Strong's Greek · G3549

νομοθετέω

nomothetéō

establish, receive the law

Definition

to legislate, i.e. (passively) to have (the Mosaic) enactments injoined, be sanctioned (by them)

Derivation

from G3550 (νομοθέτης);

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Hebrews 7:11

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

Hebrews 8:6

Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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