- ἄνομος
- ἄνομος, ον (Soph., Hdt., Thu.+; IDefixAudollent 188; POxy 237 VII, 11 [II A.D.]; PGM 58, 9; 11f; LXX, En, Test12Patr; ParJer 7:24; AscIs; Ar. 15, 6; Just.; Ath. R. 73, 14; Orig., C. Cels. 7, 63, 3 [superl.]) ‘lawless’.① pert. to behaving contrary to law, lawless, w. ref. to any law ἄ. κριτής an unjust judge, who cares nothing for the law B 20:2; D 5:2.② pert. to being without adherence to a moral code outside law, without law.ⓐ of obligation to God, without ref. to a moral code μὴ ὢν ἄ. θεοῦ though I am not free fr. obedience to God 1 Cor 9:21c (opp. ἔννομος; on the constr. of ἄ. θεοῦ s. Mlt. 236).ⓑ w. ref. to the Mosaic law, used of gentiles as persons who do not know it (s. 3b), w. no criticism implied (Pla., Pol. 302e [Nägeli 14]; Esth 4:17u) τοῖς ἀ. ὡς ἄ. to those without (Mosaic) law (= ‘gentiles’) 1 Cor 9:21a. W. the phrase ὡς ἄνομος vs. 21b Paul indicates empathy for those outside Mosaic tradition.③ pert. to violating moral standards, lawless.ⓐ w. ref. to God’s moral law. Hence wicked in gener. (oft. LXX) in personal address ἄνομε You wicked one! 1 Cl 35:9 (Ps. 49:21); w. ἀνυπότακτος 1 Ti 1:9; w. ἀσεβής (1 Macc 7:5; PGM 58, 11; IDefixAudollent 188) 1 Cl 18:13 (Ps 50:15); Dg 9:4; w. ἄδικος (Just., D. 35, 5 ἀθέους καὶ ἀσεβεῖς καὶ ἀδίκους καὶ ἀνόμους; PLond II, 358, 13 [150 A.D.] p. 172 ἄνομα καὶ ἄδικα) 1 Cl 56:11 (Job 5:22). Opp. δίκαιος (Pr 21:18) 45:4; cp. Dg 9:5; ἄγιος Dg 9:2. μετὰ ἀνόμων λογισθῆναι be classed among the criminals Mk 15:28; Lk 22:37 (SHall, Studia Evangelica ’59, 499–501); cp. 1 Cl 16:13 (all three Is 53:12). ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν ἁμαρτίαν ἀνομώτερος wicked beyond measure B 5:9. τὸ γένος ἄ. the wicked kind Hs 9, 19, 1.—Of things ἄ. βίος w. ἄδικος MPol 3; ἄ. ἔργα 2 Pt 2:8 (Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 58, 2 Jac. ἔργον ἄνομον ἐργάσασθαι). ὁ ἄ. καιρός wicked time B 4:9 (cp. 18:2).ⓑ w. reference to those who are outside Israelite legal tradition (s. 2b) and act contrary to its moral standards (Wsd 17:2; Just., D. 123, 3 υἱοὶ ἄ.). διὰ χειρὸς ἀνόμων by lawless hands Ac 2:23. ἐκ χειρὸς ἀνόμου AcPl Ha 8, 10 (ἀνόμων Ox 1602, 2/BMM recto 10); AcPlCor 1:8. Φαραὼ … ὄντος ἀ. AcPl Ha 8, 12. οἱ ἄνομοι MPol 16:1. τὰ ἄ. ἔθνη (3 Macc 6:9) the lawless people 9:2.④ ὁ ἄ. the epitome of lawlessness, the lawless one (Ezk 18:24; 33:8; PsSol 17:11) of the Lawless One or Antichrist (s. Iren., 3, 7, 2 [Harv. II 26f ]) 2 Th 2:8 (cp. vs. 3). This prob. explains ὁ καιρὸς τοῦ ἀ. the time of iniquity B 15:5 (cp. 18:2; TestDan 6:6 ἐν καιρῷ τῆς ἀνομίας).—DELG s.v. νέμω. M-M. TW.
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