ἔθος ethos · G1485

custom

ἔθος, -εος (-ους), τό ; (ἔθω), [in LXX: Wis.14:16, Da TH Bel 15, 1Ma.10:89, 2Ma.11:25 13:4, 4Ma.18:5 א R* ; ] ; habit, custom; Luk.22:39, Jhn.19:40, Act.16:21 25:16, Heb.10:25; in Luk.1:9 Act.6:14 15:1 21:21 26:3 28:17, almost in the narrower sense of law (Deiss., BS, 251 f.).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἔθος, εος, τό, ; (ἔθω) custom, habit, ἔ. τὸ πρόσθε τοκήων (but probably falsa lectio for{ἦθος}) []; ἐν ἔθει τῇ πόλει εἶναι to be the habit, []; ἔ. ἐστίν τινι, with infinitive, []; ἔθος ἔχειν, with infinitive, []; ἔθει by habit, habitually, opposed to φύσει, []; δι᾽ ἔθος, opposed to ἐκ γενετῆς, []; ἐξ ἔθους[]-, cf. Latin suesco; see at {βεσόν}.)

Where it's used 12 times

Luke 1:9 · Luke 2:42 · Luke 22:39 · John 19:40 · Acts 6:14 · Acts 15:1 · Acts 16:21 · Acts 21:21 · Acts 25:16 · Acts 26:3 · Acts 28:17 · Hebrews 10:25

Source: TBESG G1485; TFLSJ G1485

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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