Quick Definition
ἔννομος, ον Adj 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
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | νόμος
33.336 · Communication · Law, Regulation, Ordinance
legal, in accordance with law (derivative of νόμος[a] ‘law, rule,’ 33.333) pertaining to being in accordance with law In some languages the equivalent of ‘legal meeting’ would be ‘regular meeting’ or ‘a meeting called by an official’ or ‘a meeting authorized by an official.’
33.342 · Communication · Law, Regulation, Ordinance
subject to law, under law pertaining to being under obligation imposed by law In some languages there is a difficulty involved in rendering ἔννομος by a phrase such as ‘under law,’ since this may be understood in a sense of ‘beneath the law’ or ‘illegal.’ A more common expression would be ‘tied to the law’ or ‘obligated by the law.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔν-νομος, -ov, (νόμος) ; 1. bound to the law; bound by the law: Χριστῷ. or more correctly Χριστοῦ LT Tr WH, 1 Co. ix. 21 [ef. B. § 132, 23]. 2. as in Grk. writ. fr. [Pind.], Aeschyl. down, lawful, regular: Acts xix. 39 [on which see Bp. Lahti. in The Contemp. Rev. for 1878, p. 295; Wood, Ephesus ete., App. p. 38].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔννομος ennomos 2x
within law; lawful, legal, Acts 19:39; in NT subject or under a law, obedient to a law, 1 Cor. 9:21*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἔν-νομος, -ον
[in LXX: Si, prol. 12* ;]
lawful, legal (MM, Exp., xiii): Ac 19:39.
Of persons,
law-abiding;
under law: ἔ. Χριστοῦ, in relation to Christ, I Co 9:21 (Cremer. 435).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἔννομος (ennomos) — under law. ἔννομος, ον, ordained by law, lawful, legal, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [χθονὸς αἶσα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔννομα πείσονται they will suffer lawful punishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. ὁμολογία, πολιτεία, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκκλησία [NT]; ἡλικία, χρόνοι, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] adverb -μως, ζημιοῦσθαι, διοικεῖσθαι,[Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ώτερον[Refs 3rd c.AD+]
2. of persons, keeping within the law, upright, just, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, subject to the law, μὴ ὢν ἄνομος Θεοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ἔ. Χριστοῦ [NT]
II. (νέμομαι) feeding in, i.e. inhabiting, οἳ γᾶς τότ᾽ ἦσαν ἔννομοι [Refs 4th c.BC+]