noun · feminine
sunētheias
Greekσυνήθεια (sunētheia)
Strong’sG4914
a custom, habit
stem sunēthei-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** συνήθεια, -ας, ἡ
(< ἦθος), [in LXX: IV Mac 2:12 6:13 13:22, 27 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4914 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sunētheias1×συνήθεια | sunētheiais |
| object accusative | sunētheian1×συνήθειαν | sunētheiain |
| direct address vocative | sunētheiar | sunētheiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | sunētheiau | sunētheiaiu |
| to, for dative | sunētheia1×συνηθείᾳ | sunētheiai |
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
sunētheia 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
sunētheias“custom”subjectnominative singular1×
John 18:39“custom”atō de sunētheias vi hina henon apoluameia vi en te pascha; boulevō oun apoluameia vi ton basilevon toiu Ioudaioiu?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?”
sunētheian“custom”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Corinthians 11:16“custom”ei de tinos dokatō filoneikos arō, nis toioutan sunētheian ouk echanō, oude tais ekklēsais tou theou.If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
sunētheia“accustomed”to, fordative singular1×
1 Corinthians 8:7“accustomed”Alla ouk en pantoi tas gnōsias; tinois de ta sunētheia heōs arti teu eidōleu hōs eidōlothutem esthialō, kai tas suneidēsias autoiu asthenas arōtas molunitō.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.