Quick Definition
νομίμως Adv lawfully
Strong's Definition
adverb from a derivative of 3551; legitimately (specially, agreeably to the rules of the lists)
KJV Usage: lawfully
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νομίμως, adv., (νόμιμος), lawfully, agreeably to the law, properly: 1 Tim.i.8; 2 Tim.ii. 5. (Thuc., Xen., Plat., als)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νομίμως nomimōs 2x
lawfully, agreeably to law or custom, rightfully, 1 Tim. 1:8; 2 Tim. 2:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** νομίμως, adv.
(< νόμιμος, conformable to law), [in LXX: IV Mac 6:18*;]
rightly, lawfully: I Ti 1:8, II Ti 2:5.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
νομίμως “ 121) Λοῦπ[ος] λαλήσας μετὰ τῶν νομικῶν εἶπεν κτλ. The © term is also applied to a private notary, as in BGU I. 36111. 2 (A.D, 184) 6 νομικὸς ὁ τὴν οἰκονομίαν γράψας : and for the corresponding vopoypados cf. P Fay 2815 (A.D. 150-1) (= Selections, p. 82) ἔγραψ[ε]ν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν “Appavios νομογίράφος). On the late variant νομικάριος for νομικός see P Oxy XII. 1416* (c. a.D. 299) with the editors’ note.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νομίμως (nomimōs) — lawfully. Included with: νόμ-ιμος, η, ον, also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— conformable to custom, usage, or law, ν. ὅρκος Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; legitimate, ν. παῖδες [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, customary, prescriptive, φῶς [Refs], etc.; οἱ ν. θεοί [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. observant of law, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. πόλις Isoc. [prev. cited]
II. νόμιμα, τά, usages, customs, ἄλλα ἄλλοισιν νόμιμα, σφετέραν δ᾽ αἰνεῖ δίκαν ἕκαστος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. Δωρικά, Χαλκιδικά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; almost, ={νόμοι}, ἄγραπτα ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ν., τὸ πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους ν., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. βαρβαρικά, title of treatise by Aristotle: rare in singular, τὸ πάντων ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. legal rights, ν. καὶ φιλάνθρωπα [Refs 1st c.AD+]; process of law, τοῖς ν. χρῆσθαι Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἄνευ νομίμων ἀπωθεῖσθαι to be illegally ejected, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; εἴργεσθαι τῶν ν., i.e. ἱερῶν καὶ ἀγορᾶς, of persons accused of murder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. funeral rites [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. adverb -μως[Refs 5th c.BC+]in a natural way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ν. ἀθλοῦντες, πεπαιδευμένοι, professional athletes, physicians, [Refs 2nd c.AD+], compare 8.171: comparative -ώτερον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 2nd c.AD+]