nomos denotes an authoritative law, especially a written body of commands, its obligations, and its stated effects.

The term most often denotes the authoritative Law as a written and cited body of instruction, frequently identified with Moses or set beside the Prophets. It also describes the obligations or jurisdiction of that Law—being under it, keeping it, or seeking justification through it—and, in a few clauses, a law considered in relation to sin, commandments, or laws written on hearts.

1. The written Law as authoritative instruction · dominant

   The term identifies a body of written instruction that can be read, quoted, heard, and used in argument. In Acts 13:15 the APB renders "the reading of the law and the prophets," while John 8:17 speaks of what is written in "your law" concerning testimony; Acts 28:23 likewise places "the law of Moses" beside the prophets.

   Acts 13:15John 8:17John 1:451 Corinthians 9:91 Corinthians 14:21Acts 28:23
2. Law as obligation or governing requirement · common

   The term marks the sphere of obligations to which people may be subject or which they may keep. In 1 Corinthians 9:20 the APB describes people as "under the law"; Acts 15:5 joins keeping "the law of Moses" with a command, and Acts 21:24 describes orderly walking as keeping the law.

   1 Corinthians 9:20Acts 15:5Acts 21:24Galatians 4:4Galatians 4:5Galatians 5:18
3. Law considered in argument about righteousness and sin · common

   Several clauses treat the Law as the stated basis against which justification, transgression, or sin is discussed. Galatians 2:16 contrasts justification by faith with "works of the law," Galatians 3:19 says that the law was added because of transgressions, and 1 Corinthians 15:56 calls it "the power of sin" in its clause about death and sin.

   Galatians 2:16Galatians 3:10Galatians 3:19Galatians 3:23Galatians 5:41 Corinthians 15:56
4. Commands expressed as laws · rare

   The plural form refers to laws placed on hearts and written on minds in the covenant statement of Hebrews 10:16. This is the supplied sample's explicit plural use.

   Hebrews 10:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB regularly presents the term as "law," including "the law of Moses," "works of the law," and being "under the law." Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, those phrases indicate the clauses' presentation rather than assigning every English occurrence directly to the Greek term.