Greek verb · G1486
ἔθω
ethoeth'-o
to have a custom
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: éthō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1486is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1486
to be used (by habit or conventionality); neuter perfect participle usage
The King James renders it: be custom (manner, wont).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
etho is rendered "to have a custom". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 27:15Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
Matthew 27:15εἰώθει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- being customary2
- had been accustomed1
- He had been accustomed1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- εἰώθει2
- εἰωθὸς2
The grammar of each form
- verb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singular2V-2RAP-ASN
- verb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-LAI-3S
Matthew
one use
Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
- εἰώθειeiotheiverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: had been accustomed
Mark
one use
Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him and He taught them, as was His custom.
- εἰώθειeiotheiverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He had been accustomed
Luke
one use
Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,
- εἰωθὸςeiothosverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: being customary
Acts
one use
As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
- εἰωθὸςeiothosverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: being customary
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.