noun · feminine
nomothesias
Greekνομοθεσία (nomothesia)
Strong’sG3548
lawgiving, legislation
stem nomothesi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** νομοθεσία, -ας, ἡ
(< νόμος, τίθημι), [in LXX: II Mac 6:23, IV Mac 5:35 17:16*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3548 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnom-oth-es-ee'-ah
legislation (specially, the institution of the Mosaic code)
Fromfrom G3550;
King Jamesgiving of the law.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | nomothesias1×νομοθεσία | nomothesiais |
| object accusative | nomothesian | nomothesiain |
| direct address vocative | nomothesiar | nomothesiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | nomothesiau | nomothesiaiu |
| to, for dative | nomothesia | nomothesiai |
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
nomothesia 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
nomothesias“giving of the law”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 9:4“giving of the law”hotinois alō Israēlitois, hoiu tas huiothesias kai tas doxas kai tais diathēkais kai tas nomothesias kai tas latreias kai tais epangeliais,the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.