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CUSTOM (2)

kus'-tum (usage): In the Old Testament, except, Gen 31:35 where the Revised Version (British and American) renders, better, "manner" (derekh, "way"), the words translated "custom" are choq, chuqqah, "statute," and mishpaT, "judgment." Such passages as Jdg 11:39; Jer 32:11, and especially Ezr 3:4 (the King James Version "custom," the Revised Version (British and American) "ordinance"), illustrate the difficulty of deciding upon the proper translation, in cases where "custom" might become "statute," "usage" establish itself as "law." In Lev 18:30; Jer 10:3 the reference is to heathen religious practices.
In the New Testament Lk 1:9; 2:42; Acts 6:14; 15:1 (the King James Version "manner"); 16:21; 21:21; 26:3; 28:17 (ethos), and Lk 2:27 from the same Greek root, refer likewise to definitely established religious practices; in every case except Acts 16:21, those of the Jewish law. The Revised Version (British and American) makes the translation of ethos uniform, reading "custom" in Lk 22:39 (the King James Version "wont") and in Jn 19:40; Acts 25:16; Heb 10:25 (the King James Version "manner"). Greek eiothos, from the same root, is rendered "custom" in Lk 4:16 by English Versions of the Bible, and by the Revised Version (British and American) also in Acts 17:2, its only other occurrence in the New Testament. In Jn 18:39; 1 Cor 11:16 "custom" is the translation of Greek sunetheia, in the sense of "usage" rather than of "law."
F. K. Farr Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'custom (2)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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