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Part of speech: noun, n.
Inflections: ἔθος; -ους
Related lemmas: ἐθίζω
Semantic entry: 41.25
Semantic domains: Behavior and Related States
Subdomains: Custom, Tradition
Definition: a pattern of behavior more or less fixed by tradition and generally sanctioned by the society
Notes: In a number of languages there is no noun for ‘custom’ or ‘habit,’ but the same meaning is communicated by verbal aspects or adverbial phrases indicating habitual action. For example, in the case of RV JHN 19:40 · LV JHN 19:40 · Read together JHN 19:40 one may translate in some languages ‘as is the way in which Jews always bury people,’ and for RV CO1 11:16 · LV CO1 11:16 · Read together CO1 11:16 one may translate ‘this is not what we constantly do.’
LUK 1:9: RV LUK 1:9 · LV LUK 1:9 · Read together LUK 1:9
LUK 2:42: RV LUK 2:42 · LV LUK 2:42 · Read together LUK 2:42
LUK: RV LUK 1:9 · RV LUK 2:42 · RV LUK 22:39 · LV LUK 1:9 · LV LUK 2:42 · LV LUK 22:39 · Read together LUK 1:9 · Read together LUK 2:42 · Read together LUK 22:39
JHN: RV JHN 19:40 · LV JHN 19:40 · Read together JHN 19:40
ACT: RV ACT 6:14 · RV ACT 15:1 · RV ACT 16:21 · RV ACT 21:21 · RV ACT 25:16 · RV ACT 26:3 · RV ACT 28:17 · LV ACT 6:14 · LV ACT 15:1 · LV ACT 16:21 · LV ACT 21:21 · LV ACT 25:16 · LV ACT 26:3 · LV ACT 28:17 · Read together ACT 6:14 · Read together ACT 15:1 · Read together ACT 16:21 · Read together ACT 21:21 · Read together ACT 25:16 · Read together ACT 26:3 · Read together ACT 28:17