adjective

anomos

Greekἄνομος (anomos)

Strong’sG459

lawless, sinful, illegal

stem anom-9 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books5 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

lawless4×outside the law3×free from … law1×transgressors1×

What it means

ἄ-νομος, -ον

(ἀ. neg., νόμος), [in LXX for עָוֺן, פֶּשַׁע, רֶשַׁע, etc.;]

1. lawless, wicked: Mk 15:28, Lk 22:37, Ac 2:23, I Ti 1:9, II Pe 2:8; ὁ ἄ., II Th 2:8 (= ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας, II Th 2:3).

2. without law (= οἱ μὴ ὑπὸ νόμον, Ro 2:14): I Co 9:21 (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

SYN.: v.s. ἄθεσμος.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G459 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidan'-om-os

lawless, i.e. (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication, a Gentile), or (positively) wicked

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G3551;

King Jameswithout law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	anomos3×ἄνομος	anomas	anomem	anomois	anomais	anomeim
object accusative	anomon	anoman		anomoin1×ἀνόμους	anomain
direct address vocative	anomor	anomar		anomoir	anomair
of, belonging to genitive	anomou	anomau	anomeu	anomoiu2×ἀνόμων	anomaiu	anomeiu
to, for dative	anomo	anoma	anome	anomoi2×ἀνόμοις	anomai	anomei1×ἀνόμοις

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

anomstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

anom is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

9 occurrences, every one of them listed

anomos“lawless”subjectnominative singular3×

1 Corinthians 9:21“outside the law”toi anomoi hōs anomos, mē arōtos anomos theou alla ennomos Christou, hina kerdainameia toin anomoin;To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

1 Corinthians 9:21“free from … law”toi anomoi hōs anomos, mē arōtos anomos theou alla ennomos Christou, hina kerdainameia toin anomoin;To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

2 Thessalonians 2:8“lawless”kai tote apokaluptiti tos anomos, hon tos kurios Iēsus anairati te pneume teu stomeu autou kai katargati ta epifaneia tau parousiau autou,And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

anomoin“outside the law”objectaccusative plural1×

1 Corinthians 9:21“outside the law”toi anomoi hōs anomos, mē arōtos anomos theou alla ennomos Christou, hina kerdainameia toin anomoin;To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

anomoiu“lawless”of, belonging togenitive plural2×

Luke 22:37“transgressors”legamō gar vi hoti houtem tem grafirētem datō telira en mi, tem; Kai meta anomoiu logizita; kai gar tem peri mu telem echatō.For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”

Acts 2:23“lawless”houton ta horizirēta boula kai prognōsia tou theou ekdoton dia cheirau anomoiu prospēgnuaratois anairava,He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

anomoi“lawless”to, fordative plural2×

1 Corinthians 9:21“outside the law”toi anomoi hōs anomos, mē arōtos anomos theou alla ennomos Christou, hina kerdainameia toin anomoin;To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

1 Timothy 1:9“lawless”horarētos houtem, hoti dikaio nomos ouk keietō, anomoi de kai anupotaktoi, aseboi kai hamartōloi, anosioi kai bebēloi, patrolōaoi kai mētrolōaoi, androfonoi,We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

anomei“lawless”to, fordative plural1×

2 Peter 2:8“lawless”blemme gar kai akoa tos dikaios enkatoikarōtos en autoi hēmeran ek hēmerau psuchan dikaian anomei ergei basanizate(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard )—