ἘΘΙΖΕΙΝ, ἐθιζειν
ETHIZEIN, ethizein
Sounds Like: eh-THEE-zayn
Translations: to accustom, to habituate, to train, to make accustomed, to make habitual
From the root: ΕΘΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to accustom or habituate someone or something to a particular practice, custom, or way of life. It implies the process of training or conditioning to make something a regular habit. It can be used in contexts where one is teaching or leading someone to adopt certain behaviors or customs.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1481 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΘΙΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΘΙΖΟΜΕΝ — we accustom, we habituate, we are accustomed, we are in the habit of
- ἘΘΙΖΟΝΤΩΝ — of accustoming, of habituating, of those who accustom, of those who habituate
- ἘΘΙΖΟΥΣΙ — they accustom, they habituate, they train, they make accustomed
- ἘΘΙΣΗΣ — accustom, habituate, practice, make a habit, be accustomed
- ΕΘΙΖΩ — to accustom, to habituate, to be accustomed, to be in the habit
- ΕΘΙΣΗΣ — you accustom, you habituate, you train, you make accustomed, you make habitual
- ΕἸΘΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ — accustomed, habituated, used to, trained
- ΕἸΘΙΣΜΕΝΩΣ — customarily, habitually, as usual, according to custom
- ΕΙΘΙΣΜΕΝΟ — accustomed, customary, usual, familiar, habituated, trained
- ΕΙΘΙΣΜΕΝΩΣ — customarily, habitually, as is the custom, as usual
- ΣΥΝΕΙΘΙΣΤΑΙ — it has been accustomed, it is customary, it is usual
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