noun · feminine

hexias

Greekἕξις (hexis)

Strong’sG1838

condition, state, habit

stem hexi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

practice1×

What it means

† ἕξις, -εως, ἡ

(< ἔχω), [in LXX, cf. Si, prol. 9;]

habit, use, experience: He 5:14.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1838 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhex'-is

habit, i.e. (by implication) practice

Fromfrom G2192;

King Jamesuse.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	hexias	hexiais
object accusative	hexian1×ἕξιν	hexiain
direct address vocative	hexiar	hexiair
of, belonging to genitive	hexiau	hexiaiu
to, for dative	hexia	hexiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hexistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hexia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

hexian“practice”objectaccusative singular1×

Hebrews 5:14“practice”teleioiu de atō tas stereas trofēas, toiu dia tan hexian teim aisthētērieim gumnazirēteim echarōtoiu pros diakrisian kaleu tē kai kakeu.But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.