Strong’s G1485 · Greek

ἔθος
éthos

Definition

a usage (prescribed by habit or law)

Etymology

from G1486 (ἔθω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • custom
  • manner
  • be wont

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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