ἀνομία anomia

Greek word for “lawlessness” · Strong’s G458 · used 15 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

ἀνομία, -ας, ἡ; (ἄνομος);

How it is translated

Glosses given for anomia in context, with how often each is used:

• lawlessness 11
• lawless deeds 1
• lawlessness? 1
• wickedness 1
• lawless acts 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Thessalonians 2 (2), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 13 (1), Matthew 23 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Romans 4 (1), Romans 6 (1), 2 Corinthians 6 (1), Titus 2 (1), Hebrews 1 (1)

Forms

• ἀνομίαν 6
• ἀνομίας 4
• ἀνομίᾳ 2
• ἀνομίαι 1
• ἀνομιῶν 1
• ἀνομία 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with anomia more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• δικαιοσύνη dikaiosunē “righteousness” 3
• ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 3
• οὕτως ohutō, ohutōs “thus(-ly)” 2
• υἱός uhios “son” 2

Key verses

The verses using anomia that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 7:23 — And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
• Matthew 13:41 — The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
• Matthew 23:28 — Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
• Matthew 24:12 — And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
• Romans 4:7 — Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
• Romans 6:19 — I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto…
• 2 Corinthians 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
• 2 Thessalonians 2:3 — Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
• 2 Thessalonians 2:7 — For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
• Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• Hebrews 1:9 — Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• 1 John 3:4 — Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.