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Strong's #1485 - ἔθος
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ἔθος, εος, τό, (ἔθω)
custom, habit, ἔ. τὸ πρόσθε τοκήων (but prob. f.l. for ἦθος) A. Ag. 728 (lyr.); τὸ σύνηθες ἔ. S. Ph. 894; εἰ τὸ ἔ. συνθήκη Pl. Cra. 435a; πάτρια ἔ. Id. Plt. 295a: prov., "" ἔ., φασί, δευτέρη φύσις "" Jul. MIsa 353a; ἐν ἔθει τῇ πόλει εἶναι to be the habit, Th. 2.64; ἔ. ἐστίν τινι, c. inf., Cratin.Jun. 7.1, Alex. 253; ἔθος ἔχειν, c. inf., Plu. Them. 4; ἔθει by habit, habitually, opp. φύσει, Arist. EN 1179b21; ἐν ἔθει Id. Fr. 122; δι' ἔθος, opp. ἐκ γενετῆς, Id. EN 1154a33; ἐξ ἔθους ib. 1103a17; κατὰ τὰ Ῥωμαίων ἔ. PSI 3.182 (iii A. D.), etc. (σϝέθ -, cf. Lat. suesco; v. βεσόν.)
ἔθος, 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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** ἔθος , -εος (-ους ), τό
(< ἔθω ),
[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 14:16, Da TH Bel 1:15, 1 Maccabees 10:89, 2 Maccabees 11:25; 2 Maccabees 13:4, 4 Maccabees 18:5 א R *;]
habit, custom: Luke 22:39, John 19:40, Acts 16:21; Acts 25:16, Hebrews 10:25; in Luke 1:9; Luke 2:42, Acts 6:14; Acts 15:1; Acts 21:21; Acts 26:3; Acts 28:17, almost in the narrower sense of law (Deiss., BS, 251 f.).†
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For ἔθος = ";usage,"; ";custom,"; as in the Lukan writings, cf. P Oxy II. 370 (late i/A.D.) ἃς (sc. δραχμὰς) καὶ διαγράψομεν ἐπὶ τὴν δημοσίαν τράπεζαν ταῖς ὡρισμέναις προθεσμίαις κατὰ τὸ ἔθος, and similarly P Ryl II. 78.17 (A.D. 157), P Grenf I. 48.15 (A.D. 191), P Lond II. 171 b.19 (iii/A.D.) (= II. p. 176). Other prepositional phrases are ἐν ἔθει (e.g. P Oxy III. 471.78 (ii/A.D.) ἅπαξ γὰρ ἐν ἔθει τῆς α [ἰσ ]χύνης γενόμενον, ";for when once accustomed to his shame";), and ἐξ ἔθους (e.g. P Oxy VI. 900.7 (A.D. 322) τοὺς ἐξ ἔθους ταύτην τὴν χώραν ἀποπληροῦντας, ";those who customarily fill this post";). See also P Fay 125.5 (ii/A.D.) ὡς ἔθος ἐστί σοι, ";as is your custom,"; P Ryl II. 238.6 (A.D. 262) ὅσα ἔθος ἔχουσι λαμβάνειν, ";whatever they are accustomed to receive,"; and the other exx. in Deissmann BS p. 251 f. From the inscrr. we may cite Syll 349.11 κατὰ τὸ τῶν προγόνων ἔθος, and Magn 100 b..12 (ii/B.C.) κατὰ τὸ πά [τριον ἔθος with reference to a day when children are freed from lessons and slaves from work. For the narrower sense of ";law,"; ";rite,"; Thieme (p. 22) refers to such a passage as Magn 179.10 (ii/A.D.) an inscr. in honour of one—δόντα τὰ ἐξ ἔθους καὶ ὡρισμένα ὑπὲρ τῆς καύσεως τῆς βαίτης (δηνάρια) χ ̄ : cf. .19 τὸ ἐξ ἔθους ἐπὶ ἡμέρᾳ διδόμενον ἔλαιον.
For the adj. ἔβιμος, see BGU II. 581.5 (A.D. 133) ὀμνύω τὸν ἔθιμον Ῥωμαίων ὅρκον, P Oxy IV. 729.7 (lease of a vineyard—A.D. 137) τὴν δ ̣ὲ ἀν [α ]βολὴν ποιήσονται ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθίμων ἀναβολῶν.
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