Strong's G3542: νομή (nomḗ) Meaning

Quick Definition

νομή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. pasturage, growth

Strong's Definition

pasture, i.e. (the act) feeding (figuratively, spreading of a gangrene), or (the food) pasturage

Derivation: feminine from the same as G3551 (νόμος);

KJV Usage: X eat, pasture

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

νομή (G3542)

noun, f. | -ῆς

1.98 · Geographical Objects and Features · Pastures and Cultivated Lands

pasture pasture land in contrast with cultivated fields ‘Pastures’ are often designated as ‘grass land’ or ‘cattle land.’

JHN 10:9

84.1 · Spacial Extensions · Extension From a Source

extension, extend, spread, increase (a figurative extension of meaning of νομή[a] ‘pasture,’ 1.98) extension of an area

2TI 2:17

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

νομή, -ῆς, , (νέμω to pasture), fr. Hom. [i. 6. batrach.] down; 1. pasturage, fodder, food: in fig. discourse εὑρήσει νομήν, i. 6. he shall not want the needful supplies for the true life, Jn. x. 9; (Sept. for ΠΡ, My, 773). 2. trop. growth, increase, (Germ. Umsichfressen, Umsichgreifen) : of evils spreading like a gangrene, 2 Tim. ii. 17 (of ulcers, νομὴν ποιεῖται ἕλκος, Polyb. 1, 81, 6; of a conflagration, τὸ πῦρ λαμβάνει νομήν, 11, 4 (5), 4 ef. 1, 48, 5; Joseph. b. j. 6, 2, 9).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

νομή nomē 2x

pasture, pasturage, Jn. 10:9; ἔχειν νομήν, to eat its way, spread corrosion, 2 Tim. 2:17*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

νομή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< νέμω, to pasture), [in LXX chiefly for מִרְעֶה, also for נָוֶה, etc.;]

a pasture, pasturage: fig., Jo 10:9.

a grazing, feeding; metaph., of a spreading sore, II Ti 2:17 (Polyb.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

νομή [page 428] In P Hib I. 52 .7 ( c. B.C. 245) we read of certain persons who had used up the pastures ἀποκέχρηνται ταῖς νομαῖς , in circumstances which are far from clear : cf. P Oxy II. 244 .5 (A.D. 23) the transference of sheep νο [μῶ ]ν χάριν , for the sake of pasturage, ib. X. 1279 .18 (A.D. 139) a lease of State and on this condition ἔχειν με τὰς νομὰς καὶ ἐπινομὰς φόρου τῶν ομῶν ( l. νομῶν ) κατ᾽ ἔτος σὺν παντὶ δραχμῶν τεσσάρων , that I shall have the pastures and secondary pastures at the annual rent for the pastures of four drachmae in all (Edd.), P Tebt II. 317 .28 (A.D. 174 5) π [ε ]ρ̣ὶ μισθώσεως νομῶν , concerning a lease of pastures, and P Ryl II. 100 .9 (A.D. 238) πρὸς τὴν τῶν προβάτων [βρῶσιν καὶ κοίτη ]ν καὶ νομήν , for the maintenance, folding, and pasturing of sheep. On a tax εἰς τὰς νομάς , see Wilcken Ostr i. p. 265 f. For the legal phrase νομὴ ἄδικος , unjust possession, see P Tebt II. 286 .7 (A.D. 121 38) with the editor s note, and cf. ib. 335 .12 (mid. iii/A.D.), and for μακρᾶς νομῆς παραγραφή , longae possessionis praescriptio , see Chrest. II. 374 (iii/A.D.). Νομεύς , shepherd, appears in P Oxy II. 245 .17 (A.D. 26), and the verb in ib. .10 ἃ νεμήσεται σὺν τος ( l. τοῖς ) ἐπακολουθοῦσι ἄρνασι περὶ Πέλα , which (sheep) will pasture, together with the lambs that may be produced, in the neighbourhood of Pela. The wider sense of belong to, hold sway in, is seen in OGIS 50 .3 (mid. iii/B.C.) τοῖς τὴν σύνοδον νέμουσιν , with reference to the members of an association or club, see Dittenberger s note and cf. Plaumann Ptolemais , p. 62.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

νομή (nomē) — pasture. νομ-ή, ἡ, (νέμω) pasturage, ἀμφίβιον.. ἔδωκε ν. βατράχοισι Κρονίων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νομὰς νέμεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: in concrete sense, νομαὶ βοσκημάτων herds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. food from pasturing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. feeding, grazing, of herds, νομὴν ποιεῖσθαι, ={νέμεσθαι}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. b metaphorically, spreading, ν. πυρός [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; frequently of sores, etc., ν. ποιεῖσθαι spread, [NT+3rd c.BC+]spreading ulcers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. division, distribution, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an inheritance, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ πατρῴα (variant{πατρῴων}) ν. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; διεφθαρκὼς νομῇ χρημάτων τὸν δῆμον by largess of money, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in plural, = Latin donativa, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.2. paying out or distribution in bandaging, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

III. in Law, = Latin possessio, Wilcken [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; μακρᾶς ν. παραγραφή, = longae posses- sionis praescriptio, Mitteis [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ν. ἄδικος, = injusta possessio, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐπὶ νομῆς πέμπειν, = in possessionem mittere, [Refs 6th c.AD+]

IV. ἐν χειρῶν νομαῖς, ={ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ} [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

νομή, -ῆς, ἡ (νέμω, to pasture), [in LXX chiefly for מִרְעֶה, also for נָוֶה, etc. ;] __1. a pasture, pasturage: figuratively, Jhn.10:9 __2. a grazing, feeding; metaphorically, of a spreading sore, 2Ti.2:17 (Polyb.).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

10:9

2:17

G3542 νομή (nomḗ)