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1 resultVerses
492 results- VerseRomans 2:23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
- VerseRomans 4:15because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
- VersePsalms 119:44I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
- VerseGalatians 2:19For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
- VerseDeuteronomy 4:44This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
People
6 results- PersonAnnasFormer high priest and father-in-law of Caiaphas, before whom Jesus was first examined (John 18:13,19-24).
- PersonGamalielThe Pharisee and teacher of the law who talked the Sanhedrin out of killing the apostles with an argument from patience: if this counsel is of men it will come to nothing, and…
- PersonGallioProconsul of Achaia and brother of the philosopher Seneca; he threw Paul's accusers out of his court at Corinth as a matter for their own law. The Delphi inscription dates his…
- PersonEzraPriest and ready scribe of the law of Moses who came up from Babylon, set his heart to seek, do, and teach the law, and led the returned community's reform.
- PersonJosiahThe boy-king who found the book of the law in the temple, tore his clothes, and led Judah's last great reformation and Passover before dying at Megiddo.
Places
2 results- PlaceMount EbalThe mountain of the curse where Joshua built an altar and read the whole law to Israel, the first act of worship inside the land.
- PlaceMount Sinai (Horeb)The mountain of God in the wilderness where the bush burned, the Law was given in fire and cloud, and the covenant was cut; Elijah later heard the still small voice here.
Events
1 resultWords (Strong's)
- WordG3551 νόμος · nómos (Greek)law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume). The Greek word stands 192 times in the original text.
- WordH4687 מִצְוָה · mitsvâh (Hebrew)a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law). The Hebrew word stands 181 times in the original text.
- WordG3544 νομικός · nomikós (Greek)according (or pertaining) to law, i.e. legal (ceremonially). The Greek word stands 9 times in the original text.
- WordH8451 תּוֹרָה · tôwrâh (Hebrew)a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch. The Hebrew word stands 219 times in the original text.
- WordH4941 מִשְׁפָּט · mishpâṭ (Hebrew)properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective)…. The Hebrew word stands…
Concepts
2 resultsThemes
9 results- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeFaith**Faith across the canon is less a feeling than a transaction: a person trusts what God has said and acts on it before the outcome is visible.** The Old Testament rarely uses…
- ThemeJusticeScripture's justice vocabulary runs on two paired Hebrew terms: *mishpat* (H4941), the right verdict rendered at the city gate — a legal, courtroom word — and *tsedaqah*…
- ThemeGraceGrace is God's unearned favor. The Hebrew word for it is *chen* — a gift given because the giver is gracious, not because the receiver has earned it — and it is *chen* that the…
- ThemeLoveThe Old Testament's word for it is *chesed* — not a feeling but a covenant posture: steadfast, loyal, obligated love that keeps showing up whether or not it is deserved. God's…
Topics
9 results- TopicActions at LawA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicAdjudication at LawA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicDaughter-in-lawA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicFather-in-lawA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicLawA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
Prophecies
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13 results- VoiceTertullianQuintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus was born at Carthage around 155, trained in Roman law and rhetoric, and converted as an adult. Jerome says his father was an officer of…
- VoiceKathryn KuhlmanKathryn Kuhlman left a Missouri farm at sixteen to preach with her sister and brother-in-law, and by her late twenties had built a thriving tabernacle in Denver. Then she…
- VoiceAlbert BarnesAlbert Barnes was born at Rome, New York, on December 1, 1798. He was headed for the law. At Hamilton College he was converted, changed direction, and went to Princeton…
- VoiceSocrates ScholasticusSocrates was born at Constantinople about 380 and was still writing in 439. He was a layman — the byname Scholasticus most likely means he practised law — and he lived in the…
- VoiceWilliam CowperWilliam Cowper trained for the law and broke down completely at thirty-one, facing an examination he could not bear; he attempted his own life more than once and was placed in…
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G3551νόμος nómos — law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case
(regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume)H4687מִצְוָה mitsvâh — a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)G3544νομικός nomikós — according (or pertaining) to law, i.e. legal
(ceremonially)H8451תּוֹרָה tôwrâh — a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or PentateuchH4941מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penaltyH1881דָּת dâth — a royal edict or statute