Strong G1838ἕξις
habit/practice
- Transliteration
- hexis
- Pronunciation
- hex'-is
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2192; habit that is (by implication) practice: - use.
Detailed definition
ἐξις, -εως, ἡ
(ἔχω), [in LXX, cf. Sir, prol.9;]
habit, use, experience: Heb.5:14.†
(AS)
(ἔχω), [in LXX, cf. Sir, prol.9;]
habit, use, experience: Heb.5:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1838 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- use1
First verses
- Hebrews 5:14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἕξις, εως, ἡ,
(ἔχω):
I (ἔχω transitive) having, being in possession of, possession, ἐπιστήμης ἕ., opposed to κτῆσις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 197b; νοῦ [prev. author] “Cra.” 414b; ἡ τῶν ὅπλων [prev. author] “Lg.” 625c, compare “R.” 433e, “Sph.” 247a, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1022b4)]; opposed to στέρησις,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 1055b13, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 3.49.)]
I.2 in surgery, posture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 3; ἕ. ἢ θέσις [prev. work] 15.)]
II (ἔχω intransitive) a being in a certain state, a permanent condition as produced by practice (πρᾶξις), different from σχέσις (which is alterable) (see. below):
II.1 state or habit of body, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aph.” 2.34, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 153b)]; ἕ. ὑγιεινή (so also [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.4), opposed to διάθεσις ἀθλητική, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τροφῆς” 34; σχέσις καὶ ἕ. καὶ ἡλικίη [prev. author] “Mochl.” 41; ἡ φύσις καὶ ἡ ἕ. [prev. author] “Acut.” 43: _plural_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 69)]: generally, condition, ἐν ἕξει τοῦ δρᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 25; ἕ. λεπτὴ κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 12; τῷ θερμὴν ἕ. ἔχοντι 3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus p.26W.)]; outward appearance, ἡ ἕ. τοῦ σώματος κρείσσων [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Dan.1.15, cf. LXX.1Ki.16.7, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Symmachus LXX.Lam.4.7)]; habit of a vine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.14.5)]; of material objects, ὑπὸ μιᾶς ἕξεως συνέχεσθαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.102, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.511, “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.124, +others)]
II.1.b medical, the system, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.45e, Mnesith. [prev. work] 54b, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 3.59.)]
II.2 state or habit of mind, ἕ. κακίης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 184; τὰς φύσεις τε καὶ ἕξεις τῶν ψυχῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 650b, etc.)]; ἡ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ ἕ., opposed to ἡ τῶν σωμάτων ἕ., [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.”)][same place]; πονηρᾶς ψυχῆς ἕξει[Refs ([prev. work] 167b; λαμβάνειν ἕξιν τιμιωτέραν [prev. author] “R.” 591b.)]
II.2.b especially acquired habit, opposed to ἐνέργεια, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1098b33, +others)]
II.3 trained habit, skill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 268e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 955b1, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.47.7, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.29)]; τέχνη defined as ἕ. ἢ διάθεσις ἀπὸ παρατηρήσεως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.69S.; ἄκρα ἕ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 11: with _genitive_, τὴν τῶν Ἰουδαϊκῶν γραμμάτων ἕξιν Aristeas 121; ἕ. πολιτικῶν λόγων 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.35 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)] (Almost confined to Prose, but[Refs 5th c.AD+ (compare 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 391.))]
(ἔχω):
I (ἔχω transitive) having, being in possession of, possession, ἐπιστήμης ἕ., opposed to κτῆσις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 197b; νοῦ [prev. author] “Cra.” 414b; ἡ τῶν ὅπλων [prev. author] “Lg.” 625c, compare “R.” 433e, “Sph.” 247a, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1022b4)]; opposed to στέρησις,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 1055b13, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 3.49.)]
I.2 in surgery, posture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 3; ἕ. ἢ θέσις [prev. work] 15.)]
II (ἔχω intransitive) a being in a certain state, a permanent condition as produced by practice (πρᾶξις), different from σχέσις (which is alterable) (see. below):
II.1 state or habit of body, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aph.” 2.34, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 153b)]; ἕ. ὑγιεινή (so also [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.4), opposed to διάθεσις ἀθλητική, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τροφῆς” 34; σχέσις καὶ ἕ. καὶ ἡλικίη [prev. author] “Mochl.” 41; ἡ φύσις καὶ ἡ ἕ. [prev. author] “Acut.” 43: _plural_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 69)]: generally, condition, ἐν ἕξει τοῦ δρᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 25; ἕ. λεπτὴ κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 12; τῷ θερμὴν ἕ. ἔχοντι 3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus p.26W.)]; outward appearance, ἡ ἕ. τοῦ σώματος κρείσσων [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Dan.1.15, cf. LXX.1Ki.16.7, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Symmachus LXX.Lam.4.7)]; habit of a vine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.14.5)]; of material objects, ὑπὸ μιᾶς ἕξεως συνέχεσθαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.102, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.511, “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.124, +others)]
II.1.b medical, the system, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.45e, Mnesith. [prev. work] 54b, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 3.59.)]
II.2 state or habit of mind, ἕ. κακίης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 184; τὰς φύσεις τε καὶ ἕξεις τῶν ψυχῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 650b, etc.)]; ἡ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ ἕ., opposed to ἡ τῶν σωμάτων ἕ., [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.”)][same place]; πονηρᾶς ψυχῆς ἕξει[Refs ([prev. work] 167b; λαμβάνειν ἕξιν τιμιωτέραν [prev. author] “R.” 591b.)]
II.2.b especially acquired habit, opposed to ἐνέργεια, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1098b33, +others)]
II.3 trained habit, skill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 268e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 955b1, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.47.7, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.29)]; τέχνη defined as ἕ. ἢ διάθεσις ἀπὸ παρατηρήσεως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.69S.; ἄκρα ἕ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 11: with _genitive_, τὴν τῶν Ἰουδαϊκῶν γραμμάτων ἕξιν Aristeas 121; ἕ. πολιτικῶν λόγων 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.35 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)] (Almost confined to Prose, but[Refs 5th c.AD+ (compare 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 391.))]