STRONGS G1838:
ἕξις,
-εως,
ἡ, (
ἔχω, future
ἕξω),
a habit, whether
of body or
of mind (Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, others);
a power acquired by custom, practice, use ("firma quaedam facilitas, quae apud Graecos
ἕξις nominatur," Quintilian 10, 1 at the beginning); so
Hebrews 5:14, (
ἐν τούτοις ἱκανὴν ἕξιν περιποιησάμενος, Sir. prol. 7;
ἕξιν ἔχειν γραμματικῆς, Polybius 10, 47, 7;
ἐν τοῖς πολεμικοῖς, 21, 7, 3;
ἐν ἀστρολογίᾳ μεγίστην ἕξιν ἔχειν, Diodorus 2, 31;
λογικὴν ἕξιν περιποιούμενος, Philo, aleg. legg. 1, 4).
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