Quick Definition
lawgiving, legislation
Strong's Definition
legislation (specially, the institution of the Mosaic code)
Derivation: from G3550 (νομοθέτης);
KJV Usage: giving of the law
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νομοθεσία, νομοθεσίας, ἡ (νόμος, τίθημι), law-giving, legislation: Rom_9:4. (Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, Diodorus, Philo, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νομοθεσία nomothesia 1x
legislation; ἡ νομοθεσία , the gift of the Divine law, or the Mosaic law itself, Rom_9:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** νομοθεσία , -ας , ἡ
( < νόμος , τίθημι ),
[in LXX : 2Ma_6:23 , 4Ma_5:35 ; 4Ma_17:16 * ;]
legislation, lawgiving: Rom_9:4 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
νομοθεσία [page 429]
This classical word (found also in Philo), which in the NT is confined to Rom_9:4 , the giving of the law, occurs in a royal petition of about A.D. 375, P Lips I. 35 .7 τῆς θ̣είας ὑμῶν καὶ φιλανθρώπου νο̣[μ ]ο̣θ [εσ ]ι̣ας . Cf. Syll 790 (= .3 1157) .98 ( c. B.C. 100) διαπαραδιδόσ [θ ]ω [δὲ τὸ ψήφισμα τόδε καὶ τοῖς ] αἱρεθησομένοις μετὰ ταῦτα στρατηγοῖς [καὶ νομοφύ ]λαξιν νομοθεσίας τάξιν ἔχον , OGIS 326 .26 (time of Attalus II. Philadelphus, B.C. 159 138) καθὼς αὐτὸς ἐν τῆι νομοθεσίαι περὶ ἑκάστων δια [τέ ]ταχεν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
νομοθεσία νομοθεσία, ἡ, "lawgiving, legislation", Plat. [Etym: from νομοθετέω]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
νομοθεσία, -ας, ἡ
(νόμος, τίθημι), [in LXX: 2Ma.6:23, 4Ma.5:35 4Mac 17:16 * ;]
legislation, lawgiving: Rom.9:4.†
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