Custom
תּוֹרָהStrong’s H8452torah (to-rah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Torah is the Hebrew word usually translated “manner of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?”
Meaning
- Custom, manner, mode, law (of man)
How it's translated
- manner of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
תּוֹרָה torah · custom
custom, manner, mode, law (of man)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “custom” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CUSTOM, noun
[Latin]
- Frequent or common use, or practice; a frequent repetition o the same act; hence, way; established manner; habitual practice.“The prists custom with the people was---” 1 Samuel 2:13“We have no such custom” 1 Corinthians 11:16“The customs of the people are vain” Jeremiah 10:3
- A buying of goods; practice of frequenting a shop and purchasing or procuring to be done.
- In law, long established practice, or usage, which constitutes the unwritten law, and long consent to which gives it authority.
All definitions and other forms of “custom”
CUSTOM, verb intransitive
- To make familiar. [See Accustom, which is the word used.]
- To give custom to.
CUSTOM, noun
Tribute, toll or tax; that is, cost or charge paid to the public.
- “Render custom to whom custom is due” Romans 13:7
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.