Matthew 22:40:8Matt.22.40.W8TAB
νόμος
nomos
“law”
- Transliteration
- NO-mos
- Extended
- NO-mos
- IPA
- /ˈno.mos/
Meaning by language
- English
- law
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
NO-mos
- sentence
en TAU-tais TAIS dy-SIN en-to-LAIS HO-los ho NO-mos KRE-ma-tai KAI HOI pro-PHÊ-tai
Exegesis
The nominative subject holos ho nomos {ὅλος ὁ νόμος | holos ho nomos} ‘the whole law’ is foregrounded, followed by the coordinated subject hoi prophetai {οἱ προφῆται | hoi prophetai} ‘the prophets,’ both governed by the present middle/passive verb krematai {κρέμαται | krematai} ‘hang/are suspended.’
Root and etymology
némōnu–epsilon–mu–omega
“to distribute, allot, prescribe”
In context — Matthew 22:40
In these two commandments , the whole Law and the Prophets hang.
About this coordinate
Matthew 22:40:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 22:40, so the Greek word νόμος (nomos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.22.40.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.22.40.W8.S1) and character.