nomikos · lawyer, about the law

What it means

nomikos (νομικός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lawyer, about the law”.

Expert in the law of Moses; as an adjective, about the law.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Related to Moses' commandments.
2. A scholar of Moses' law who teaches it.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• experts in the law ×5
• lawyer ×2
• about the law ×1
• expert in the law ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Luke×6
• Titus×2

• Matthew 22:35

  And one of them, a lawyer, asked a question, testing him:

• Luke 7:30

  but the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been immersed by him.

• Luke 10:25

  And look, a certain expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

• Luke 11:45

  And one of the experts in the law answered and says to him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.”

• Luke 11:46

  But he said, “Woe to you experts in the law also, because you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

• Luke 11:52

  Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and those who were entering you hindered.”

• Luke 14:3

  And Jesus answered and spoke to the experts in the law and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath or not?”

• Titus 3:9

  But avoid foolish speculations and genealogies and strife and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and futile.

• Titus 3:13

  Diligently send on their way Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they may lack nothing.