Quick Definition
a law-giver, legislator
Strong's Definition
a legislator
Derivation: from G3551 (νόμος) and a derivative of G5087 (τίθημι);
KJV Usage: lawgiver
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νομοθέτης, νομοθετου, ὁ (νόμος and τίθημι, a lawgiver: Jas_4:12. ((Antiphon, Thucydides), Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, Josephus, others; the Sept. Psalm 9:21.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νομοθέτης nomothetēs 1x
a legislator, lawgiver, Jas_4:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νομο -θέτης , -ου , ὁ
( < νόμος , τίθημι ),
[in LXX : Psa_9:20 * ;]
a law\-giver: Jas_4:12 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
νομοθέτης νομο-θέτης, ου, ὁ, [Etym: τίθημι] "a lawgiver", Thuc. , Plat. , etc. at Athens, "the Nomothetae" were a committee of the dicasts charged with the revision of the laws, Dem.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
νομο-θέτης, -ου, ὁ
(νόμος, τίθημι), [in LXX: Psa.9:20 * ;]
a lawgiver: Jas.4:12.†
(AS)