Quick Definition
habit, manner, custom, morals
Strong's Definition
usage, i.e. (plural) moral habits
Derivation: a strengthened form of G1485 (ἔθος);
KJV Usage: manners
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἦθος, ᾔθεος (ἐθους), τό (akin to ἔθος, probably from ἘΩ, whence ἧμαι, έ῾ζω (cf. Vanicek, p. 379));
1. a customary abode, dwelling-place, haunt, customary state (Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, others).
2. custom, usage (cf. German Sitzen,Sitte); plural τά ἤθη morals, character (Latinmores) 1Co_15:33 from Menander; cf. Menander fragment, Meineke edition, p. 75. (Sir_20:26 (25); 4Ma_1:29; 4Ma_2:7; 4Ma_2:21.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἦθος ēthos 1x
pr. a place of customary resort; hence, a settled habit of mind and manners, 1Co_15:33
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἦθος , -εος (-ους ), τό ,
[in LXX : Sir_20:26 , 4Ma_1:29 ; 4Ma_2:7 ; 4Ma_2:21 ; 4Ma_5:24 ; 4Ma_13:27 * ;]
1, a haunt, abode.
2. = ἔθος , custom, manner: pl ., 1Co_15:33 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἦθος [page 278]
For this word, which in the NT is found only in a quotation ( 1Co_15:33 ), generally believed to be taken from Menander, but assigned to Euripides in the new anthology P Hib I. 7 .94 ( c. B.C. 250 210), we may compare BGU I. 248 .14 (ii/A.D.) ἐπιθυμεῖν τῶν ἠθῶν σου ἀπολαῦσαι , P Hamb I. 37 .5 (ii/A.D.) ἀναγκαῖον γάρ ἐστι μνημίσκεσθαι ( l. μιμνήσκεσθαι ) τῆς καλοκαγαθίας σου καὶ τοῦ ἤθους σου τοῦ ἀληθινοῦς ( l. οῦ ) φιλο̣σόφου , P Giss I. 67 .5 (ii/A.D.) δι᾽ ἧς ( sc. ἐπιστολῆς ) τὰ πρέποντά σου τῇ ἀξίᾳ καὶ [τῷ ] ἤθει ἁρμόζοντα δηλοῖς , P Oxy III. 642 (ii/A.D.) ἡμεῖς ν̣(ῦ )ν ἀπολαύσωμεν τῷ χρηστῷ ὑμῶν ἤθει , ib. VI. 963 (ii/iii A.D.) οὐκ ἀλλότριο̣[ν γὰρ ] τοῦ ἤθους ποιεῖς , φιλ [τάτη μῆτερ , σ ]πουδάζουσα . . . , and from the inscrr. Michel 545 .8 (ii/B.C.) τό τε ἦθος κοσμιότητι καὶ εὐσ [χη ]μοσύνῃ , Magn 164 .3 (i/ii A.D.) ἤθει καὶ ἀγωγῇ κόσμιον . See also Aristeas 290 ἦθος χρηστὸν καὶ παιδείας κεκοινωνηκὸς δυνατὸν ἄρχειν ἐστι , a good disposition which has had the advantage of culture is fitted to bear rule (Thackeray).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἦθος ἦθος, εος, [Etym: lengthd. form of ἔθος,] "an accustomed place": in pl. "the haunts or abodes" of animals, Hom. , Hdt. "custom, usage", Hes. , Hdt. of man, "his disposition, character", Lat. ingenium, mores, Hes. , attic; ὦ μιαρὸν ἦθος, addressed to a person, Soph. in pl., generally, of "manners", like Lat. mores, Hes. , Hdt. , Thuc. rare collat. form of ἠθέω.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἦθος, -εος (-ους), τό
[in LXX: Sir.20:26, 4Ma.1:29 4Mac 2:7 4Mac 2:21 4Mac 5:24 4Mac 13:27 * ;]
__1 1, a haunt, abode.
__2. = ἔθος, custom, manner: pl., 1Co.15:33.†
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