Strong's Greek Concordance

G3542: νομή

nomḗ · “pasture”

Definition

pasture, i.e. (the act) feeding (figuratively, spreading of a gangrene), or (the food) pasturage

KJV translates it as: X eat, pasture

Word origin: feminine from the same as G3551 (νόμος);

Extended definition

νομή, -ῆς, ἡ
(νέμω, to pasture), [in LXX chiefly for מִרְעֶה, also for נָוֶה, etc. ;]
1. a pasture, pasturage: figuratively, Jhn.10:9
2. a grazing, feeding; metaphorically, of a spreading sore, 2Ti.2:17 (Polyb.).†
(AS)

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How G3542 is translated

  • pasture ×1
  • pasture to grow ×1

Bible verses with G3542 (nomḗ)

Nomḗ appears in 2 verses.

  • John 10:9

    I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

  • 2 Timothy 2:17

    And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus;