Strong G1485ἔθος

custom

Transliteration
ethos
Pronunciation
eth'-os
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

From G1486; a usage (prescribed by habit or law): - custom manner be wont.

Detailed definition

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.).†
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In the Bible

Strong G1485 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • custom7
  • manner4
  • wont1

First verses

  1. Luke 1:9
    According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
  2. Luke 2:42
    And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
  3. Luke 22:39
    And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
  4. John 19:40
    Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
  5. Acts 6:14
    For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
  6. Acts 15:1
    And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
  7. Acts 16:21
    And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
  8. Acts 21:21
    And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
  9. Acts 25:16
    To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
  10. Acts 26:3
    Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
  11. Acts 28:17
    And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
  12. Hebrews 10:25
    Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔθος, εος, τό,
(ἔθω) custom, habit, ἔ. τὸ πρόσθε τοκήων (but probably falsa lectio for{ἦθος}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 728 (Lyric poetry); τὸ σύνηθες ἔ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 894; εἰ τὸ ἔ. συνθήκη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 435a; πάτρια ἔ. [prev. author] “Plt.” 295a: proverbial, “ἔ., φασί, δευτέρη φύσις” 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Misopogon” 353a)]; ἐν ἔθει τῇ πόλει εἶναι to be the habit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64)]; ἔ. ἐστίν τινι, with infinitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Cratinus Junior Comicus 7.1, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 253)]; ἔθος ἔχειν, with infinitive, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 4)]; ἔθει by habit, habitually, opposed to φύσει, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1179b21; ἐν ἔθει [prev. author] “fragment” 122)]; δι᾽ ἔθος, opposed to ἐκ γενετῆς, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1154a33)]; ἐξ ἔθους[Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 1103a17; κατὰ τὰ Ῥωμαίων ἔ. “PSI” 3.182 (3rd c.AD), etc. (σϝέθ)]-, cf. Latin suesco; see at {βεσόν}.)