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wont accustomed, in the habit of
Mark 10:1 — "as he was wont" — is as he usually did. Not to be read as "won't".
Means: accustomed, in the habit ofIn the KJV: 9 timesStill in use, different meaning
The word behind it
Where it appears
All 9 verses.
But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
Common questions
What does "wont" mean in the Bible?
In the King James Version wont means accustomed, in the habit of. Mark 10:1 — "as he was wont" — is as he usually did. Not to be read as "won't".
How many times does "wont" appear in the King James Version?
9 times.
What Greek word is behind "wont"?
Most often ἔθω (éthō), Strong's G1486, meaning to be used (by habit or conventionality); neuter perfect participle usage.
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