νομή, νομῆς, ἡ (νέμω to pasture), from Homer (i. e. batrach.) down; 1. pasturage, fodder, food: in figurative discourse εὑρήσει νομήν, i. e. he shall not want the needful supplies for the true life, Joh_10:9; (the Sept. for ξΔψΐςΖδ, ξΗψΐςΔιϊ, πΘεΖδ). 2. tropically, growth, increase (German Umsicbfressen, Umsichgreifen): of evils spreading like a gangrene, 2Ti_2:17 (of ulcers, νομήν ποιεῖται ἕλκος, Polybius 1, 81, 6; of a conflagration, τό πῦρ λαμβάνει νομήν, 11, 4 (5), 4 cf. 1, 48, 5; Josephus, b. j. 6, 2, 9).

νομή nomē 2x pa sture, pasturage, Joh_10:9 ; ἔχειν νομήν , to eat its way, spread corrosion, 2Ti_2:17

νομή , -ῆς , ἡ ( < νέμω , to pasture), [in LXX chiefly for H4829 , also for H5116 , etc.;] 1. a pasture, pasturage: fig ., Joh_10:9 . 2. a grazing, feeding; metaph ., of a spreading sore, 2Ti_2:17 ( Polyb .).†

νομή [page 428] In P Hib I. 52 .7 ( c. B.C. 245) we read of certain persons who had used up the pastures ἀποκέχρηνται ταῖς νομαῖς , in circumstances which are far from clear : cf. P Oxy II. 244 .5 (A.D. 23) the transference of sheep νο [μῶ ]ν χάριν , for the sake of pasturage, ib. X. 1279 .18 (A.D. 139) a lease of State and on this condition ἔχειν με τὰς νομὰς καὶ ἐπινομὰς φόρου τῶν ομῶν ( l. νομῶν ) κατ᾽ ἔτος σὺν παντὶ δραχμῶν τεσσάρων , that I shall have the pastures and secondary pastures at the annual rent for the pastures of four drachmae in all (Edd.), P Tebt II. 317 .28 (A.D. 174 5) π [ε ]ρ̣ὶ μισθώσεως νομῶν , concerning a lease of pastures, and P Ryl II. 100 .9 (A.D. 238) πρὸς τὴν τῶν προβάτων [βρῶσιν καὶ κοίτη ]ν καὶ νομήν , for the maintenance, folding, and pasturing of sheep. On a tax εἰς τὰς νομάς , see Wilcken Ostr i. p. 265 f. For the legal phrase νομὴ ἄδικος , unjust possession, see P Tebt II. 286 .7 (A.D. 121 38) with the editor s note, and cf. ib. 335 .12 (mid. iii/A.D.), and for μακρᾶς νομῆς παραγραφή , longae possessionis praescriptio , see Chrest. II. 374 (iii/A.D.). Νομεύς , shepherd, appears in P Oxy II. 245 .17 (A.D. 26), and the verb in ib. .10 ἃ νεμήσεται σὺν τος ( l. τοῖς ) ἐπακολουθοῦσι ἄρνασι περὶ Πέλα , which (sheep) will pasture, together with the lambs that may be produced, in the neighbourhood of Pela. The wider sense of belong to, hold sway in, is seen in OGIS 50 .3 (mid. iii/B.C.) τοῖς τὴν σύνοδον νέμουσιν , with reference to the members of an association or club, see Dittenberger s note and cf. Plaumann Ptolemais , p. 62.

νομή νομή, ἡ, [Etym: νέμω] "a pasture, pasturage", Hdt. , Soph. "fodder, food", Plat. "a feeding, grazing", of herds: metaph., νομὴ πυρός "a spreading" of fire, Polyb. ; νομὴν ἔχειν, of a cancerous sore, "to spread", NTest. "division, distribution", Hdt. , Plat. , etc.

νομή, -ῆς, ἡ (νέμω, to pasture), [in LXX chiefly for מִרְעֶה, also for נָוֶה, etc. ;] __1. a pasture, pasturage: figuratively, Jhn.10:9 __2. a grazing, feeding; metaphorically, of a spreading sore, 2Ti.2:17 (Polyb.).† (AS)