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Koine Greek wordlink #109177

SR GNT Rom 9:4 νομοθεσία (nomothesia) ‘covenants and the lawgiving and the sacred_service’ Strongs=35480 Lemma=nomothesia^*
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form νομοθεσία (N-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘νομοθεσία’ (N-NFS) is always and only glossed as ‘lawgiving’.

Rom 9:4 ‘covenants and the lawgiving and the sacred_service’ SR GNT Rom 9:4 word 18

OET-LV: 4 who are ones_from _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), of _whose is the adoption _as _sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the sacred _service, and the promises, (ROM_9:4)

OET-RV: 4 They’re the descendants of Yisrael (Israel) who’ve been adopted as God’s children and God revealed his power and the agreements and the Law and the temple worship and the promises. (ROM 9:4)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘nomothesia’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun NFS=nominative,feminine,singular