ἀνόμως

ἀνόμως adv. fr. ἄνομος (Eur., Thu. et al.; PMagd 6, 11; BGU 1200, 20; 2 Macc 8:17; Philo, Leg. All. 1, 35 v.l.; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 147, Ant. 15, 59) without participation in an organized legal system, lawlessly, ὅσοι ἀ. ἥμαρτον ἀ. καὶ ἀπολοῦνται those who sin without law will also be lost without law, i.e. those who sin without awareness of the Mosaic law (expressed from the vantage point of Israel’s chosen status) will also perish without reference to it: Ro 2:12 (=χωρὶς νόμου 7:9; cp. Isocr. 4, 39 ἀ. ζῆν= live without the advantage of organized law, i.e. without polity, uncivilized: expressed from the vantage point of Athenian achievement. For the term ἀ. and the theme of relative advantage s. also Jos., C. Ap. 2, 151). Synon. ἀτάκτως, q.v.