noun · masculine
nomothetos
Greekνομοθέτης (nomothetēs)
Strong’sG3550
a law-giver, legislator
stem nomothet-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
νομο-θέτης, -ου, ὁ
(< νόμος, τίθημι), [in LXX: Ps 9:20*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3550 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | nomothetos1×νομοθέτης | nomothetois |
| object accusative | nomotheton | nomothetoin |
| direct address vocative | nomothetor | nomothetoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | nomothetou | nomothetoiu |
| to, for dative | nomotheto | nomothetoi |
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
nomotheto 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
nomothetos“lawgiver”subjectnominative singular1×
James 4:12“lawgiver”henos atō nomothetos kai kritos, tos dunerōtos sōzara kai apolluara; sis de tinos asō, tor krinarōtor ton plēsion?There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?