Quick Definition
ἀνόμως Adv without law
Strong's Definition
lawlessly, i.e. (specially) not amenable to (the Jewish) law
Derivation: adverb from G459 (ἄνομος);
KJV Usage: without law
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | ἀ- + νομίζω
33.57 · Communication · Written Language
without the Law pertaining to being without the Law (specifically the first five books of the OT) Even from the two contexts of 1CO 9:21 and ROM 2:12, it should be clear that ἄνομος[b] and ἀνόμως carry quite different implications in different contexts. In 1CO 9:21 a phrase such as ‘without the Law’ must be understood in the sense of ‘not being under obligation to the Law’ or ‘not being bound by the Law,’ and so 1CO 9:21 must be translated in a number of languages as ‘with those who are not bound by the Law, I live as one who is not bound by the Law,’ referring in these instances to the Law of Moses. It is important, however, in rendering the expression ‘not bound by the Law’ to avoid a phrase which would mean ‘lawless’ or ‘heedless of the Law.’ In the case of ROM 2:12, the phrase ‘without the Law’ must refer to those who are ignorant of the Law and thus are not bound by it, and so ROM 2:12 must be rendered in some languages as ‘those who sin without knowing anything about the Law are lost, but quite apart from any relationship to the Law.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνόμως, adv., without the law (see ἄνομος, 1), without a knowledge of the law: ἀν. ἁμαρτάνειν to sin in ignorance of the Mosaic law, Ro. ii. 12; ἀπόλλυσθαι to perish, but not by sentence of the Mosaic law, ibid. (ἀνόμως ζῆν to live ignorant of law and discipline, Isoc. panegyr. ce. 10 § 39; ἀνόμως ἀπόλλυσθαι to be slain contrary to law, as in wars, seditions, ete., ibid. c. 44 § 168. In Grk. writ. generally unjustly, wickedly, as 2 Mace. viii. 17.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνόμως anomōs 2x
without the intervention of law, Rom. 2:12 (2x)
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀνόμως, adv.
[in LXX: II Mac 8:17*;]
lawlessly (II Mac 8:17).
= χωρὶς νόμου, without law: Ro 2:12.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνόμως (anomōs) — without law. Included with: ἄνομος, ον, lawless, impious, τράπεζα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, θυσία[Refs 4th c.BC+]; πάθη E [Refs 5th c.BC+]lawless acts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ώτερος[Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -μως[Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. with genitive, ἀ. θεοῦ, i.e. without (the Mosaic) Law and therefore without God, [NT]adverb ἀνόμως, ={χωρὶς νόμου}, [NT]
3. illegal, κατοχή[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. (νόμος[Refs] unmusical, νόμος ἄ.[Refs 4th c.BC+]