16 occurrences

'Custom' in the Bible

"It is not our custom here," Laban replied, "to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.

If a resident foreigner lives among you and wants to keep the Passover to the Lord, he must do so according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its custom. You must have the same statute for the resident foreigner and for the one who was born in the land.'"

One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you.'"

After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel.

Then she saw the king standing by the pillar, according to custom. The officers stood beside the king with their trumpets and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, "Treason, treason!"

Let the king also be aware that if this city is built and its walls are completed, no more tax, custom, or toll will be paid, and the royal treasury will suffer loss.

Powerful kings have been over Jerusalem who ruled throughout the entire Trans-Euphrates and who were the beneficiaries of tribute, custom, and toll.

The king then inquired of the wise men who were discerners of the times -- for it was the royal custom to confer with all those who were proficient in laws and legalities.

Then Jesus left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan River. Again crowds gathered to him, and again, as was his custom, he taught them.

Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom.

he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense.

When he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.

Now Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read,

But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?"

Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met his accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
הלך 
Halak (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

חק 
Choq 
Usage: 127

חקּה 
Chuqqah 
Usage: 104

משׁפּט 
Mishpat 
Usage: 421

ἐθίζω 
Ethizo 
Usage: 1

ἔθος 
Ethos 
custom , manner , be wont
Usage: 12

ἔθω 
Etho 
be wont , -as his custom was 9 , as his manner was 9
Usage: 4

συνήθεια 
sunetheia 
Usage: 2

τέλος 
Telos 
Usage: 28

τελώνιον 
Telonion 
Usage: 3

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