Accustom Custom

Accustom Custom

'''A — 1: ἔθος (Strong'S #1485 — Noun Neuter — ethos — eth'-os )

denotes (a) "a custom, usage, prescribed by law,"  Acts 6:14;  15:1;  25:16; "a rite or ceremony,"  Luke 2:42; (b) a "custom, habit, manner,"  Luke 22:39;  John 19:40;  Hebrews 10:25 (Av, "manner"). See Manner , Wont.

'''A — 2: συνήθεια (Strong'S #4914 — Noun Feminine — sunetheia — soon-ay'-thi-ah )

sun, "with," ethos (see No. 1), denotes (a) "an intercourse, intimacy," a meaning not found in the Nt; (b) "a custom, customary usage,"  John 18:39;  1 Corinthians 11:16; "or force of habit,"  1 Corinthians 8:7 , Rv, "being used to" (some mss. here have suneidesis, "conscience;" whence Av, "with conscience of").

'''B — 1: ἐθίζω (Strong'S #1480 — Verb — ethizo — eth-id'-zo )

akin to A, No. 1, signifies "to accustom," or in the Passive Voice, "to be accustomed." In the participial form it is equivalent to a noun, "custom,"  Luke 2:27 .

'''B — 2: ἔθω (Strong'S #1486 — Verb — etho — eth'-o )

"to be accustomed," as in the case of No. 1, is used in the Passive participle as a noun, signifying "a custom,"  Luke 4:16;  Acts 17:2 (Av, "manner;" Rv, "custom") in   Matthew 17:15;  Mark 10:1 , "was wont." See Manner , Wont.