Quick Definition
legal, obedient to the law
Strong's Definition
(subjectively) legal, or (objectively) subject to
Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and G3551 (νόμος);
KJV Usage: lawful, under law
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔννομος, ἐννομον (νόμος);
1. bound to the law; bound by the law: Χριστῷ, or more correctly Χριστοῦ L T Tr WH, 1Co_9:21 (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 23).
2. as in Greek writings from (Pindar), Aeschylus down, lawful, regular: Act_19:39 (on which see Lightfoot in The Contemp. Rev. for 1878, p. 295; Wood, Ephesus etc., Appendix, p. 38).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔννομος ennomos 2x
within law; lawful, legal, Act_19:39 ; in NT subject or under a law, obedient to a law, 1Co_9:21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἔν -νομος , -ον ,
[in LXX : Sir, Pro_1:1-33 ogue 12 * ;]
1. lawful, legal ( MM , Exp., xiii): Act_19:39 .
2. Of persons,
(a) law-abiding;
(b) under law: ἔ . Χριστοῦ , in relation to Christ, 1Co_9:21 ( Cremer . 435).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔννομος [page 216]
Sir William Ramsay s contention ( Pauline Studies, p. 203 ff.) that Act_19:39 ἐν τῇ ἐννόμῳ ἐκκλησίᾳ = in a lawful assembly (AV), rather than in the regular assembly (RV), is supported by the use of the adj. in our documents. Thus P Oxy II. 247 .12 (A.D. 90) of the registration of a man προστρέχοντι τῇ ἐννόμῳ ἡλικίᾳ , who is approaching the legal age (cf. ib. III. 651 (A.D. 126 7) τῆς κατὰ νόμους ἡλικίας ), P Ryl II. 153 .19 (A.D. 138 61) ἄχ ]ρ̣ι̣ ο̣ὗ̣ γένη̣[ται τῆ ]ς ἐννό [μο ]υ̣ [ἡ ]λικίας , P Thead 18 .9 (iii/iv A.D.) ἡγεμὼν δεσπ ]ότα τὴν ἔννομον ἀξίωσιν προσφέρω ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀφηλίκων παί [δων , P Oxy I. 41 .18 (iii/iv A.D.) τὰς δὲ τοιαύτα [ς ] μαρτυρίας ἀξιῶ εἰς καιρὸν ἔννομον ὑπερτεθῆναι , but I beg that these demonstrations be reserved for a legitimate occasion (Edd.), ib. 67 .11 (A.D. 338) ποιῆσαι ἔνν [ο ]μόν τε τυπωθῆν [αι ] τὴν [το ]ῦ δικαστηρίου προκάταρξειν ( l. -ιν ), to have the preliminary proceedings of the court conducted under legal forms (Edd.). In Syll 922 .5 (iii/B.C.) we read of a decision reached in the city of Delphi ἐν ἀγορᾶι τελείωι σὺν ψάφοις ταῖς ἐννόμοις , and similarly OGIS 241 .13 (ii/B.C.) : cf. also Michel 468 .29 (mid. ii/B.C.) προγράψ [ασ ]θαι τοὺς προστάτας ἐν τοῖς ἐννόμοις χρόνο (ι )ς .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἔννομος ἔν-νομος, ον "within the law, lawful, legal", Trag. , etc.; ἔννομα πάσχειν to suffer "lawful punishment", Thuc. of persons, "keeping within the law, upright", Aesch. , etc.:— "subject to law", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἔν-νομος, -ον
[in LXX: Sir, Pro.1:1-33 ogue 12* ;]
__1. lawful, legal (MM, Exp., xiii): Act.19:39.
__2. Of persons,
__(a) law-abiding;
__(b) under law: ἔ. Χριστοῦ, in relation to Christ, 1Co.9:21 (Cremer. 435).†
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