UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: θύνω · εὐθύς

Sense 1: to cause to be straight, to make straight, to straighten

Semantic entry: 79.89

Semantic domains: Features of Objects

Subdomains: Straight, Crooked

Definition: to make something straight

Notes: In a number of languages a distinction is made between making some object straight and straightening out a road. The first meaning may be equivalent to ‘bending something straight,’ while the latter meaning may be literally ‘to avoid the curves.’

JHN 1:23: RV JHN 1:23 · LV JHN 1:23 · Read together JHN 1:23

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OET-RV JHN 1:23

23 So he said, “I am a voice shouting in the wilderness smooth the path of Yahweh, as the prophet Yeshayah (Isaiah) said.”

OET-LV JHN 1:23

23 He _was _saying:
I am A_voice shouting in the wilderness straighten the way of_the_master, as Aʸsaias/(Yəshaˊ^yāh) the prophet said.

Sense 2: to pilot a ship, to steer a course

Semantic entry: 54.21

Semantic domains: Maritime Activities

Definition: to steer a ship on its course

Notes: In a number of languages the equivalent of ‘piloting a ship’ is ‘to hold the rudder’ or ‘to hold the wheel’ (referring to the wheel which controls the position of the rudder).

JAM 3:4: RV JAM 3:4 · LV JAM 3:4 · Read together JAM 3:4

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OET-RV JAM 3:4

4 Similarly, even huge ships that are being driven on by strong winds are controlled by a small rudder and can be steered wherever the captain desires.

OET-LV JAM 3:4

4 Behold, also the ships, so _great being, and by winds hard being _driven, is _being _directed by the_least rudder, wherever the impulse of _the one straightening is _wishing.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

εὐθύνω

Form 1

Sense 1: to cause to be straight, to make straight, to straighten

Sense 2: to pilot a ship, to steer a course