What does συνήθεια (synḗtheia) mean in the Bible?
συνήθεια (synḗtheia) is a Greek word meaning "custom".
Greek · G4914
συνήθεια
Custom
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συνήθειαG4914
Pronunciationsynḗtheia
What does συνήθεια (synḗtheia) mean in the Bible?
συνήθεια (synḗtheia) is a Greek word meaning "custom".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4914?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include are still so accustomed (1), custom (1), practice (1).
Where does συνήθεια (synḗtheia) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 18:39. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (2), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itare still so accustomed1×1 Corinthians 8:7
custom1×John 18:39
practice1×1 Corinthians 11:16
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJohn 18:39
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
John11 Corinthians2
Source forms
συνηθείᾳ1xsynētheia1 Corinthians 8:7
συνήθεια1xsynētheiaJohn 18:39
συνήθειαν1xsynētheian1 Corinthians 11:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1x1 Corinthians 11:16
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1x1 Corinthians 8:7
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1xJohn 18:39
Evidence Summary
Greek word. custom
Strong'sG4914
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
custom
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 18:39Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
συνήθειαsunhqeia
a custom, habit
Read verse1 Corinthians 11:16Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
συνήθειανsunhqeian
a custom, habit
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineJohn 18:391×
Dative · Singular · Feminine1 Cor 8:71×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine1 Cor 11:161×
Word Origins
συνήθεια is built from these roots:
+ἦθοςG2239