νομοθέτηςnomothétēs
a legislator
Greek (New Testament) · G3550
Meanings
a lawgiver: James 4:12.
Same root
- νόμοςnómos · G3551law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
- τίθημιtíthēmi · G5087to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476 (ἵστημι), which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 (κεῖμαι) is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)
- νομοθετέωnomothetéō · G3549to legislate, i.e. (passively) to have (the Mosaic) enactments injoined, be sanctioned (by them)
- νομοθεσίαnomothesía · G3548legislation (specially, the institution of the Mosaic code)
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- James 4:12 God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor?
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.