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Strong's G3542 νομή (nome)

Nome means “pasture” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3542 — kah (“hitherto”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3542
Language Greek
Linked Usages 36
Books 20

Strong's G3542 Quick Answer

Strong's G3542 νομή (nome) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. nome (nom-ay') n. 1. pasture 2. (the act) feeding It has 36 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include pasture. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
nome (nom-ay') n. 1. pasture 2. (the act) feeding
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
pasture

Meaning and Definition

nome (nom-ay') n. 1. pasture 2. (the act) feeding 3. (figuratively) spreading of a gangrene 4. (the food) pasturage [feminine from a primary nemo "to parcel out" (especially food or grazing to animals)] KJV: X eat, pasture See also: G3551

Original Word
νομή
Transliteration
nome
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3542. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

pasture

Usage: 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 Strong's G3542 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nome, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

pasture John 10:9

How Strong's G3542 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 31 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3542 (νομή) appears 37 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3542 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3542 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

John 10:9 KJV

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 KJV

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

Strong's G3542 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

31 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 47:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And they said to Pharaoh, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Canaan; now then, we will dwell in the land of Goshen. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Goshen; and if thou knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharaoh, king of Egypt, heard of it.

1 Kingdoms 28:24 Septuagint / Brenton

And the woman had a fat heifer in the house; and she hastened and slew it; and she took meal and kneaded it, and baked unleavened cakes.

1 Chronicles 4:39 Septuagint / Brenton

And they went till they came to Gedor, to the east of Gai, to seek pasture for their cattle.

Strong's G3542 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 10:30 Septuagint / Brenton

and from that which appertaineth unto me to receive for the third part of the seed, and the half of the fruit of the trees, I release it from this day forth, so that they shall not be taken of the land of Judah, nor of the three governments which are added thereunto out of the country of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth for evermore.

2 Maccabees 5:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And there were destroyed within the space of three whole days fourscore thousand, whereof forty thousand were slain in the conflict; and no fewer sold than slain.

Wisdom of Sirach 13:19 Septuagint / Brenton

As the wild ass is the lion’s prey in the wilderness: So the rich eat up the poor.

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3542.

Genesis 47:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to Pharaoh, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Canaan; now then, we will dwell in the land of Goshen. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Goshen; and if thou knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharaoh, king of Egypt, heard of it.
1 Kingdoms 28:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman had a fat heifer in the house; and she hastened and slew it; and she took meal and kneaded it, and baked unleavened cakes.
1 Chronicles 4:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they went till they came to Gedor, to the east of Gai, to seek pasture for their cattle.
1 Chronicles 4:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they found abundant and good pastures, and the land before them was wide, and there was peace and quietness; for there were some of the children of Ham who dwelt there before.
1 Chronicles 4:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these who are written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and they smote the people’s houses, and the Meunites whom they found there, and utterly destroyed them until this day: and they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture there for their cattle.
Job 20:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let him not see the milk of the pastures, Nor the supplies of honey and butter.
Job 39:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He will survey the mountains as his pasture, And he seeks after every green thing.
Psalms 73:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A Psalm of instruction for Asaph. Wherefore hast thou rejected us, O God, forever? Wherefore is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms 78:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For we are thy people and the sheep of thy pasture; We will give thee thanks forever; We will declare thy praise throughout all generations.
Psalms 94:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he is our God; And we are the people of his pasture, And the sheep of his hand.
Psalms 99:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Know that the Lord he is God; He made us, and not we ourselves; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Proverbs 24:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: Neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly.
Isaiah 49:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
saying to them that are in bonds, Go forth; and bidding them that are in darkness show themselves. They shall be fed in all the ways, and in all the paths shall be their pasture.
Jeremiah 10:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the sheep have been scattered.
Jeremiah 10:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
Jeremiah 23:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!
Jeremiah 23:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will gather in the remnant of my people in every land, whither I have driven them out, and will set them in their pasture; and they shall increase and be multiplied.
Jeremiah 23:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For because of these things the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is become evil, and so also their strength.
Jeremiah 27:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All that found them consumed them: their enemies said, Let us not leave them alone, because they have sinned against the Lord: he that gathered their fathers had a pasture of righteousness.
Jeremiah 27:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and on Mount Ephraim and in Gilead, and his soul shall be satisfied.
Jeremiah 27:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he has taken against Babylon; and his devices, which he has devised upon the Chaldeans inhabiting it: surely lambs of their flock shall be destroyed: surely pasture shall be cut off from them.
Lamentations 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all her beauty has been taken away From the daughter of Zion: Her princes were as rams finding no pasture, And are gone away in weakness Before the face of the pursuer.
Ezekiel 25:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will give up the city of Ammon for camels’ pastures, and the children of Ammon for a pasture of sheep: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 34:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will feed them in a good pasture, on a high mountain of Israel: and their folds shall be there, and they shall lie down, and there shall they rest in perfect prosperity, and they shall feed in a fat pasture on the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 34:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And is it not enough for you that ye fed on the good pasture, that ye trampled with your feet the remnant of your pasture? and that ye drank the standing water, that ye disturbed the residue with your feet?
Hosea 13:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
According to their pastures, so they were completely filled; and their hearts were exalted; therefore they forgot me.
Joel 1:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What shall we store up for ourselves? the herds of cattle have mourned, because they had no pasture; and the flocks of sheep have been utterly destroyed.
Amos 1:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, The Lord has spoken out of Zion, and has uttered his voice out of Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds have mourned, and the top of Carmel is dried up.
Nahum 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Where is the dwelling place of the lions, and the pasture that belonged to the whelps? where did the lion go, that the lion’s whelp should enter in there, and there was none to scare him away?
Zephaniah 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Crete shall be a pasture of flocks, and a fold of sheep.
Zephaniah 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the scornful city that dwells securely, that says in her heart, I am, and there is no longer any to be after me: how is she become desolate, a habitation of wild beasts! everyone that passes through her shall hiss, and shake his hands.
John 10:9 New Testament, KJV
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 New Testament, KJV
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
1 Maccabees 10:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and from that which appertaineth unto me to receive for the third part of the seed, and the half of the fruit of the trees, I release it from this day forth, so that they shall not be taken of the land of Judah, nor of the three governments which are added thereunto out of the country of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth for evermore.
2 Maccabees 5:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were destroyed within the space of three whole days fourscore thousand, whereof forty thousand were slain in the conflict; and no fewer sold than slain.
Wisdom of Sirach 13:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As the wild ass is the lion’s prey in the wilderness: So the rich eat up the poor.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3542, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
2 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3542 FAQ

What does nome (νομή) mean?

Nome (Strong's G3542) is a Greek word most simply glossed "pasture". nome (nom-ay') n. 1. pasture 2. (the act) feeding

How many times is nome (νομή) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's G3542 across 20 books.

Where can I study nome (νομή) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3542 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate nome (νομή)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as pasture. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3542 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 31 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3542, with linked reader references where each row is available.