Lexical Summary ethos: custom, a usage (prescribed by habit or law) Original Word: ἔθοςTransliteration: ethos Phonetic Spelling: (eth'-os) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: custom, a usage (prescribed by habit or law) Meaning: custom, a usage (prescribed by habit or law) Strong's Concordance custom, mannerFrom etho; a usage (prescribed by habit or law) -- custom, manner, be wont. see GREEK etho Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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. |
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