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εὐθεῖαν ὁδόν

Straight · road

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εὐθύς G2117 Straight
Pronunciation euthýs
Straight path or immediate action; morally denotes righteousness or directness of heart and intention.
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ὁδός G3598 road
Pronunciation hodós
Metaphorically denotes a course of conduct or way of life, especially God's approved pathway or the Christian faith itself.
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What does εὐθεῖαν ὁδόν (eutheian hodon) mean in the Bible?

εὐθύς · ὁδός is a Greek word meaning "Straight ways".

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Meaning

Straight ways
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 3:16 · Matt 13:20 · Matt 13:21 · Matt 14:27 · Matt 21:3 · Mark 1:10 · Mark 1:12 · Mark 1:18 · Mark 1:20 · Mark 1:21 · Mark 1:23 · Mark 1:28 · Mark 1:29 · Mark 1:30 · Mark 1:42 · Mark 1:43 51×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Acts 8:21 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 3:3 · Mark 1:3 · Luke 3:4 · Acts 13:10 4×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 3:5 · Acts 9:11 · 2 Pet 2:15 3×
59 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 13 — The Spirit Sends the Mission and the Word Turns to the Gentiles Acts 16 — The Gospel Enters Macedonia: Opened Hearts, Broken Chains, and Household Faith Acts 19 — The Word of the Lord Grows Mightily in Ephesus Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense: Christ Appears, Sends, and Preserves His Witness Acts 24 — Paul Before Felix: Resurrection Hope, Clear Conscience, and Coming Judgment Acts 9 — The Risen Christ Converts His Fiercest Persecutor John 14 — The Way, the Truth, and the Life, the Father Revealed in the Son, and the Promise of the Spirit Luke 3 — The Way Prepared, the Son Revealed, and the Lineage Traced Mark 1 — The Beginning of the Gospel: The Servant-King Appears with Authority Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Mark 12 — The Rejected Son, the Greatest Commandment, the Lord of David, and the Widow’s Offering Mark 2 — The Son of Man Has Authority: Forgiveness, Fellowship, and Lordship Matthew 10 — The Mission of the Twelve, Costly Witness, and Allegiance to Christ Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 13 — The Kingdom in Parables: Hearing, Hiddenness, Growth, Worth, and Judgment Matthew 20 — The First-Last Kingdom, the Ransom-Giving Son of Man, and Mercy for the Blind Matthew 21 — The King Enters Jerusalem, Judges Fruitless Religion, and Exposes Rejected-Son Leadership Matthew 22 — The Wedding Banquet, the King’s Invitation, and the Messiah Who Is David’s Lord Matthew 3 — The Forerunner, the Kingdom, and the Beloved Son

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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