Raw Strong's Lookups¶

G3551 — nomos (νόμος) — law¶

169 total occurrences, 11 unique translations
95 (56.2%) "law", 49 (29.0%) "the law", 14 (8.3%) "of the law"
Lexicon: masculine noun; from nemo (to parcel out, especially food or grazing); BLB Count: 197
In Romans alone: 2:9-27 (17+ occurrences), 3:19-31 (13 occ.), 4:11-16 (5 occ.), 5:13-14 (3 occ.), 6:14 (1 occ.), 7:1-25 (25+ occ.), 8:2-7 (5 occ.), 9:31 (1 occ.), 10:4 (1 occ.), 13:8-10 (3 occ.)
Total in Romans: ~74 occurrences — more than any other NT book

43 total occurrences, 8 unique translations
23 (53.5%) "commandment", 12 (27.9%) "commandments"
Lexicon: feminine noun; from G1781; injunction, authoritative prescription; BLB Count: 71
In Romans: 7:8, 7:9, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 13:9
Also in Rev 12:17; 14:12 ("commandments of God" with "faith of Jesus")

5 total occurrences only
2 "decrees", 1 "a decree", 1 "ordinances", 1 "of ordinances"
Lexicon: neuter noun; from dokeo; a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical)
BLB Count: 5 — Luke 2:1; Acts 16:4; 17:7; Eph 2:15; Col 2:14
NOT used in Romans at all
Per law-08: dogma never used for Decalogue; used for civil decrees and abolished ordinances

10 total occurrences, 6 unique translations
3 "ordinances", 3 "righteousness", 1 "judgment", 1 "justification"
Lexicon: neuter noun; from dikaioo; equitable deed; by implication, a statute or decision
BLB Count: 10 — Luke 1:6; Rom 1:32; 2:26; 5:16; 5:18; 8:4; Heb 7:16; 9:1; 9:10; Rev 15:4; 19:8
KEY: Rom 8:4 — "the righteousness (dikaioma) of the law might be fulfilled in us"
Rom 2:26 — "uncircumcision keep the righteousness (dikaioma) of the law"

80 total occurrences, 12 unique translations
42 (52.5%) "righteousness", 18 (22.5%) "of righteousness"
Lexicon: feminine noun; from dikaios; equity of character or act; specially Christian justification
BLB Count: 92
Extensive in Romans: 1:17; 3:5,10,21,22,25; 4:3,5,6,9,11,13,22; 5:17,21; 6:13,16; 8:10; 9:28,30; 10:3,4,5,6,10; 14:17

2 total occurrences only (both in Romans)
Rom 4:25 "raised again for our justification"
Rom 5:18 "the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life"
Lexicon: feminine noun; from dikaioo; acquittal (for Christ's sake): justification

222 total occurrences, 17 unique translations
153 (68.9%) "faith"
Lexicon: feminine noun; from peitho; persuasion, credence; moral conviction of religious truth
BLB Count: 244
Extensive in Romans: 1:5,8,12,17; 3:3,22,25,26,27,28,30,31; 4:5,9,11,12,13,14,16,19; 5:1,2; 9:30,32; 10:6,8,17; 11:20; 12:3,6; 14:1,22,23; 16:26

39 total occurrences, 10 unique translations
14 (35.9%) "end", 13 (33.3%) "the end", 3 (7.7%) "custom"
Lexicon: neuter noun; from tello (to set out for a definite point or goal)
BLB Count: 42
KEY: Rom 10:4 "Christ is the telos of the law"
1 Tim 1:5 "the telos of the commandment is charity" — identical construction, clearly = goal/purpose
Also Rom 6:21 "the end of those things is death", Rom 13:7 "custom" (tribute/tax)

146 total occurrences, 24 unique translations
82 (56.2%) "grace", 21 (14.4%) "Grace", 5 (3.4%) "favour"
Lexicon: feminine noun; graciousness as gratifying, of manner or act
BLB Count: 156
In Romans: 1:5,7; 3:24; 4:4,16; 5:2,15,17,20; 6:1,14,17; 7:25; 11:5,6; 12:3,6; 15:15; 16:20,24

134 total occurrences, 15 unique translations
47 (35.1%) "sins", 45 (33.6%) "sin"
Lexicon: feminine noun; from hamartano; a sin (properly abstract): offence, sinful
BLB Count: 174
Extensive in Romans: 3:9; 5:12,20,21; 6:1,2,6,11,12,14,17; 7:7,12,17,20,23; 8:2,3
KEY: 1 John 3:4 — "sin is the transgression of the law" (hamartia = anomia — lawlessness)

128 total occurrences, 12 unique translations
73 (57.0%) "flesh", 35 (27.3%) "the flesh"
Lexicon: feminine noun; flesh (as stripped of skin), i.e. the body; by extension, human nature
BLB Count: 151
In Romans: 1:3; 2:28; 3:20; 4:1; 6:19; 7:5,18,22,25; 8:1,3,4,5,6,8,12; 9:3,5,8; 11:14; 13:14
KEY: Rom 8:3 — "what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh" — the weakness is in the FLESH, not in the law

342 total occurrences, 29 unique translations
85 (24.9%) "Ghost", 80 (23.4%) "Spirit", 71 (20.8%) "spirit"
Lexicon: neuter noun; from pneo; a current of air; breath; by analogy spirit
BLB Count: 385
In Romans: 1:4,9; 2:29; 5:5; 7:6; 8:1,2,5,6,9,10,11,13,14,15,16,23,26,27; 9:1; 11:8; 12:11; 14:17; 15:13,16,19,30
KEY: Romans 8 is the pneuma chapter — 21+ occurrences. The Spirit enables what the law demanded.