Quick Definition
lawfully
Strong's Definition
legitimately (specially, agreeably to the rules of the lists)
Derivation: adverb from a derivative of G3551 (νόμος);
KJV Usage: lawfully
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νομίμως, adverb (νόμιμος), lawfully, agreeably to the law, properly: 1Ti_1:8; 2Ti_2:5. (Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νομίμως nomimōs 2x
lawfully, agreeably to law or custom, rightfully, 1Ti_1:8 ; 2Ti_2:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** νομίμως ,
adv.
( < νόμιμος , conformable to law ),
[in LXX : 4Ma_6:18 * ;]
rightly, lawfully: 1Ti_1:8 , 2Ti_2:5 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
νομίμως [page 429]
Epict. iii. 10. 8 ὁ θεός σοι λέγει ‛δός μοι ἀπόδειξιν , εἰ νομίμως ἤθλησας offers a good parallel to 2Ti_2:5 (see Sharp, p. 2). For the corresponding adj. cf. P Tebt II. 302 .26 (A.D. 71 2) ἡμεῖν τοῖς νομίμοις ἱερεῦσι ἐτήρησεν [τὰς ἀρούρας , he reserved the land for us, the legitimate priests (Edd.) i P Fay 124 .18 (ii/A.D.) ἄνευ νο̣μίμων , illegally, BGU IV. 1032 .10 (A.D. 173) ἐκ μὴ νομ [ί ]μων γάμων , P Oxy IX. 12O1 .18 (A.D.) 258) τοῦ μέρους τοῦ διατάγματος τοῦ τοῖς νομίμοις κληρονόμοις τ [ὴ ]ν διακατοχὴν διδόντος , that portion of the edict which grants succession to the lawful heirs (Ed.), BGU IV. 1074 .2 (A.D. 275) νόμιμα καὶ φιλάνθ [ρ ]ωπα , OGIS 56 .66 (B.C. 237) συντελεῖν τὰ νόμιμα τῆι θεῶι , and the Christian sepulchral inscr. Kaibel 727 .6 νομίμοις δὲ θεοῦ παρεγείνατο πᾶσιν .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
νομίμως
adv. (νόμιμος, conformable to law), [in LXX: 4Ma.6:18 * ;]
rightly, lawfully: 1Ti.1:8, 2Ti.2:5.†
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