Greek noun (feminine) · G4914
συνήθεια
synetheiasoon-ay'-thi-ah
habit, custom
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: synḗtheia
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4914is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 1meaning
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4914
mutual habituation, i.e. usage
The King James renders it: custom.
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
synetheia is rendered "habit, custom". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its one listed meaning is "habit, custom".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 18:39But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
John 18:39συνήθεια
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word one sense: habit, custom.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| habit, customJhn.18:39 | Tagged as
| WhereJohn 18:39But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then… |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| συνήδομαι | synedomai | to delight | Uses1 |
| συνηλικιώτης | synelikiotes | contemporary | Uses1 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- συνηθείᾳ1
- συνήθεια1
- συνήθειαν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
John
one use
But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
- συνήθειαsunetheianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a custom
1 Corinthians
two uses
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
- συνηθείᾳsunetheianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: by custom
If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
- συνήθειανsunetheiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: custom
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.