ἀνομία

Matthew 7:23 ἀνομίαν.¶ lawlessness.

Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

Here: Living as though God's law and will did not bind you: conduct contrary to what God requires. In Matthew it is the opposite of 'doing the will of my Father' (v. 21) and of the 'righteousness' of 5:20.

Matthew 13:41 ἀνομίαν lawlessness

The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

Here: Disregard of God's law and will, meaning wickedness and iniquity. In Matthew it is pointedly used of people who look religious (7:23; 23:28).

Matthew 23:28 ἀνομίας.¶ lawlessness.

In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Here: Literally 'without-law-ness': disregard for God's law. A sharp irony, since these were the people known as the law's most careful interpreters and keepers.

Matthew 24:12 ἀνομίαν lawlessness

Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

Here: Literally 'without-law-ness': living as if God's law and will do not bind you. In Matthew it is the charge laid against false prophets and hypocrites (7:23; 23:28), so its sense here is narrower than 'general crime'.

Romans 4:7 ἀνομίαι lawless deeds

“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Here: Plural: acts that break God's law or defy it. In the Greek Old Testament this word translates several Hebrew words; in Psalm 32:1 it renders 'pesha', which means rebellion or breaking faith, as when a vassal revolts against his overlord.

Romans 6:19 ἀνομίᾳ ἀνομίαν, to lawlessness, lawlessness,

I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

Here: Living without regard for God's law and will. It is the second master the members served.

2 Corinthians 6:14 ἀνομίᾳ; lawlessness?

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

Here: Life lived without regard to God's law. In Jewish usage this was the mark of the idolatrous nations, not mainly civil disorder.

2 Thessalonians 2:3 ἀνομίας, of lawlessness,

Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.

Here: 'Man of lawlessness' is a Hebrew-style phrase meaning the man whose whole character is lawlessness. Lawlessness here means open defiance of God's order, the mark of the final rebel in Jewish apocalyptic writing.

2 Thessalonians 2:7 ἀνομίας, of lawlessness,

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way.

Here: Open rebellion against God's law and rule. It is not just disorder. It names the content of the secret: the 'mystery' is lawlessness, and it is hidden now.

Titus 2:14 ἀνομίας lawlessness

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Here: A life lived without regard for God's order: rebellion and wrongdoing in general, not only breaking particular rules. Its opposite is the self-controlled, upright, godly life of verse 12.

Hebrews 1:9 ἀνομίαν. wickedness.

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”

Here: Literally "lawlessness," but in the Greek Old Testament it is a common general word for wickedness. Here it translates the Hebrew resha', "wickedness, guilt." It is the opposite of the just order the king upholds.

Hebrews 10:17 ἀνομιῶν lawless acts

Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”

Here: Literally "law-less-nesses": acts that break or ignore God's law (nomos). It comes right after v. 16's promise to write God's laws (nomous) on hearts. The breaches of that law are what God will not call up again.

1 John 3:4 ἀνομίαν ἀνομία. lawlessness, lawlessness.

Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.

Here: Literally "lawlessness": living as though God's rule did not apply, rebellion against him. It is put before its verb for emphasis: "it is *lawlessness* he is doing".