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Greek

1485. ethos -- custom, a usage (prescribed by habit or law)
... custom, manner. From etho; a usage (prescribed by habit or law) -- custom, manner,
be wont. see GREEK etho. (ethei) -- 1 Occurrence. (ethesi) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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1486. etho -- to be accustomed, part. custom
... by custom, manner. A primary verb; to be used (by habit or conventionality);
neuter perfect participle usage -- be custom (manner, wont). ...
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3543. nomizo -- to practice, consider
... suppose. From nomos; properly, to do by law (usage), ie To accustom (passively,
be usual); by extension, to deem or regard -- suppose, thing, be wont. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5532. cakan -- to be of use or service, benefit
... acquaint self, be advantage, ever, be, unprofitable, treasurer, be wont
A primitive root; to be familiar with; by implication, to ...
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5056. naggach -- given to goring (used of bulls)
... used wont to push. From nagach; butting, ie Vicious -- used (wont) to push. see
HEBREW nagach. 5055, 5056. naggach. 5057 . Strong's Numbers.
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2370. chazah -- see, behold
... 10), see (2), seen (4), usually (1). behold, have a dream, see, be wont.
(Aramaic) or chazah (Aramaic) {khaz-aw'}; corresponding ...
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1980. halak -- to go, come, walk
... eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad,
along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt ...
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Library

And Since You have Been Wont to Laugh at Our Faith...
... Book II. 8 And since you have been wont to laugh at our faith� And since
you have been wont to laugh at our faith, and with droll ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/8 and since you have.htm

Observe that the Lord was not Wont from the Beginning to Speak ...
... Some Other Fragments of the Same Methodius. II. Observe that the Lord was
not wont from the beginning to speak with man� Observe ...
/.../methodius/the writings of methodius fragments/ii observe that the lord.htm

Socrates was Wont to Say --They are Most Happy and Nearest the ...
... THE FIRST CENTURY 40 Socrates was wont to say"They are most happy and nearest
the gods that needed nothing. Socrates was wont to ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/40 socrates was wont to.htm

Who are These Men who are Wont to Dispute at Such Great Length in ...
... 22. Who are these men who are wont to dispute at such great length in the churches,
and to write books, and whose discourses and writings are taken wholly from ...
/.../22 who are these men.htm

For that Also is no Foolish Question which is Wont to be Proposed. ...
... Section 16. For that also is no foolish question which is wont to be
proposed� 16. For that also is no foolish question which ...
/.../augustine/on the good of widowhood /section 16 for that also.htm

But Since Our System of Religion is Wont to Observe a Distinction ...
... IV."Apologetic Works. Chapter I. But since our system of religion is
wont to observe a distinction of persons in� But since ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter i but since our.htm

When Then My Mother had Once, as She was Wont in Afric...
... Book VI Chapter II When then my mother had once, as she was wont in Afric�
When then my mother had once, as she was wont in Afric ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter ii when then my.htm

Thus Soul-Sick was I, and Tormented, Accusing Myself Much More ...
... Book VIII Chapter XI Thus soul-sick was I, and tormented, accusing myself
much more severely than my wont� Thus soul-sick was ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xi thus soul-sick was.htm

Here Also the Advocates of Images are Wont to Say this Also...
... Book VI. 24 Here also the advocates of images are wont to say this also�
Here also the advocates of images are wont to say this ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/24 here also the advocates.htm

These are all Quirks, as is Evident, and Quibbles with which they ...
... Book V. 33 These are all quirks, as is evident, and quibbles with which
they are wont to� These are all quirks, as is evident, and ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/33 these are all quirks.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used.

2. (n.) Custom; habit; use; usage.

3. (imp.) of Wont.

4. (p. p.) of Wont

5. (v. i.) To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.

6. (v. t.) To accustom; -- used reflexively.

Thesaurus

Wont (19 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Custom; habit; use; usage. 3. (imp.) of Wont. 4. (pp) of Wont. ... 6. (vt) To
accustom; -- used reflexively. Multi-Version Concordance Wont (19 Occurrences). ...
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Gore (9 Occurrences)
... Exodus 21:29 But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and it hath been testified
to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a ...
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Haunt (11 Occurrences)
... dwelt there," margin "inhabited her"), and of halakh, "to go," or "live" (1 Samuel
30:31, "all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt"). ...
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Olives (30 Occurrences)
... And it came to pass, that, when David was come to the top of the ascent where he
was wont to worship God, (m), behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with ...
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Jesus (10891 Occurrences)
... kingdom were to be blessed with the figure of the righteous man familiar to them,
first, in the discourses of the scribes, to which they were wont to listen in ...
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Malchiel (3 Occurrences)
... And it came to pass, that, when David was come to the top of the ascent where he
was wont to worship God, (m), behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with ...
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Kills (38 Occurrences)
... Exodus 21:29 But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and warning hath been
given to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a ...
/k/kills.htm - 17k

Use (620 Occurrences)
... 14. (vi) To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to
ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the ...
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Olves
... Here he gave them the beautiful parables of the ten virgins and the five talents
(25); here he was wont to retire on each evening for meditation, and prayer ...
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Lod (4 Occurrences)
... Mukaddasi (circa 985) says that in Lydda "there is a great mosque in which are wont
to assemble large numbers of people from the capital (er-Ramleh) and from ...
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Bible Concordance

Wont (19 Occurrences)

Matthew 27:15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Mark 10:1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
(KJV ASV)

Mark 15:8 And the multitude went up and began to ask him 'to do' as he was wont to do unto them.
(ASV RSV)

Luke 22:39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
(KJV WBS)

John 18:20 "As for me," replied Jesus, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have continually taught in some synagogue or in the Temple where all the Jews are wont to assemble, and I have said nothing in secret.
(WEY)

Acts 3:2 some men were carrying there one who had been lame from birth, whom they were wont to place every day close to the Beautiful Gate (as it was called)
(WEY)

Acts 16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
(KJV WBS)

Revelation 2:24 But to you I say, to the rest that are in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching, who know not the deep things of Satan, as they are wont to say; I cast upon you none other burden.
(ASV)

Exodus 21:29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
(KJV JPS ASV)

Exodus 21:36 Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast'shall be his own.
(See JPS ASV)

Numbers 11:5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:
(See JPS)

Numbers 22:30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

1 Samuel 30:31 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
(KJV JPS ASV)

2 Samuel 15:32 And it came to pass, that, when David was come to the top of the ascent , where God was worshipped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.
(See JPS)

2 Samuel 20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Psalms 119:132 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
(See JPS DBY RSV)

Psalms 119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.
(See JPS)

Psalms 119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
(See JPS)

Daniel 3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Subtopics

Wont

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Gore (9 Occurrences)

Haunt (11 Occurrences)

Olives (30 Occurrences)

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Malchiel (3 Occurrences)

Kills (38 Occurrences)

Use (620 Occurrences)

Olves

Lod (4 Occurrences)