Romans 8:2:3Rom.8.2.W3TAB
νόμος
nomos
“law”
- Transliteration
- NO-mos
- Extended
- NOH-mohs
- 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
ho gar NO-mos tou PNEU-ma-tos tês dzō-ÊS en khri-STÔ i-ê-SOU ê-leu-THE-rō-SEN se a-PO tou NO-mou tês ha-mar-TI-as kai tou tha-NA-tou
Exegesis
The subject nomos {νόμος | nó-mos} ‘law’ with genitives pneumatos {πνεύματος | pneú-ma-tos} ‘spirit’ and zōēs {ζωῆς | zō-ēs} ‘life’ specifies the governing reality of the life-giving Spirit.
Root and etymology
nemōne–mō
“to distribute, allot”
In context — Romans 8:2
Because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has liberated you from the law of sin and of death.
About this coordinate
Romans 8:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Romans 8:2, 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 Rom.8.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.8.2.W3.S1) and character.