Quick Definition
νομοθεσία, ας, ἡ n.f. lawgiving, legislation
Strong's Definition
from 3550; legislation (specially, the institution of the Mosaic code)
KJV Usage: giving of the law
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | νομίζω + τίθημι
33.339 · Communication · Law, Regulation, Ordinance
to enact a law, to give a law to give or to establish a law Though in English it is normal to speak of ‘giving a law,’ such an expression can be entirely misleading, since in some languages ‘to give a law’ can mean ‘to annul a law’ in the sense of giving back to people a rule or regulation. A more frequent expression for ‘giving a law’ may be ‘commanding a law’ or ‘ordering a law.’
In ROM 9:4 νομοθεσία refers specifically to the giving of the Jewish Law.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νομοθεσία, -as, 7, (νόμος, τίθημι), law-giving, legislation : Ro. ix. 4. (Plat., Aristot., Polyb., Diod., Philo, al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νομοθεσία nomothesia 1x
legislation; ἡ νομοθεσία, the gift of the Divine law, or the Mosaic law itself, Rom. 9:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** νομοθεσία, -ας, ἡ
(< νόμος, τίθημι), [in LXX: II Mac 6:23, IV Mac 5:35 17:16*;]
legislation, lawgiving: Ro 9:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
νομοθεσία. This classical word (found also in Philo), which in the NT is confined to Rom 94, ‘‘ the giving of the law,” occurs ina royal petition of about A.D. 375, P Lips I. 357 τῆς θείας ὑμῶν | καὶ φιλανθρώπου νοΐμ]οθίεσ]ίας. Cf. Sy// 790 (= %1157)%% (¢. B.C. 100) διαπαραδιδόσ[θ]ω [δὲ τὸ ψήφισμα τόδε καὶ τοῖς] αἱρεθησομένοις μετὰ ταῦτα στρατηγοῖς [kal νομοφύλαξιν νομοθεσίας τάξιν ἔχον, OG/S 32655 (time of Attalus II. Philadelphus, B.C. 159-138) καθὼς αὐτὸς ἐν τῆι νομοθεσίαι περὶ ἑκάστων διαίτέ]ταχεν. νόμον τῶν ἐξρανισ]τῶν. See also P Rey ΤΑΧῪ. 15 (Β.Ο, 2598) a/. where the various cross-references from one section to another are marked by the phrase κατὰ τὸν νόμον (cf. the editors’ note, p. 91). Thieme (p. 30) illustrates the quasipersonification of ὃ νόμος in Jn 751, Rom 315, by Magn 92 4.11 (ii/B.c. ad init.) πάντων συντελεσθέντων, alv ὃ νόμος] συντάσσει, cf. ".᾽5 πάντων συντελεσθέντων ὧν ὁ νόμος ἀγορεύει. The phrase ἐν νόμῳ γέγραπται is found in legal phraseology from iii/B.c. onwards, e.g. Magn 52°° ὅ]σα καὶ τοῖς τὰ Πύθια ἐπαγγελλόν[τ]εσσιΐν ἐν ν]όμῳ γέγραπται. For the expression νόμος βασιλικός in Jas 2° see s.v. βασιλικός ad fin. The inscr. is reproduced in OG/S 483. In a remarkable epitaph from Apameia, C. and B. ii. p. 538 No. 399 42s, provision is made that the grave shall not be disturbed in the following terms—ts ὃ ἕτερος οὐ τεθῆ, εἰ δέ τις ἐπιτηδεύσι, τὸν νόμον οἶδεν [τ]ῶν Hlovdéwy. According to Ramsay, the reference must be not to the law of Moses, but to some agreement made with the city by the resident Jews for the better protection of their graves. For a detailed study of νόμος used qualitatively in the Pauline Epistles we may refer to Slaten Qualitative Nouns, p. 35 ff. Norden (Agnostos Theos, p. τὶ n.*) points out how readily Paul’s teaching in Rom 24® ὅταν yap ἔθνη τὰ μὴ νόμον ἔχοντα φύσει τὰ τοῦ νόμου ποιῶσιν, οὗτοι KTA. would be understood in view of the &ypados νόμος of the Greeks (cf. R. Hirzel Abh. d. Sachs. Ges. d. Wiss., phil.-hist. Kl. xx. 1900). See also Ferguson Legal Terms, p. 64.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νομοθεσία (nomothesia) — law. νομο-θεσία, ἡ, legislation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. code of laws, [LXX+5th c.BC+]
II.2. metaphorically, of the order of nature, Vett. Val.344.1, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3. plural, arbitrary principles, [Refs 4th c.BC+]