Definition

(subjectively) legal, or (objectively) subject to

Etymology

from G1722 (ἐν) and G3551 (νόμος);

Word family

• ἐν en
• νόμος nómos

How the KJV renders it

• lawful
• under law

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.