custom

Greek Noun Female

συνήθεια, -ας, ἡ (ἦθος), [in LXX: 4Ma.2:12 4Mac 6:13 4Mac 13:22 4Mac 13:27 *;] 1 1 intimacy. 2) habit, custom: Jhn.18:39, 1Co.11:16; with genitive obj. (cf. Æschin, 23, 37, and see MM, xxiv), habitual use, force of habit with respect to, 1Co.8:7. (AS)

custom

Greek Noun Female

συνήθεια, ἡ, habitual intercourse, acquaintance, intimacy, αἱ πρὸς ἀλλήλους σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ πολιτικὴ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ αὐτῷ δέ μοί εἰσι σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὢν ἡμῖν ἐν συνηθείᾳ [Refs 3rd c.BC+] b) sexual intercourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) of animals, herding together, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; νέμεσθαι κατὰ συνηθείας in herds,[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; so of soldiers, κατὰ συνηθείας in messes, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II) habit, custom, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; plural, φαῦλαι σ. bad habits, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τοῖς ἤθεσι τοῖς τῆς ἑαυτοῦ συνηθείας in his own accustomed haunts, [Refs]; ἡ σ. τοῦ ἔργου habituation to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ σ. τοῦ εἰδώλου by being used to it, [NT]; practice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ τὴν σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἔχειν τῇ πολιτείᾳ to be used to it, practised in it, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II.2) the customary usage of language, ἐκ σ. ῥημάτων καὶ ὀνομάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς συνήθειαν ἐποίησε τοῦ λόγου τούτου τὴν πόλιν καταστῆναι brought the city to habitual use of this phrase, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ σ. τῶν Ἑλλήνων, αἱ κατὰ τὰς διαλέκτους σ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ τεχνικῇ καὶ μὴ εἰκαίᾳ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, ordinary language, ἐν τῇ σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κατὰ τὴν σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] III) customary gratuity, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: plural, perquisites, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

mutual habituation, i.e. usage; custom; from a compound of g4862 (σύν) and g2239 (ἦθος)