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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Noun Strong's Number: g1485 Greek: ethos

Manner:

"a habit, custom" (akin to the verb etho, "to be accustomed"), is always translated "custom" in the RV ("manner" in the AV of Jhn 19:40; Act 15:1; 25:16; Hbr 10:25).
See CUSTOM, No. 1.

A-2 Noun Strong's Number: g1485 Greek: ethos

Manner:

primarily "a haunt, abode," then, "a custom, manner," occurs in the plural in 1Cr 15:33, i.e., ethical conduct morals.

A-3 Noun Strong's Number: g5158 Greek: tropos

Manner:

"a turning, fashion, manner, character, way of life," is translated "manner" in Act 1:11, with reference to the Lord's ascension and return; in Jud 1:7, of the similarity of the evil of those mentioned in Jud 1:6, 7.
See CONVERSATION, MEANS, WAY.

Note: In Act 15:11, the phrase kath' hon tropon, "according to what manner," is translated "in like manner as," RV (AV, "even as").

A-4 Noun Strong's Number: g5179 Greek: tupos

Manner:

"a mark or impress," is translated "manner" in Act 23:25.
See FORM, No. 3.

A-5 Noun Strong's Number: g195 Greek: akribeia

Manner:

"exactness, precision" (akin to akribes, "exact, careful;" see akriboo, "to inquire carefully," and akribos, "carefully"), occurs in Act 22:3, RV, "strict manner" (AV, "perfect manner").

Notes:

(1) The verb etho, "to be accustomed," has a perfect tense eiotha, with a present meaning, the neuter of the participle of which, eiothos, used with the article, signifies "custom," Luk 4:16. In Act 17:2 the AV translates it "manner" (RV, "custom").
See CUSTOM, WONT.

(2) For agoge, in 2Ti 3:10, AV, "manner of life" (RV, "conduct") see CONDUCT.

(3) For anastrophe, "manner of life," see LIFE, A, No. 6; cp. LIVE, No. 5. Agoge suggests conduct according to one's leading; anastrophe, conduct as one goes about and mingles with others.

B-1 Adjective Strong's Number: g4217 Greek: potapos

Manner:

primarily, "from what country," then, "of what sort," is rendered "what manner of man." Mat 8:27: so 2Pe 3:11; Mar 13:1 (twice); Luk 1:29; 7:39; 1Jo 3:1.

B-2 Adjective Strong's Number: g4169 Greek: poios

Manner:

"of what sort," is translated "by what manner of (death)" in Jhn 21:19, RV, (AV, "by what"); in Act 7:49, "what manner of (house);" Rom 3:27, "what manner of law;" 1Cr 15:35, "what manner of body."

B-3 Adjective Strong's Number: g3634 Greek: hoios

Manner:

a relative pronoun, signifying "what sort of or manner of," is translated by the latter phrase in 1Th 1:5; some mss. have it in Luk 9:55, as in AV; the RV follows those in which it is absent.

B-4 Adjective Strong's Number: g3697 Greek: hopoios

Manner:

is rendered "what manner of" in 1Th 1:9; Jam 1:24.
See SORT, A.

C-1 Adverb Strong's Number: g4187 Greek: polutropos

Manner:

lit., "much turning" (polus, "much," tropos, "a turning"), "in many ways (or manners)," is rendered "in divers manners" in Hbr 1:1.

C-2 Adverb Strong's Number: g3779 Greek: houtos | houto

Manner:

"thus, in this way," is rendered "after this manner" in Mat 6:9; 1Pe 3:5; Rev 11:5.
See SO, THUS.

C-3 Adverb Strong's Number: g5615 Greek: hosautos

Manner:

a strengthened form of hos, "thus," signifies "just so, likewise, in like manner," e.g., 1Ti 2:9; in the following the RV has "in like manner," for AV, "likewise;" Mar 14:31; Luk 22:20; Rom 8:26; 1Ti 3:8; 5:25; in Luk 20:31 the RV has "likewise," AV, "in like manner."
See LIKEWISE.

C-4 Adverb Strong's Number: g3664 Greek: homoios

Manner:

akin to the adjective homoios, "like," signifies in "like manner, equally;" in the following the RV has "in like manner" for AV, "likewise;" Mat 27:41; Mar 4:16; 15:31; Luk 10:32; 13:3; 16:25; Jhn 5:19; (Hbr 9:21); Jam 2:25; 1Pe 3:1, 7; Rev 8:12; in Rev 2:15 the AV "which thing I hate" translates a variant reading (ho miso).
See LIKEWISE, SO.

C-5 Adverb Strong's Number: g4459 Greek: pos

Manner:

how, is translated "after what manner" in Act 20:18.
See MEANS.

Note: For paraplesios, Hbr 2:14, RV, see LIKEWISE, No. 4.

D-1 Preposition Strong's Number: g2596 Greek: kata

Manner:

"according to," is translated "after the manner" in Jhn 2:6, i.e., "in accordance with;" in Rom 3:5; 1Cr 3:3; 9:8, RV, "after the manner of" (AV, "as").

E-1 Verb Strong's Number: g5159 Greek: tropophoreo

Manner:

"to bear another's manners," is translated "suffered He (their) manners" in Act 13:18. For this and the alternative reading see BEAR, No. 8.

Notes:

(1) In the following the phrase kata tauta, or kata ta auta, lit., "according to the same things," is translated "in (the) like (RV, same) manner," Luk 6:23; 6:26, RV (AV, "so"); Luk 17:30, RV, "after the same manner" (AV, "even thus").

(2) In Phl 2:18 the phrase to... auto, lit., "the same (thing)," used adverbially, is translated "in the same manner," RV (AV, "for the same cause").

(3) In Mar 13:29, AV, kai, "also" (so RV), is translated "in like manner."

(4) In Act 15:23 some mss. have the demonstrative pronoun tode used adverbially and rendered "after this manner" (AV). The RV, adhering to the mss. in which it is absent, inserts the word "thus" in italics.

(5) In Act 25:20 a phrase lit. rendered "(as to) the inquiry concerning these things" (or according to some mss. "this person," whether "Jesus" or "Paul," Act 25:19), is translated "of such manner of questions," AV (RV, "how to inquire concerning these things").

(6) In Luk 1:66, AV, ara, "then" (so RV), is rendered freely "(what) manner."

(7) In Luk 24:17, AV, the pronoun tis, "who, what," in the plural (RV, "what") is translated "what manner of;" similarly, in the singular in Mar 4:41; Luk 8:25 (RV, "who"); Jhn 7:36.

(8) In Gal 2:14, AV, the adverb ethnikos, "in Gentile fashion" (ethnos, "a nation:" in the plural, "Gentiles or nations"), is translated "after the manner of Gentiles" (RV, "as do").

(9) In Mat 12:31; Luk 11:42; Rev 18:12, AV, pas, "every" (so RV), is translated "all manner."

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