What does εὐθυδρομέω (euthydroméō) mean in the Bible?
εὐθυδρομέω (euthydroméō) is a Greek word meaning "to sail straight".
Greek · G2113
εὐθυδρομέω
To sail straight
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εὐθυδρομέω G2113
Pronunciation euthydroméō
What does εὐθυδρομέω (euthydroméō) mean in the Bible?
εὐθυδρομέω (euthydroméō) is a Greek word meaning "to sail straight".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2113?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include directly (1), straight (1).
Where does εὐθυδρομέω (euthydroméō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 16:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It directly 1× Acts 21:1
straight 1× Acts 16:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 16:11
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Acts 2
Source forms
εὐθυδρομήσαμεν 1x euthydromēsamen Acts 16:11
εὐθυδρομήσαντες 1x euthydromēsantes Acts 21:1
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural 1x Acts 16:11
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 21:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to sail straight
Source Gloss
to sail straight
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 16:11 Verb First Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
εὐθυδρομήσαμεν euqudromhsamen
I run a straight course
Read verse Acts 21:1 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
εὐθυδρομήσαντες euqudromhsantev
I run a straight course
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2
Voice
active 2
Mood
indicative 1 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
εὐθυδρομέω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain