Quick Definition
ἦθος, ους, τό n.n. habit, manner, custom, morals
Strong's Definition
a strengthened form of 1485; usage, i.e. (plural) moral habits
KJV Usage: manners
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ους | ἐθίζω
41.25 · Behavior and Related States · Custom, Tradition
custom, habit a pattern of behavior more or less fixed by tradition and generally sanctioned by the society In a number of languages there is no noun for ‘custom’ or ‘habit,’ but the same meaning is communicated by verbal aspects or adverbial phrases indicating habitual action. For example, in the case of JHN 19:40 one may translate in some languages ‘as is the way in which Jews always bury people,’ and for 1CO 11:16 one may translate ‘this is not what we constantly do.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἦθος, -εος (-ovs), τό, (akin to ἔθος, prob. fr. EQ, whence ἧμαι, ἕζω, [ef. Vanitek p. 379]); a abode, dwelling-place, haunt, customary state, (Hom., Hes., Hadt., al). 2. custom, usage, (cf. Germ. Sitzen, Sitte); plur. τὰ ἤθη morals, character, (Lat. mores): 1 Co. xv. 33 fr. Menander; ef. Menand. fragm. ed. Meineke p- 75. (Sir. xx. 26 (25); 4 Mace. 1 CHIE, 1| 7. PIE) ys ἥκω; impf. ἧκον (Acts xxviii. 23, where LT Tr WI ANOov); fut. ἥξω; 1 aor. ἧξα (LK. xiii. 35 RG; Rey. ii. ; iii. 9 Rec.) ; pf. ἧκα (often in Sept., as Gen. xlii. 7, 9; xlv.16; [xlvii. 4]; Josh. ix. 12 (7); Job xvi. 22, etc.; in the N. T. once, Mk. viii. 3 R" LT Tr txt., see WH. App. p. 169; the older and more elegant writ. [Aeschyl., Hdt., Thue., al.] use only the pres. impf. and fut.; ef. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 743 sq.; Bttm. Ausf. Spr. ii. 205; [Veitch s. v.]; W- 87 (83); [B. 59 (51)]); Sept. for ΜῈ: to have come, have arrived, be present, LW. 274 (258); B. 203 (176)]; hence impf. with force of plupf. (ef. Matthiae ii. p. 1136; Kriiger § 53, 1, 4): absol. of persons, Mt. xxiv. 50; Mk. viii. 3; Lk. xii. 46; xv. 27; Jn. viii. 42; Heb. x. 7, 9, 37; 1Jn. v. 20; Rev. ii. 25; iii. 9; xv. 4; foll. by ἀπό with gen. of place, Mt. viii. 11; Lk. xiii. 29; by ἐκ with gen. of place, Ro. xi. 26; with a customary 25; mre addition of eis w. ace. of place, Jn. iv. 47; μακρόθεν, Mk. Vili. 3; πρός teva, Acts xxviii. 23 Rec.; metaph. fo come to one i. e. seek an intimacy with one, become his follower: Jn. vi. 37; ἐπί τινα, to come upon one (unexpectedly), Rev. iii. 3. of time and events: absol., Mt. xxiv. 14; Jn. ii. 4; 2 Pet. iii. 10; Rev. xviii. 8; as ἂν ἥξη [L T WH Tr in br. ἥξει; see above and B. 231 (199) ] (se. ὁ καιρός), ὅτε εἴπητε, Lk. xiii. 35; ἐπί twa, metaph. to come upon one, of things to be endured (as evils, calamitous times): Mt. xxiii. 36; Lk. xix.43. [Comp.: dr, καθ-ήκω.}
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἦθος ēthos 1x
pr. a place of customary resort; hence, a settled habit of mind and manners, 1 Cor. 15:33*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἦθος, -εος (-ους), τό,
[in LXX: Si, prol.:27 20:26(25), IV Mac 1:29 2:7, 21 5:24 13:27*;]
1, a haunt, abode.
= ἔθος, custom, manner: pl., I Co 15:33.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἦθος. For this word, which in the NT is found only in a quotation (1 Cor 153%), generally believed to be taken from Menander, but assigned to Euripides in the new anthology P Hib I. 7% (c. B.c. 250-210), we may compare BGU I. 24814 (ii/A.D.) ἐπιθυμεῖν τῶν ἠθῶν σου ἀπολαῦσαι, P Hamb I. 375 (ii/a.D.) ἀναγκαῖον γάρ ἐστι μνημίσκεσθαι (/. μιμνήσκεσθαι) τῆς καλοκαγαθίας σου καὶ τοῦ ἤθους σου τοῦ ἀληθινοῦς (1. - οὔ) φιλοσόφου, P Giss I. 6γ5 (ii/a.p.) δι ἧς (sc. ἐπιστολῆς) τὰ πρέποντά σου τῇ ἀξίᾳ καὶ [τῷ] ἤθει ἁρμόtovta δηλοῖς, P Oxy III. 642 (ii/A.D.) ἡμεῖς y(d)v ἀπολαύσωμεν τῷ χρηστῷ ὑμῶν ἤθει, 26. VI. 963 (ii/iil_ A.D.) οὐκ ἀλλότριοίν yap] τοῦ ἤθους ποιεῖς, φιλτάτη μῆτερ, σ]πουδάζουσα.. ., and from the inscrr. Jichel 545° (ii/B.c.) τό τε ἦθος κοσμιότητι Kal εὐσ[χη]μοσύνῃ, Magn 1648 (i/ii A.D.) ἤθει καὶ ἀγωγῇ κόσμιον. See also Aristeas 290 ἦθος χρηστὸν καὶ παιδείας κεκοινωνηκὸς δυνατὸν ἄρχειν ἐστι, “ἃ good disposition which has had the advantage of culture is fitted to bear rule’’ (Thackeray).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἦθος (ēthos) — moral. ἦθος, εος, τό (compare ἔθος), an accustomed place: hence, in plural, haunts or abodes of animals, μετά τ᾽ ἤθεα καὶ νομὸν ἵππων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of lions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fish, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the abodes of men, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔλεγον ἐξ ἠθέων τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατεῖλαι away from his accustomed place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of plants, [Refs 4th c.AD+]: metaphorically, with play on signification [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. custom, usage: in plural, manners, customs, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐθρέψω Ξέρξην ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἤ[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. disposition, character, ἐπίκλοπον ἦθος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀκίχητα ἤ., of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ μιαρὸν ἦ. [Refs]; τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἦ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βελτίων τῆς πόλεως τὸ ἦ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially moral character, opposed to διάνοια, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; as the result of habit, τὸ πᾶν ἦ. διὰ ἔθος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦ. πηγὴ βίου Stoic. cited in [Refs 5th c.AD+]; τῆς ψυχῆς, τῆς γνώμης, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, traits, characteristics, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: seldom in plural, of an individual, στερρὸν τὰ ἤθεα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. b of outward bearing, ὡς ἱλαρὸν τὸ ἦ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑψηλὸς τῷ ἤ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]: in plural, of facial expression, ὀφθαλμῶν ἤθη [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. c in Rhet., delineation of character, ἦ. ἔχουσιν οἱ λόγοι ἐν ὅσοις δήλη ἡ προαίρεσις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially opposed to πάθος, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; κατ᾽ ἦ. λέγεσθαι, opposed to κατὰ πάθος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so of works of art, ἡ Ζεύξιδος γραφὴ οὐδὲν ἔχει ἦ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of Music, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. d dramatis persona, εἰσάγει ἄνδρα ἢ γυναῖκα ἢ ἄλλο τι ἦ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. also of animals, ἦ. τὸ πρὸς τοκέων (probable reading for ἔθος) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, nature, kind, παρὰ δ᾽ ἦ. ἑκάστῳ (to each of the four elements) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. ἐν ἤθει tactfully [Refs 1st c.AD+]; διὰ μέτριον ἦθος, of the expression δοκεῖ μοι, [Refs 7th c.AD+]