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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: νομοθέτης

(Strong's #3550 — Noun Masculine — nomothetes — nom-oth-et'-ace )

"a lawgiver" (see LAW , A, No. 2, and B. No. 1), occurs in James 4:12 , of God, as the sole "Lawgiver;" therefore, to criticize the Law is to presume to take His place, with the presumption of enacting a better law.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Lawgiver'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​l/lawgiver.html. 1940.
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