adjective
anomos
Strong’sG459
lawless, sinful, illegal
stem anom-9 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books5 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἄ-νομος, -ον
(ἀ. neg., νόμος), [in LXX for עָוֺן, פֶּשַׁע, רֶשַׁע, etc.;]
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
lawless, impious, τράπεζαRefs 5th c.BC+; of persons, Refs 5th c.BC+; of things, θυσίαRefs 4th c.BC+; πάθη E Refs 5th c.BC+lawless acts, Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative -ώτεροςRefs 5th c.BC+. adverb -μωςRefs 5th c.BC+
2 with genitive, ἀ. θεοῦ, i.e. without (the Mosaic) Law and therefore without God, NTadverb ἀνόμως, ={χωρὶς νόμου}, NT
3 illegal, κατοχήRefs 2nd c.AD+
II (νόμοςRefs unmusical, νόμος ἄ.Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| 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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
anomos“lawless”subjectnominative singular3×
1 Corinthians 9:21toi anomoi hōs anomos, mē arōntos anomos theou alla ennomos …… the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the …
1 Corinthians 9:21toi anomoi hōs anomos, mē arōntos anomos theou alla ennomos Christou, hina kerdainameia …… though I am not outside the law of God but am under the …
2 Thessalonians 2:8kai tote apokaluptiti tos anomos, hon tos kurios Iēsus anairati te …And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the …
anomoin“outside the law”objectaccusative plural1×
1 Corinthians 9:21“outside the law”… alla ennomos Christou, hina kerdainameia toin anomoin;… of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the …
anomoiu“lawless”of, belonging togenitive plural2×
Luke 22:37… telira en mi, tem; Kai meta anomoiu logizita; kai gar tem peri mu …… And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me …
Acts 2:23… prognōsia tou theou ekdoton dia cheirau anomoiu prospēgarantois anairava,… you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing …
anomoi“lawless”to, fordative plural2×
1 Corinthians 9:21“outside the law”toi anomoi hōs anomos, mē arōntos anomos theou …To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God …
1 Timothy 1:9… houtem, hoti dikaio nomos ouk keiotō, anomoi de kai anupotaktoi, aseboi kai hamartōloi, …… for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and …
anomei“lawless”to, fordative plural1×
2 Peter 2:8… autoi hēmeran ek hēmerau psuchan dikaian anomei ergei basanizate… in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard )—