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 ethos 12x

    a custom, usage, habit, Luk 2:42; Luk 22:39; an institute, rite, Luk 1:9; Act 6:14; Act 15:1 custom; habit.

G1485 — ἔθος

ἐθεος (ἦθος), τό, from Aeschylus (Agam. 728 (?); better from Sophocles) down, custom: Luk 22:39; ἔθος ἐστι τίνι followed by an infinitive, Joh 19:40; Act 25:16; Heb 10:25; contextually, usage prescribed by law, institute, prescription, rite: Luk 1:9; Luk 2:42; Act 16:21; Act 21:21; Act 26:3; Act 28:17; περιτέμνεσθαι τῷ ἔθει Μωϋσέως, Act 15:1; ἀλλάξει τά ἔθη ἅ παρέδωκε Μωϋσῆς, Act 6:14.

** ἔθος , - εος (- ους ), τό

( < ἔθω ),

[in LXX : Wis 14:16 , Da TH Bel 1:15, 1Ma 10:89 , 2Ma 11:25 ; 2Ma 13:4 , 4Ma 18:5 א R * ;]

habit, custom: Luk 22:39, Joh 19:40, Act 16:21; Act 25:16, Heb 10:25; in Luk 1:9; Luk 2:42, Act 6:14; Act 15:1; Act 21:21; Act 26:3; Act 28:17, almost in the narrower sense of law ( Deiss., BS , 251 f .). †

詞類次數：名詞（12）

原文字根：習常

字義溯源：習慣，習性，規條，條例，條規，慣例，規矩，常；源自（G1486（ἔθω / εἴωθα）*=通常）。這字有兩個基本的意念：

1）通俗的：習慣，習性；就如主耶穌慣常往橄欖山去（路22:39）

2）正式的：規條，條例；如祭司照規矩製籤（路1:9）。這編號十二次出現，十次用在路加的福音書和行傳中。

同義字：1）G1485（ἔθος）習慣 2）G3551（νόμος）律法 3）G4914（συνήθεια）共有的習俗

出現次數：總共（12）；路（3）；約（1）；徒（7）；來（1）

譯字彙編：

1）規矩（5）路1:9；路2:42；約19:40；徒16:21；徒26:3；

2）規條（3）徒6:14；徒15:1；徒28:17；

3）習慣的人（1）來10:25；

4）條例（1）徒25:16；

5）條規（1）徒21:21；

6）常（1）路22:39