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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MANNER; MANNERS

man'-er, man'-erz (dabhar, derekh, mishpaT; ethos, houtos):

1. As Used in the Old Testament:

"Manner" (probably from manus, "the hand," mode of handling things, or acting) is in the Bible in general equivalent

(1) to way, custom, habit, etc.,

(2) to kind or sort.

There are some special senses, however, and archaic usages. It is frequently the translation of dabhar, "speaking," "word," "thing" (Genesis 18:25, "That be far from thee to do after this manner" (i.e. in this way); Genesis 32:19, "On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau" (in this way); Genesis 39:19, "After this manner (in this way) did thy servant to me"; Exodus 22:9, "every manner of trespass" (every kind, sort, or way); Deuteronomy 15:2 1 Samuel 17:27, 30 bis); also of derekh, "way" (Genesis 19:31, "after the manner of all the earth (way); 1 Samuel 21:5 the King James Version "(the bread) is in a manner common"; "manner" here might be taken as equivalent to "way" or "measure," but the passage is a difficult one and the text uncertain; the Revised Version (British and American) omits "manner," and in the text makes the reference to be to the journey, not to the bread, but in the margin it has "common (bread)"; Isaiah 10:24, 26, after the manner of Egypt" (after the way or fate of Egypt); so also Amos 4:10; Amos 8:14, the manner of Beer-sheba liveth" the Revised Version (British and American) "the way," margin "manner, the reference here being to the religious way, or manner of worship); of mishpaT, "judgment," "ordinance," hence, also "manner" or "custom" (Genesis 40:13 Exodus 21:9 2 Kings 1:7, "what manner of man" (sort or kind); 2 Kings 17:26 the King James Version; 1 Chronicles 24:19 Ezekiel 11:12, "after the manners (the Revised Version (British and American) "ordinances") of the nations"); torah, "instruction," "law," is also translated "manner" (2 Samuel 7:19, "(is) this the manner (margin "law") of man, O Lord God?" the Revised Version (British and American) "and this (too) after the manner of men, O Lord Yahweh," margin "and is this the law of man, O Lord Yahweh?"). Other words are: 'orach, "path," "custom" (Genesis 18:11); dobher, "leading," "pasture" (compare "sheep-walk," "sheep-fold"); Isaiah 5:17, "Then shall the lambs feed after their manner," the Revised Version (British and American) "as in their pasture" (in Micah 2:12, the same word is translated the King James Version "fold," the Revised Version (British and American) "pasture"); demuth, "likeness" (Ezekiel 23:15); dath, "law," "sentence" (Esther 2:12); chuqqah, "statute," "custom" (Leviticus 20:23) in the King James Version. In Numbers 5:13 "with the manner" is supplied to "taken" (in adultery). "Manner" here is an old law-French phrase, "a thief taken with the mainour"-that is, with the thing stolen upon him in manu (in his hand) (Blackstone, Comm., IV, xxiii), the Revised Version (British and American) "in the act" (compare John 8:4 "in the very act"); gam, "also" is translated (1 Samuel 19:24) "in like manner," the Revised Version (British and American) "also."

2. As Used in the Apocrypha:

In Apocrypha, 2 Maccabees 4:13 the King James Version, we have "increase of heathenish manners," the Revised Version (British and American) "an extreme of Greek fashions"; 2 Maccabees 6:9, the "manners of the Gentiles," the Revised Version (British and American) "the Greek rites"; in 2 Esdras 9:19, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), "manners" appears in the sense of "morals"; compare 1 Corinthians 15:33, the Revised Version (British and American) "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."

3. As Used in the New Testament:

In the New Testament various words and phrases are rendered by "manner"; we have ethos, "custom," "usage," "manner" (John 19:40 Acts 15:1, the Revised Version (British and American) "custom"); kata to eiothos (Luke 4:16, the Revised Version (British and American) "as his custom was"); tropos a "turning," "manner," "way" (Jude 1:7); hon tropon, "in which manner" (Acts 1:11); houtos, "thus," "so," "accordingly," is "after this manner," "in like manner" (Matthew 6:9 Mark 13:29 the King James Version); in Acts 15:23, "after this manner" stands in the King James Version for "by their hands," the Revised Version (British and American) "thus"; pos (Acts 20:18), "after what manner"; agoge, "course of life" (2 Timothy 3:10, the Revised Version (British and American) "conduct"); biosis, "mode of life" (Acts 26:4); in 1 Corinthians 15:33, we have manners in the moral sense, "Evil communications corrupt good manners," the American Standard Revised Version "Evil companionships corrupt good morals." Acts 13:18 is interesting because of diversities of rendering; the King James Version has "suffered he their manners in the wilderness," margin "etropophoresen, perhaps for etrophophoresen, bore, or fed them as a nurse beareth or feedeth her child, Deuteronomy 1:31 (2 Maccabees 7:27) according to Septuagint, and so Chrysostom"; the English Revised Version text, same as the King James Version margin "Many ancient authorities read `bear he them as a nursing father in the wilderness.' See Deuteronomy 1:31 "; the American Standard Revised Version (text) "as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness," margin "Many ancient authorities read `Suffered he their manners in the wilderness.' See Deuteronomy 9:7." The Greek words differ only by a single letter, and authorities are pretty equally divided.

Among other changes the Revised Version (British and American) has frequently "ordinance" for "manner" (Leviticus 5:10, etc.) and "custom" (Ruth 4:7 John 19:40 Hebrews 10:25, etc.); "manner of" is introduced (1 Samuel 4:8, etc.); "manner of" and "manner" omitted (Genesis 25:23 Exodus 35:29, etc.); "what manner of house" for "where is the house" (Isaiah 66:1); "manner of life" for "conversation" (Galatians 1:13 Ephesians 4:22); "after the manner of men" for "as a man" (Romans 3:5 1 Corinthians 9:8); "how to inquire concerning these things" (Acts 25:20) for "of such manner of questions"; "in an unworthy manner," the American Standard Revised Version, for "unworthily" (1 Corinthians 11:27); "who" for "what manner of man" (Mark 4:41 Luke 8:25, "who then is this?"); in Luke 9:55, "Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of" is omitted, with the margin "Some ancient authorities add and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of."

