ἔθος ethos

Greek word for “custom” · Strong’s G1485 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

ἔθος, -εος (-ους), τό; (ἔθω); habit, custom, 25:16; in 15:1 21:21 26:3 28:17, almost in the narrower sense of law (Deiss., BS, 251 f.).†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ethos in context, with how often each is used:

• custom 7
• customs 5

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 1 (1), Luke 2 (1), Luke 22 (1), John 19 (1), Acts 6 (1), Acts 15 (1), Acts 16 (1), Acts 21 (1), Acts 25 (1), Acts 26 (1)

Forms

• ἔθος 6
• ἔθη 2
• ἔθεσιν 2
• ἔθει 1
• ἐθῶν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ethos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Ῥωμαῖος Rhōmaios “Roman” 3
• κατά kata “according to” 6
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 4
• Μωϋσῆς Mōusēs, Mōsēs “Moses” 3
• περιτέμνω peritemnō “to circumcise” 2
• τόπος topos “place” 2
• διδάσκω didaskō “to teach” 2
• παραδίδωμι paradidōmi “to deliver” 2
• καθώς kathōs “as/just as” 2
• τε te “and/both” 2
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 2
• ἤ ē “or” 2

Key verses

The verses using ethos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 1:9 — According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
• Luke 2:42 — And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
• Luke 22:39 — And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
• John 19:40 — Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
• Acts 6:14 — For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
• Acts 15:1 — And certain men which came down from Judæa taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
• Acts 16:21 — And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
• Acts 21:21 — And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their…
• Acts 25:16 — To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have…
• Acts 26:3 — Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
• Acts 28:17 — And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren,…
• Hebrews 10:25 — Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.