Quick Definition
νομοθετέω v. I ordain, enact
Strong's Definition
to legislate, i.e. (passively) to have (the Mosaic) enactments injoined, be sanctioned (by them)
Derivation: from G3550 (νομοθέτης);
KJV Usage: establish, receive the law
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | νομίζω + τίθημι
33.339 · Communication · Law, Regulation, Ordinance
to enact a law, to give a law to give or to establish a law Though in English it is normal to speak of ‘giving a law,’ such an expression can be entirely misleading, since in some languages ‘to give a law’ can mean ‘to annul a law’ in the sense of giving back to people a rule or regulation. A more frequent expression for ‘giving a law’ may be ‘commanding a law’ or ‘ordering a law.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νομοθετέω, τῶ: Pass., pf. 3 pers. sing. νενομοθέτηται ; plupf. 3 pers. sing. νενομοθέτητο (on the om. of the augm. see W.72 (70); B.33(29)); (νομοθέτης); fr. [Lys.], Xen. and Plat. down; Sept. several times for 7717; as to enact laws; pass. laws are enacted or prescribed for one, to be legislated for, furnished with laws (often so in Plato; ef. Ast, Lex. Plat. ii. p. 391 [for exx.]); ὁ λαὸς ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς (R ἃ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ) νενομοθέτηται (ἢ, ἃ νενομοθέτητο) the people received the Mosaic law established upon the foundation of the priesthood, Heb. vii. 11 [W. § 39,1 b.; ef. B. 337 (290); many refer this ex. (with the gen.) to time (A. V. under it); see ἐπί, A. IL, cf. B. 2a. y.]. 2. to sanction by law, enact: ri, pass. Heb. viii. 6 [ef. W. and B. Us Sal]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νομοθετέω nomotheteō 2x
to impose a law, give laws; in NT pass., to have a law imposed on one’s self, receive a law, Heb. 7:11; to be enacted, constituted, Heb. 8:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νομοθετέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX for ירה hi.;]
intrans., to make laws; pass., to be furnished with laws: He 7:11.
Trans., to ordain by law, enact: pass., He 8:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
νομοθετέω. An interesting ex. of this verb is found in a letter of remonstrance from the Senate of Antinodpolis to the epistrategus Antonius Alexander, in which they vindicated the privilege bestowed on them by Hadrian to be exempt from public burdens outside their own city, P Oxy VIII. 1119156 (A.D. 254) θεὸς ᾿Αδριανὸς ἐνομοθέτησεν σαφῶς παρὰ νόμοις μὲν ἡμεῖν ἄρχειν καὶ λειτουργεῖν, πασῶν δὲ ἀπηλλάχθη τῶν παρ᾽ ἄλλοις ἀρχῶν τε καὶ λειτουργιῶν, ‘€the deified Hadrian clearly established the law that we should bear office and burdens nowhere but at home, and we were relieved of all offices and burdens elsewhere” (Ed.). For the pass., which alone occurs in the NT, see OG/S 32913 (mid. ii/B.c.) τὰ καλῶς Kal δικαίως νενομοθετημένα ἡμῖν ὑπὸ τῶ[ν βα]σιλέων, 26. 493°° (ii/A.D.) ταῦτα μὲν ὑμεῖν ὀρθῶς καὶ καλῶς .. νενομοθετήσθω.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νομοθετέω (nomotheteō) — to give laws. νομοθετ-έω, perfect νενομοθέτηκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—frame laws, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, frame laws for oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, of a state, to be furnished with laws, have a code of laws, [NT]
II. ordain by law, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, enact, τῶν ζῴων ἐστὶν ἃ σέβεσθαι ἐνομοθέτησε [Refs 5th c.BC+]: —in middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be ordained by law, [NT+2nd c.BC+] it has been so ordained by law, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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Enact (3549) nomotheteo