Lexicon ethos: custom, a usage (prescribed by habit or law) Original Word: ἔθος, ους, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: ethos Phonetic Spelling: (eth'-os) Short Definition: a custom Definition: a custom, habit; an institute, rite. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1485 éthos (from 1486 /éthō, "to be accustomed") – an unwritten custom; behavior based on tradition (a habit) fixed by the religious social life of a nation. See 1486 (ethō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ethóDefinitioncustom, a usage (prescribed by habit or law) NASB Translationcustom (6), customs (5), habit (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1485: ἔθοςἔθος, ἐθεος ( ἦθος), τό, from Aeschylus (Agam. 728 (?); better from Sophocles) down, custom: Luke 22:39; ἔθος ἐστι τίνι followed by an infinitive, John 19:40; Acts 25:16; Hebrews 10:25; contextually, usage prescribed by law, institute, prescription, rite: Luke 1:9; Luke 2:42; Acts 16:21; Acts 21:21; Acts 26:3; Acts 28:17; περιτέμνεσθαι τῷ ἔθει Μωϋσέως, Acts 15:1; ἀλλάξει τά ἔθη ἅ παρέδωκε Μωϋσῆς, Acts 6:14.
Strong's custom, manner From etho; a usage (prescribed by habit or law) -- custom, manner, be wont. see GREEK etho |
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