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νομός

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Gloss: abode

Transliteration: nomos

Strong’s: G8405

1. a feeding-place for cattle, pasture , (Homer); ν. ὕλης a woodland pasture , (Odyssey by Homer)
2. herbage , (Homeric Hymns):—;generally, food , (Hesiod)
3. metaphorically, ἐπέων πολὺς νομός a wide range for words, (Iliad by Homer)
4. an abode allotted or assigned to one, a district, province , (Pindar), etc.; νομὸν ἔχειν to have one's dwelling-place , (Herdotus Historicus)
5. one of the districts into which Egypt was divided, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; applied also to other provinces , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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