What Is Habit in the Bible?
Object
The clothing proper to men and women religious. “To take the habit” is to enter the order.
It can mean
- Careful: a “habit” is also a custom. Not here.
- In the Bible: John the Baptist wore clothing of camel’s hair, with a leather belt.
Where it appears in the Bible
Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6
What the Bible says
Matthew 3:4
And the same John had his garment of camels’ hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Mark 1:6
And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “hábito”