συνήθειαsynḗtheia
1 intimacy.
Greek (New Testament) · G4914
Meanings
2. habit, custom: John 18:39, 1 Corinthians 11:16; with genitive object, habitual use, force of habit with respect to, 1 Corinthians 8:7.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- John 18:39 But you have a custom of asking me to release one prisoner each year at Passover. Would you like me to release this ‘King of the Jews’?”
- 1 Corinthians 8:7 However, not all believers know this. Some are accustomed to thinking of idols as being real, so when they eat food that has been offered to idols, they think of it as the worship of real gods, and their weak consciences are violated.
- 1 Corinthians 11:16 But if anyone wants to argue about this, I simply say that we have no other custom than this, and neither do God’s other churches.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.