νόμος, -ου, ὁ
(< νέμω, to deal out, distribute), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹרָה, also for חֻקָּה, etc.;]
that which is assigned, hence, usage, custom, then law; in NT (only in Mt, Jo, Ja, and the Lucan and Pauline bks.);
1. of law in general: Ro 3:275:13b; pl., of divine laws, He 8:1010:16; ὁ ν. τ. Χριστοῦ, Ga 6:2; (τ.) ἐλευθερίας, Ja 1:252:12; βασιλικιός (Hort., in l.; Deiss., LAE, 3673), Ja 2:8.
2. Of a force or influence impelling to action: Ro 7:21, 23a, 258:2.
3. Of the Mosaic law: Mt 5:18, Lk 2:27, Jo 1:17, Ac 6:13, Ro 2:15, I Co 9:8, I Ti 1:8, He 7:19, al.; ν. Μωυσέως, Lk 2:22, Jo 7:23, Ac 15:5, al.; κυρίου, Lk 2:39; κατὰ τὸν ν., Ac 22:12, He 7:59:22.
4. Anarthrous (Bl., § 46, 8; ICC on Ro 2:12, 13), νόμος,
(a) of law in general: Ro 2:12, 14b3:20, 214:15, al.;
(b) of the Mosaic law in its quality as law: Ro 2:14a5:2010:4, Ga 2:19, al.; οἱ ἐκ ν., Ro 4:14; ὑπὸ νόμον, I Co 9:20, Ga 4:5; ν. πράσσειν (πληροῦν), Ro 2:2513:8.
5. Of Christian teaching: ν. πίστεως, Ro 3:27; τ. Χριστοῦ, Ga 6:2.
6. By meton., of the books which contain the law;
(a) of the Pentateuch: Mt 12:5, Jo 1:45, al.; ὁ ν. καὶ οἱ προφῆται, Mt 5:17, Lk 16:16, al.; ὁ ν. καὶ προφῆται κ. ψαλμοί, Lk 24:44;
(b) of the OT Scriptures in general (as Heb. תּוֹרָה): Jo 10:3412:3415:25, I Co 14:21, al.