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Moral

ἦθοςStrong’s G2239

ēthos

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Ēthos is the Greek word usually translated “morals”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”
1 Corinthians 15:33 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “morals”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • morals 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Corinthians 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἦθος ēthos · moral

    ἦθος, -εος (-ους), τό [in LXX: Sir.20:26, 4Ma.1:29 4Mac 2:7 4Mac 2:21 4Mac 5:24 4Mac 13:27 * ;] 1 1, a haunt, abode. 2. = ἔθος, custom, manner: pl., 1Co.15:33.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “moral” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    MOR'AL, adjective

    [Latin moralis, from mos, moris, manner.]

    1. Relating to the practice, manners or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, and with reference to right and wrong.
    2. Subject to the moral law and capable of moral actions; bound to perform social duties; as a moral agent or being.
    3. Supported by the evidence of reason or probability; founded on experience of the ordinary course of things; as moral certainty, distinguished from physical or mathematical certainty or demonstration.
    4. Conformed to rules of right, or to the divine law respecting social duties; virtuous; just; as when we say, a particular action is not moral
    All definitions and other forms of “moral”
    1. Conformed to law and right in exterior deportment; as, he leads a good moral life.
    2. Reasoning or instructing with regard to vice and virtue.
    3. In general, moral denotes something which respects the conduct of men and their relations as social beings whose actions have a bearing on each others's rights and happiness, and are therefore right or wrong, virtuous or vicious; as moral character; moral views; moral knowledge; moral sentiments; moral maxims; moral approbation; moral doubts; moral justice; moral virtue; moral obligations, etc.

    MOR'AL, noun

    Morality; the doctrine or practice of the duties of life. [Not much used.]

    1. The doctrine inculcated by a fiction; the accommodation of a fable to form the morals.

    MOR'AL, verb intransitive

    To moralize. [Not in use.]

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.