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adverb

nomimōs

Greekνομίμως (nomimōs)

Strong’sG3545

lawfully

stem nomimō-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books

Translated as

according to the ruleslawfully

What it means

** νομίμως,

adv.

(< νόμιμος, conformable to law), [in LXX: IV Mac 6:18*;]

rightly, lawfully: I Ti 1:8, II Ti 2:5.†

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

Strong’s G3545 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidnom-im'-oce

legitimately (specially, agreeably to the rules of the lists)

Fromadverb from a derivative of G3551;

King Jameslawfully.

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

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

nomimōs

1 Timothy 1:8“lawfully”Oidanē de hoti kalos tos nomos ean tinos auto nomimōs chreteiō,Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.

2 Timothy 2:5“according to the rules”ean de kai athlateiō tinos, ouk stefanitō ean mē nomimōs athlateia;Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.