Lexical Summary ēthos: custom Original Word: ἦθοςTransliteration: ēthos Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-thos) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: custom Meaning: custom Strong's Concordance manners. A strengthened form of ethos; usage, i.e. (plural) moral habits -- manners. see GREEK ethos Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |
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