lawyer
nomikos denotes a legal specialist in most passages and describes law-related disputes in Titus 3:9.
The term most often identifies people addressed, questioned, or described as legal specialists; in Titus 3:9, its feminine plural form qualifies controversies and fights concerning the law.
Senses in use
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Legal specialist, used substantivally · dominant
The masculine singular and plural forms identify people in scenes of questioning, response, warning, or assistance. In Luke 10:25 the APB renders a man who rises to test Jesus as “a certain lawyer,” while Luke 11:46 and Luke 11:52 address the plural group in warnings about burdens and the key of knowledge; Titus 3:13 names Zenas among those to be helped on their journey.
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Law-related disputes · rare
In Titus 3:9, the feminine plural form occurs with controversies, quarrels, and fights; the APB renders the clause “fights about the law.” This shows an adjectival use describing disputes rather than identifying a person.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the personal uses with “lawyer” or “lawyers,” including Zenas in Titus 3:13. In Titus 3:9 it renders the surrounding phrase “fights about the law”; That wording indicates the clause's sense rather than a precise one-word rendering.