lawfully

Greek Adverb

νομίμως adv. (νόμιμος, conformable to law), [in LXX: 4Ma.6:18 *;] rightly, lawfully: 1Ti.1:8, 2Ti.2:5. (AS)

lawfully

Greek Adverb

Included with: νόμ-ιμος, η, ον, also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— conformable to custom, usage, or law, ν. ὅρκος Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; legitimate, ν. παῖδες [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, customary, prescriptive, φῶς [Refs], etc; οἱ ν. θεοί [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) observant of law, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. πόλις Isoc. [prev. cited] II) νόμιμα, τά, usages, customs, ἄλλα ἄλλοισιν νόμιμα, σφετέραν δ᾽ αἰνεῖ δίκαν ἕκαστος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. Δωρικά, Χαλκιδικά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; almost, ={νόμοι}, ἄγραπτα ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ν, τὸ πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους ν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. βαρβαρικά, title of treatise by Aristotle: rare in singular, τὸ πάντων ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) legal rights, ν. καὶ φιλάνθρωπα [Refs 1st c.AD+]; process of law, τοῖς ν. χρῆσθαι Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἄνευ νομίμων ἀπωθεῖσθαι to be illegally ejected, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; εἴργεσθαι τῶν ν, i.e. ἱερῶν καὶ ἀγορᾶς, of persons accused of murder, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) funeral rites [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) adverb -μως[Refs 5th c.BC+]in a natural way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ν. ἀθλοῦντες, πεπαιδευμένοι, professional athletes, physicians, [Refs 2nd c.AD+], compare 8.171: comparative -ώτερον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

legitimately (specially, agreeably to the rules of the lists); lawfully; adverb from a derivative of g3551 (νόμος)