Strong's Lexicon
G1772
G1772 — ἔννομος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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
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