νομ-ικός G3544
Pertaining to the law; as a noun, an expert in the Mosaic Law, a legal scholar or jurist in Jewish religious tradition.
In the New Testament this adjective most often appears as a substantive, referring to someone learned in the Torah and its rabbinic interpretation—a professional legal scholar. Spanish renders the person as 'experto en la ley' while German uses 'Gesetzeslehrer' (law-teacher), both capturing the instructional authority these figures carried. The Synoptic Gospels present them testing Jesus or resisting his message (Luke 7:30; 10:25). In its sole purely adjectival use (Titus 3:9), it describes quarrels as 'legal'—pertaining to matters of the law rather than to a person.
Senses
1. lawyer, expert in the Law — Designates a person professionally trained in the Mosaic Law—a jurist, legal scholar, or doctor of the Torah. The Synoptic Gospels depict these figures as authoritative interpreters who test Jesus (Luke 10:25) or reject God's purpose (Luke 7:30). French 'docteur de la loi' and German 'Gesetzeslehrer' both highlight the teaching dimension of this role, while Spanish 'intérprete de la ley' underscores interpretation. 8×
AR["-النّاموسيَّ", "النّاموسِيّونَ", "النّاموسِيّينَ", "عُلَماءُ-الشَّريعَةِ", "عُلَمَاءِ-النَّامُوسِ", "ناموسيٌّ", "ناموسِيٌّ"]·ben["বিধিবিশারদ", "বিধিবেত্তা", "ব্যবস্থা-বিদদের", "ব্যবস্থাপকেরা", "ব্যবস্থাবিদ", "ব্যবস্থার-শিক্ষকদের"]·DE["Gesetzeslehrer", "gesetzlich"]·EN["a-lawyer", "lawyer", "lawyers"]·FR["docteur-de-la-loi"]·heb["חֲכַם־תּוֹרָה", "חַכְמֵי-הַתּוֹרָה", "חָכָם-בַּתּוֹרָה", "מֵבִין-הַתּוֹרָה", "מֵבִינֵי-הַתּוֹרָה", "מֻמְחֶה־בַּתּוֹרָה"]·HI["व्यवस्था-विद", "व्यवस्थापक", "व्यवस्थापकों", "व्यवस्थापकों-को", "व्यवस्थावेत्ताओं-ने", "व्यवस्थिक", "शास्त्रियों"]·ID["ahli-Taurat", "ahli-ahli-Taurat", "ahli-hukum"]·IT["esperto-della-legge", "nomikon"]·jav["ahli-Torèt", "ahli-angger-angger", "ahli-hukum", "ahli-kukum"]·KO["율법사", "율법사들-중에", "율법사들아", "율법사들은", "율법학자-", "율법학자-와", "율법학자들"]·PT["doutor-da-lei", "doutores-da-lei", "intérprete-da-lei,"]·RU["законник", "законник,", "законника", "законникам", "законники", "законников"]·ES["abogado", "experto-en-la-ley", "intérpretes-de-la-ley", "maestros-de-ley", "un-intérprete-de-la-ley"]·SW["akimjaribu", "mwanasheria", "wanasheria"]·TR["kanun-öğretmenleri", "kanun-öğretmenlerinden", "kanun-öğretmenlerine", "yasa-bilgini", "yasa-uzmanları,", "yasa-uzmanı", "yasa-uzmanını"]·urd["-کا", "شریعت-دان-نے", "شریعت-دانوں", "فقیہ", "فقیہوں", "وکیل"]
2. legal, pertaining to the law — Purely adjectival: 'pertaining to or relating to the law.' In Titus 3:9, Paul warns against 'legal quarrels' (Greek: machas nomikás), disputes rooted in legalistic wrangling rather than edifying doctrine. Spanish 'legales' and German 'gesetzlich' confirm the descriptive, non-personal sense, contrasting sharply with the substantive use elsewhere. 1×
AR["النّاموسيَّةَ"]·ben["বিধিসংক্রান্ত"]·DE["gesetzlich"]·EN["legal"]·FR["docteur-de-la-loi"]·heb["תּוֹרָתִיִּים"]·HI["व्यवस्थिक,"]·ID["tentang-hukum,"]·IT["nomikas"]·jav["kukum,"]·KO["률법적인"]·PT["legais,"]·RU["законнических"]·ES["legales"]·SW["ya-kisheria"]·TR["yasal,"]·urd["شریعی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
νομ-ικός, ή, όν, relating to laws, αἴτια, title of work by Democritus; resting on law, ἤθη Refs 5th c.BC+; conventional, ν. δίκαιον, opposed to φυσικόν, Refs 4th c.BC+ adverb -κῶς after the manner of law, i.e. in a broad, general way, Refs __2 forensic, μάχαι NT; ἀγῶνες, opposed to λογικοί, ἠθικοί, Refs 2nd c.AD+; relating to points of law (opposed to matters of fact), στάσις, ζήτημα, Refs 2nd…