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 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.

** 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 ΰ 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 .).†

ἔθος [page 181] 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 ) χ̄ : 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 δ̣ὲ ἀν [α ]βολὴν ποιήσονται ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθίμων ἀναβολῶν .

ἔθος ἔθος, εος, [Etym: ἔθω] "custom, habit", Aesch. , etc.; ἐν ἔθει εἶναι to be in "the habit", Thuc. ; ἔθει "habitually", Arist.

ἔθος, -εος (-ους), τό (ἔθω), [in LXX: Wis.14:16, Da TH Bel 15, 1Ma.10:89, 2Ma.11:25 13:4, 4Ma.18:5 א R* ;] habit, custom; Luk.22:39, Jhn.19:40, Act.16:21 25:16, Heb.10:25; in Luk.1:9 Act.6:14 15:1 21:21 26:3 28:17, almost in the narrower sense of law (Deiss., BS, 251 f.).† (AS)