ἄνομος Θεοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ἔ. Χριστοῦ []; II (νέμομαι) feeding in, i.e. inhabiting, οἳ γᾶς τότ᾽ ἦσαν ἔννομοι []
Where it's used 2 times
Acts 19:39 · 1 Corinthians 9:21
Source: TBESG G1772; TFLSJ G1772
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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