Lexicon :: Strong's G3542 - nomē

νομή
Transliteration
nomē (Key)
Pronunciation
nom-ay'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as νόμος (G3551)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
34x in 6 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

νομή nomḗ, nom-ay'; feminine from the same as G3551; pasture, i.e. (the act) feeding (figuratively, spreading of a gangrene), or (the food) pasturage:—X eat, pasture.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3542 in the following manner: pasture (1x), eat (with G2192) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3542 in the following manner: pasture (1x), eat (with G2192) (1x).

  1. pasturage, fodder, food

    1. fig. he shall not want the needful supplies for the true life

  2. growth, increase

    1. of evils spreading like a gangrene

    2. of ulcers

    3. of a conflagration

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νομή nomḗ, nom-ay'; feminine from the same as G3551; pasture, i.e. (the act) feeding (figuratively, spreading of a gangrene), or (the food) pasturage:—X eat, pasture.
STRONGS G3542:
νομή, νομῆς, ἡ (νέμω to pasture), from Homer (i. e. batrach.) down;
1. pasturage, fodder, food: in figurative discourse εὑρήσει νομήν, i. e. he shall not want the needful supplies for the true life, John 10:9; (the Sept. for מִרְעֶה, מַרְעִית, נָוֶה).
2. tropically, growth, increase (German Umsicbfressen, Umsichgreifen): of evils spreading like a gangrene, 2 Timothy 2:17 (of ulcers, νομήν ποιεῖται ἕλκος, Polybius 1, 81, 6; of a conflagration, τό πῦρ λαμβάνει νομήν, 11, 4 (5), 4 cf. 1, 48, 5; Josephus, b. j. 6, 2, 9).
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John
10:9
2 Timothy
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