Strong's Lexicon
G3718 — ὀρθοτομέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3718 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὀρθοτομέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G3717 and the base of G5114 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | orthotomeo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | or-thot-om-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to make a straight cut 2. (figuratively) to dissect (expound) correctly (the divine message) |
| KJV Renderings: | rightly divide |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀρθοτομέω, ὀρθοτόμω; (ὀρθοτομος cutting straight, and this from ὀρθός and τέμνω);
1. to cut straight: τάς ὁδούς, to cut straight ways, i. e. to proceed by straight paths, hold a straight course, equivalent to to do right (for éÄùÅÌÑø), Pro 3:6; Pro 11:5 (viam secare, Vergil Aen. 6, 899).
2. dropping the idea of cutting, to make straight and smooth; Vulg.rectetracto, to handle aright: τόν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας, i. e. to teach the truth correctly and directly, 2Ti 2:15; τόν ἀληθῆ λόγον, Eustathius, opuscc., p. 115, 41. (Not found elsewhere (except in ecclesiastical writings (Winer’s Grammar, 26); e. g. constt. apost. 7, 31 ἐν τῷ τοῦ κυρίου δόγμασιν; cf. Suicer ii. 508f). Cf. καινοτομέω, to cut new veins in mining; dropping the notion of cutting, to make something new, introduce new things, make innovations or changes, etc.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὀρθοτομέω (rightly divide)
2 Timothy 2:15
- KJV: Study to shew thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth
- GK: σπούδασον σεαυτόν δόκιμον παραστήσαι τω θεώ εργάτην ανεπαίσχυντον ορθοτομούντα τον λόγον της αληθείας