Strong G1486ἔθω
to have a custom
- Transliteration
- ethō
- Pronunciation
- eth'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to be used (by habit or conventionality); neuter perfect participle usage: - be custom (manner wont).
Detailed definition
ἔθω, pf. with present sense εἴωθα,
[in LXX: Num.24:1 (כְּפַעַם־בְּפַעַם), Dan LXX Su 13, Sir.37:14, 4Ma.1:12 *;]
to be accustomed, wont: Mat.27:15, Mrk.10:1; ptcp., τὸ εἰθός, custom: κατὰ τὸ εἰ. (Nu, l.with), Luk.4:16, Act.17:2.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Num.24:1 (כְּפַעַם־בְּפַעַם), Dan LXX Su 13, Sir.37:14, 4Ma.1:12 *;]
to be accustomed, wont: Mat.27:15, Mrk.10:1; ptcp., τὸ εἰθός, custom: κατὰ τὸ εἰ. (Nu, l.with), Luk.4:16, Act.17:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1486 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wont2
- custom1
- manner1
First verses
- Matthew 27:15Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
- Mark 10:1And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
- Luke 4:16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
- Acts 17:2And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔθω,
to be accustomed, to be wont: present only in participle, κακὰ πόλλ᾽ ἕρδεσκεν ἔθων much ill he wrought after his wont, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.540; οὓς παῖδες ἐριδμαίνωσιν ἔθοντες 16.260 (in these passages some Grammars explained ἔθων)] as, ={βλάπτων},{φθείρων} (and it was so used by [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 108), and (in 16.260) ἐρεθίζων, compare ἔθει· φθείρει, ἐρεθίζει, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, ἐθρίς, ἴθρις))]: perfect εἴωθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.766, etc.)], Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ἔωθα [Refs (8.408, etc.)], is used as present; pluperfect εἰώθειν, Ionic dialect ἐώθεα, as imperfect; participle εἰωθώς, Ionic dialect ἐωθώς, also in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 48, Araros 19)]; Doric dialect 3rd.pers. plural perfect ἐθώκατι [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: mostly with infinitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.766, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.31, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99, etc.: _impersonal_, ὡς εἴωθε)] as is the custom, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 282; ὥσπερ εἰώθει 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 9, etc.)]: frequently absolutely in participle, of persons, accustomed, customary, usual, ἡνιόχῳ εἰωθότι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.231)]; ὑμῖν.. τοῖς εἰώθοσιν who are used [to hear me], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 939)]; οὐκ ἐωθώς praeter morem, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111)]; of things, τὰ ἐωθότα νοήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.80; ἐν τῷ εἰ. τρόπῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 27b, etc.: frequently in _neuter_, παρὰ τὸ εἰ)]. contrary to custom, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17, 55)]; τὰ εἰ. ordinary things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51, etc.)]
to be accustomed, to be wont: present only in participle, κακὰ πόλλ᾽ ἕρδεσκεν ἔθων much ill he wrought after his wont, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.540; οὓς παῖδες ἐριδμαίνωσιν ἔθοντες 16.260 (in these passages some Grammars explained ἔθων)] as, ={βλάπτων},{φθείρων} (and it was so used by [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 108), and (in 16.260) ἐρεθίζων, compare ἔθει· φθείρει, ἐρεθίζει, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, ἐθρίς, ἴθρις))]: perfect εἴωθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.766, etc.)], Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ἔωθα [Refs (8.408, etc.)], is used as present; pluperfect εἰώθειν, Ionic dialect ἐώθεα, as imperfect; participle εἰωθώς, Ionic dialect ἐωθώς, also in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 48, Araros 19)]; Doric dialect 3rd.pers. plural perfect ἐθώκατι [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: mostly with infinitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.766, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.31, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99, etc.: _impersonal_, ὡς εἴωθε)] as is the custom, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 282; ὥσπερ εἰώθει 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 9, etc.)]: frequently absolutely in participle, of persons, accustomed, customary, usual, ἡνιόχῳ εἰωθότι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.231)]; ὑμῖν.. τοῖς εἰώθοσιν who are used [to hear me], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 939)]; οὐκ ἐωθώς praeter morem, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111)]; of things, τὰ ἐωθότα νοήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.80; ἐν τῷ εἰ. τρόπῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 27b, etc.: frequently in _neuter_, παρὰ τὸ εἰ)]. contrary to custom, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17, 55)]; τὰ εἰ. ordinary things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51, etc.)]