ethos · custom

What it means

ethos (ἔθος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “custom”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What is usually done, by tradition.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• custom ×6
• customs ×5
• habit ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×3
• John×1
• Acts×7
• Hebrews×1

• Luke 1:9

  according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to burn incense after entering into the sanctuary of the Lord.

• Luke 2:42

  And when he was twelve years old, as they went up according to the custom of the feast,

• Luke 22:39

  And going out, he went, according to his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples also followed him.

• John 19:40

  So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the custom of the Jews in burying.

• Acts 6:14

  for we have heard him say that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

• Acts 15:1

  And some who had come down from Judea were teaching the brothers: “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

• Acts 16:21

  and they proclaim customs that it is not lawful for us to accept or practice, being Romans.”

• Acts 21:21

  and they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the nations apostasy from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.

• Acts 25:16

  To them I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before the accused has the accusers face to face and has received an opportunity for a defense concerning the charge.

• Acts 26:3

  especially because you are an expert in all the customs and questions among the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.

• Acts 28:17

  And it happened after three days that he called together the leading men of the Jews; and when they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

• Hebrews 10:25

  not abandoning our own gathering together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the day coming near.