26 occurrences

'Custom' in the Bible

Then Laban said, "{It is not the custom} in our country to give the younger before the firstborn.

In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and will restore you to your office. And you shall put the cup of Pharaoh into his hand as [was] formerly the custom, when you were his cupbearer.

{And} when you come into the land that Yahweh will give to you, as he said, you will keep this {religious custom}.

{And} when your children say to you, 'What [is] this {religious custom} for you?'

At the end of the two months she returned to her father, and he did to her [according to] his vow; and {she did not sleep with a man}. And it became an annual custom in Israel

(Now this {was the custom in former times} in Israel concerning the kinsman-redemption and transfer of property: to confirm the matter, a man removed his sandal and gave [it] to his fellow countryman. This [was] the manner of attesting in Israel.)

And the custom of the priests with the people [was this]: When any man {brought a sacrifice}, as the meat was boiling, the servant of the priest would take a three-pronged meat fork in his hand

And so then, listen to their voice. However, you must earnestly warn them; you must explain to them the custom of the king who will rule over them."

He said, "This will be the custom of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and his horsemen, and they will run before his chariots.

Then Samuel told the people the custom of the kingship, and he wrote [the rules] down on a scroll and laid [it] before Yahweh. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own house.

So they called out with a loud voice, and they cut themselves with swords and with spears as was their custom, until the blood poured out over them.

She looked, and there was the king standing by the pillar according to the custom. The commanders and the trumpeters [were] by the king, and all of the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing on the trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and she called, "Treason, treason!"

These [were] their appointments for their service to come into the house of Yahweh according to their custom by the hand of Aaron their father, as Yahweh the God of Israel had commanded him.

And he made ten golden lampstands according to their custom, and he set [them] in the temple, five on the south and five on the north.

the lampstands, and the lamps for burning according to the custom before the inner sanctuary, of solid gold;

Then they stood at their positions according to custom, according to the law of Moses the man of God. The priests were sprinkling the blood from the hand of the Levites.

according to the custom of the priesthood he was chosen by lot to enter into the temple of the Lord to burn incense.

And when he was twelve years [old], they went up according to the custom of the feast.

And he came to Nazareth, where {he had been brought up}, and according to {his custom} he entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath and stood up to read.

And he went away [and] proceeded, according to [his] custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples also followed him.

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

So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in [strips of] linen cloth with the fragrant spices, as is the Jews' custom to prepare for burial.

And some men came down from Judea [and] began teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom [prescribed] by Moses, you cannot be saved."

{And as was his custom}, Paul went in to them and on three Sabbath [days] he discussed with them from the scriptures,

To {them} I replied that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up any man before the one who had been accused met [his] accusers face to [face] and received an opportunity for a defense concerning the accusation.

But if anyone is disposed to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

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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