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King James Dictionary

Wont: To Be Accustomed To.

And he came out, and went, as he was WONT, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed. (Luke 22:39-41)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Wont:

"to be accustomed," is used in the pluperfect tense (with imperfect meaning), eiotha, rendered "was wont" in Mat 27:15; Mar 10:1.
See CUSTOM, B, No. 2, MANNER, A, Note (1).

Notes:

(1) In Mar 15:8, "he was wont to do," RV, represents the imperfect tense of poieo, "to do" (AV, "he had ever done").

(2) In Luk 22:39, AV, ethos, "a custom," preceded by kata and the article, lit., "according to the (i.e., His) custom," is translated "as He was wont" (RV, "as His custom was"): see CUSTOM, A, No. 1.

(3) In Act 16:13 the AV, "was wont," translates the texts which have the Passive Voice of nomizo with its meaning "to hold by custom;" the RV, "we supposed," translates the texts which have the imperfect tense, Active, with the meaning "to consider, suppose."