Strong's Lexicon
G4914
G4914 — συνήθεια
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4914 |
|---|---|
| Word: | συνήθεια |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G4862 and G2239 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | sunetheia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | soon-ay'-thei-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. mutual habituation, i.e. usage |
| KJV Renderings: | custom |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συνήθεια, συνηθείας, ἡ (συνήθης, and this from σύν and ἦθος), from Isocrates, Xenophon, Plato down, Latinconsuetudo, i. e.
1. contact (with one), intimacy: 4Ma 13:21.
2. custom: Joh 18:39 (cf. Buttmann, § 189, 45); 1Co 11:16.
3. a being used to: with a genitive of the object to which one is accustomed, 1Co 8:7 L T Tr WH.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
συνήθεια (custom)
John 18:39
- KJV: But ye have a custom that I should release unto you one at the passover will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews
- GK: έστι δε συνήθεια υμίν ίνα ένα υμίν απολύσω εν τω πάσχα βούλεσθε ούν υμίν απολύσω τον βασιλέα των Ιουδαίων
1 Corinthians 11:16
- KJV: But if any man seem to be contentious we have no such custom neither the churches of God
- GK: ει δε τις δοκεί φιλόνεικος είναι ημείς τοιαύτην συνήθειαν ουκ έχομεν ουδέ αι εκκλησίαι του θεού