UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: custom, habit

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.’