UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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νομοθέτης

MainId: 003453000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ν

StrongCodes: G3550

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003453001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: νομοθέτης

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ου

   Constructs: {'Lemma': 'νομοθέτης', 'BaseFormIndex': 1, 'WordMeaningSets': [{'Word': 'νομίζω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'τίθημι', 'Meanings': []}]}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003453001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 33.340

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Law, Regulation, Ordinance

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-10 21:13:30

         DefinitionShort: (derivative of {L:νομοθετέω} ‘to give a law,’ {D:33.339}) one who gives or enacts laws

         Glosses: lawgiver

         Comments: In a number of languages it is not possible to speak literally of a ‘lawgiver’ as ‘one who gives laws,’ for laws seem to be quite distinct from gifts. However, the same meaning is often communicated by somewhat different expressions, for example, ‘one who decides what people must do’ or ‘one who makes a law stand’ or ‘one who gives strength to a law.’

      LEXReferences: YAC 4:12