W, L. Walker

Greek

5159. tropophoreo -- to bear with another's manners
... to bear with another's manners. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tropophoreo
Phonetic Spelling: (trop-of-or-eh'-o) Short Definition: I endure the ways of ...
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2239. ethos -- custom
... form of ethos Definition custom NASB Word Usage morals (1). manners. A strengthened
form of ethos; usage, ie (plural) moral habits -- manners. see GREEK ethos. ...
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4187. polutropos -- in many ways
... in many ways. Adverb from a compound of polus and tropos; in many ways, ie Variously
as to method or form -- in divers manners. see GREEK polus. see GREEK tropos ...
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Topical Bible Verses

1 Peter 3:8
Finally, be you all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brothers, be pitiful, be courteous:
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1 Corinthians 10:27
If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and you be disposed to go; whatever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
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Luke 6:31
And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them likewise.
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Library

"Example of Life and Instruction of Manners. "
... Part II. THE SONG OF THE THREE HOLY CHILDREN "EXAMPLE OF LIFE AND INSTRUCTION
OF MANNERS.". The conduct of Azarias and its results ...
/.../the three additions to daniel a study/example of life and instruction.htm

"Example of Life and Instruction of Manners. "
... Part III. THE HISTORY OF SUSANNA "EXAMPLE OF LIFE AND INSTRUCTION OF MANNERS.".
In the character of Susanna we see unconquerable ...
/.../the three additions to daniel a study/example of life and instruction 2.htm

"Example of Life and Instruction of Manners. "
... Part IV. THE HISTORY OF BEL AND THE DRAGON "EXAMPLE OF LIFE AND INSTRUCTION
OF MANNERS.". The whole story, in addition to proving ...
/.../the three additions to daniel a study/example of life and instruction 3.htm

Manners of the Susidæ.
... Book IX. Chapter XXIII."Manners of the Susidæ. "But, further, in Susæ the
women use ointments, and indeed of the best sort, being ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xxiii manners of the susidae.htm

"Three Manners of Looking Seen in Our Lord's Countenance"
... THE SIXTEENTH REVELATION CHAPTER LXXI "Three manners of looking seen in our Lord's
Countenance". "Three manners of looking seen in our Lord's Countenance" ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter lxxi three manners of.htm

"Two Manners of Sickness that we Have: Impatience, or Sloth ...
... THE SIXTEENTH REVELATION CHAPTER LXXIII "Two manners of sickness that we
have: impatience, or sloth;"despair, or mistrustful dread". ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter lxxiii two manners of.htm

Letter i. Behavior and Manners.
... LETTER I. BEHAVIOR AND MANNERS. ... In the main, this power of winning friends
and love depends upon two things: behavior and manners. ...
/.../letter i behavior and manners.htm

Modesty, the Flower of Manners
... Chapter I. Modesty, the flower of manners. [701] Modesty, the flower of
manners , the honour of our bodies, the grace of the sexes ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/on modesty/chapter i modesty the flower.htm

The Manners of the Christians.
... Chapter V."The manners of the Christians. For the Christians are
distinguished from other men neither by country, nor language ...
/.../mathetes/the epistle of mathetes to diognetus/chapter v the manners of the.htm

How that after the Likeness of Moses, of Bezaleel, and of Aaron ...
... CHAPTER How that after the likeness of Moses, of Bezaleel, and of Aaron meddling
them about the Ark of the Testament, we profit on three manners in this grace ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the three and 6.htm

Thesaurus

Manners (6 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia MANNER; MANNERS. man'-er, man'-erz (dabhar,
derekh, mishpaT; ethos, houtos): 1. As Used in the Old ...
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Divers (36 Occurrences)
... passages "divers." the Revised Version (British and American) changes the King James
Version Hebrews 1:1 "at sundry times and in divers manners," an expression ...
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Manner (351 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of
a plural, sorts or kinds. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MANNER; MANNERS. ...
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Imitate (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To follow as a pattern, model, or example;
to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc. 2. (vt ...
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Tone (9 Occurrences)
... 12. (n.) General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment,
in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a ...
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Reformation (24 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse
to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or ...
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Ethics
... But inasmuch as the words "custom" and "habit" seem to refer only to outward manners
or usages, the mere etymology would limit the nature of the inquiry. ...
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Diversities (4 Occurrences)
... passages "divers." the Revised Version (British and American) changes the King James
Version Hebrews 1:1 "at sundry times and in divers manners," an expression ...
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Diverse (15 Occurrences)
... passages "divers." the Revised Version (British and American) changes the King James
Version Hebrews 1:1 "at sundry times and in divers manners," an expression ...
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Polish (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (vt) Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity
of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. ...
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Bible Concordance

Manners (6 Occurrences)

Acts 13:18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
(KJV WBS YLT)

1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Hebrews 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
(KJV ASV WBS)

Leviticus 20:23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
(KJV WBS)

2 Kings 17:34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
(KJV JPS WBS)

Ezekiel 11:12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.
(KJV WBS)

Subtopics

Etiquette

Manners

Manners in Presence of Superiors

Manners in Presence of The Aged

Manners: Courteousness Enjoined

Manners: Obeisance to Strangers

Manners: Rules for Guests

Manners: Standing While Guests Eat

Related Terms

Divers (36 Occurrences)

Manner (351 Occurrences)