Strong's Lexicon
G3542 — νομή
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3542 |
|---|---|
| Word: | νομή |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | feminine from a primary nemo "to parcel out" (especially food or grazing to animals) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | nome |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | nom-ay' |
| Meaning: | 1. pasture 2. (the act) feeding 3. (figuratively) spreading of a gangrene 4. (the food) pasturage |
| KJV Renderings: | X eat, pasture |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νομή, νομῆς, ἡ (νέμω to pasture), from Homer (i. e. batrach.) down;
1. pasturage, fodder, food: in figurative discourse εὑρήσει νομήν, i. e. he shall not want the needful supplies for the true life, Joh 10:9; (the Sept. for îÄøÀòÆä, îÇøÀòÄéú, ðÈåÆä).
2. tropically, growth, increase (German Umsicbfressen, Umsichgreifen): of evils spreading like a gangrene, 2Ti 2:17 (of ulcers, νομήν ποιεῖται ἕλκος, Polybius 1, 81, 6; of a conflagration, τό πῦρ λαμβάνει νομήν, 11, 4 (5), 4 cf. 1, 48, 5; Josephus, b. j. 6, 2, 9).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
νομή (X eat)
John 10:9
- KJV: I am the door by me if any man enter in he shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture
- GK: εγώ ειμι η θύρα δι΄ εμού εάν τις εισέλθη σωθήσεται και εισελεύσεται και εξελεύσεται και νομήν ευρήσει
2 Timothy 2:17
- KJV: And their word will eat as doth a canker of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus
- GK: και ο λόγος αυτών ως γάγγραινα νομήν έξει ων εστίν Υμέναιος και Φιλητός
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