Strong's Concordance
anomós: lawlessly
Original Word: ἀνόμωςPart of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: anomós
Phonetic Spelling: (an-om'-oce)
Short Definition: without law
Definition: without law, lawlessly.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 460 anómōs (an adverb) – lawlessly, acting without God's light (the written revelation of the Bible). 460 (anómōs) particularly refers to pagan behavior (perspective). See 458 (anomia).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 460: ἀνόμωςἀνόμως, adverb,
without the law (see
ἄνομος, 1),
without a knowledge of the law:
ἀνόμως ἁμαρτάνειν, to sin in ignorance of the Mosaic law,
Romans 2:12;
ἀπολλυσθαι to perish, but not by sentence of the Mosaic law, ibid. (
ἀνόμως ζῆν to live ignorant of law and discipline, Isoc. panegyr. c. 10 § 39;
ἀνόμως ἀπολλυσθαι to be slain contrary to law, as in wars, seditions, etc., ibid. c. 44 § 168. In Greek writings generally
unjustly, wickedly, as 2 Macc. 8:17.)
