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νόμος
NO-mos
law, custom, Torah
noun, m.
Appears 194× in the Greek New Testament — common.

In the New Testament

Autonomous = αὐτο + νόμος (self-law). Economy = οἶκος + νόμος (house-law).

Memory Hook

NO-mos — "NO! The LAW says no!" — nomos = law, the norm.

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