Strong's Lexicon

G1772

G1772 — ἔννομος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekennomosadjectiveOccurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G1772
Word:ἔννομος
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from G1722 and G3551
Language:Greek
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:ennomos
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:en'-nom-os
Meaning:1. (subjectively) legal 2. (objectively) subject to
KJV Renderings:lawful, under law

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἔννομος, ἐννομον (νόμος);

1. bound to the law; bound by the law: Χριστῷ, or more correctly Χριστοῦ L T Tr WH, 1Co 9:21 (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 23).

2. as in Greek writings from (Pindar), Aeschylus down, lawful, regular: Act 19:39 (on which see Lightfoot in The Contemp. Rev. for 1878, p. 295; Wood, Ephesus etc., Appendix, p. 38).

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἔννομος (lawful)

Acts 19:39

KJV: But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters it shall be determined in a lawful assembly
GK: ει δε τι περί ετέρων επιζητείτε εν τη εννόμω εκκλησία επιλυθήσεται

1 Corinthians 9:21

KJV: To them that are without law as without law being not without law to God but under the law to Christ that I might gain them that are without law
GK: τοις ανόμοις ως άνομος μη ων άνομος θεώ αλλ΄ έννομος χριστώ ίνα κερδήσω ανόμους
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