Lexicon éthos: custom Original Word: ἦθος, ους, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: éthos Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-thos) Short Definition: habit, manner, custom, morals Definition: habit, manner, custom, morals. HELPS word-Studies 2239 ēthos (from 1485 /éthos, "habit, custom") – "familiar morals," referring to daily life-style (moral habits, behavioral patterns). 2239 /ēthos ("habits, morally regarded") only occurs in 1 Cor 15:33. [The English term "ethics" is derived from 2239 /ēthos.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originprol. form of ethosDefinitioncustom NASB Translationmorals (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2239: ἦθοςἦθος, ᾔθεος ( ἐθους), τό (akin to ἔθος, probably from ἘΩ, whence ἧμαι, έ῾ζω (cf. Vanicek, p. 379)); 1. a customary abode, dwelling-place, haunt, customary state (Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, others). 2. custom, usage (cf. German Sitzen,Sitte); plural τά ἤθη morals, character (Latinmores) 1 Corinthians 15:33 from Menander; cf. Menander fragment, Meineke edition, p. 75. (Sir. 20:26 (25); 4 Macc. 1:29; 2:7, 21.)
Strong's manners. A strengthened form of ethos; usage, i.e. (plural) moral habits -- manners. see GREEK ethos |
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