Lexicon hexis: habit, practice Original Word: ἕξις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hexis Phonetic Spelling: (hex'-is) Short Definition: condition, state, habit Definition: condition, state, habit, use, especially: good condition of body or soul. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom echóDefinitionhabit, practice NASB Translationpractice (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1838: ἕξιςἕξις, ἕξεως, ἡ ( ἔχω, future ἕξω), a habit, whether of body or of mind ( Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, others); a power acquired by custom, practice, use ("firma quaedam facilitas, quae apud Graecos ἕξις nominatur," Quintilian 10, 1 at the beginning); so Hebrews 5:14 ( ἐν τούτοις ἱκανήν ἕξιν περιποιησάμενος, Sir. prol. 7; ἕξιν ἔχειν γραμματικης, Polybius 10, 47, 7; ἐν τοῖς πολεμικοῖς, 21, 7, 3; ἐν ἀστρολογία μεγίστην, Diodorus 2, 31; λογικήν ἕξιν περιποιουμενος, Philo, aleg. legg. 1, 4).
Strong's habit, practice, use From echo; habit, i.e. (by implication) practice -- use. see GREEK echo |
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