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Notes: In earlier Greek ὀρθός meant straight up and down while εὐθύς meant straight on the horizontal plane, but this distinction has not always been preserved in Koine Greek.

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.; advb.

Inflections: εὐθύς; -εῖα, -ύ; gen.

Sense 1: straight, direct

Semantic entry: 79.88

Semantic domains: Features of Objects

Subdomains: Straight, Crooked

Definition: pertaining to being straight in contrast to what is crooked{N:001}

MAT 3:3: RV MAT 3:3 · LV MAT 3:3 · Read together MAT 3:3

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OET-RV MAT 3:3

3 This is the man that the prophet Yeshayah (Isaiah) was talking about when he wrote:
⇔ ‘The voice of one shouting in the wilderness
⇔ prepare the road for Yahweh;
⇔ straighten his paths.’

OET-LV MAT 3:3

3 For/Because this is the one having _been _spoken through Aʸsaias/(Yəshaˊ^yāh) the prophet saying:
The_voice of_a_shouting one in the wilderness prepare the way of_the_master, be _making the paths of _him straight.

MRK 1:3: RV MRK 1:3 · LV MRK 1:3 · Read together MRK 1:3

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OET-RV MRK 1:3

3 The voice out in the wilderness shouting,
⇔ ‘Get the path ready for Yahweh—
⇔ ≈ make it smooth for him to walk on.’ ”

OET-LV MRK 1:3

3 The_voice of_a_shouting one in the wilderness prepare the way of_the_master, be _making the paths of _him straight.

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 3:3 · LV MAT 3:3 · Read together MAT 3:3

MRK: RV MRK 1:3 · LV MRK 1:3 · Read together MRK 1:3

LUK: RV LUK 3:4–5 · LV LUK 3:4–5 · Read together LUK 3:4–5

ACT: RV ACT 9:11 · RV ACT 13:10 · LV ACT 9:11 · LV ACT 13:10 · Read together ACT 9:11 · Read together ACT 13:10

PE2: RV PE2 2:15 · LV PE2 2:15 · Read together PE2 2:15

Sense 2: just, right, upright

Semantic entry: 88.17

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Just, Righteous

Definition: pertaining to being just and right

ACT 8:21: RV ACT 8:21 · LV ACT 8:21 · Read together ACT 8:21

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OET-RV ACT 8:21

21 There’s no role for you here and no part for you in our work because your heart isn’t right with God.

OET-LV ACT 8:21

21 There _is no portion nor allotment to _you in the this matter.
For/Because the heart of _you not is right before the god.

Sense 3: right way, correct manner of life, just way of life

Semantic entry: 88.18

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Just, Righteous

Definition: (an idiom, literally: a straight road) the right or correct pattern of behavior

Collocations: εὐθεῖα ὁδός

ACT 13:10: RV ACT 13:10 · LV ACT 13:10 · Read together ACT 13:10

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OET-RV ACT 13:10

10 and said, “You’re full of all kinds of deceit and fraud you child of the devil. Will you never stop twisting the truth about following the master?

OET-LV ACT 13:10

10 said:
Oh son of_the_devil full of _all deceit and all fraud, enemy of _all righteousness, not ˓will˒_you _be _ceasing perverting the the straight ways of _the master?

PE2 2:15: RV PE2 2:15 · LV PE2 2:15 · Read together PE2 2:15

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OET-RV PE2 2:15

15 They have left the right path and gone astray, following the path of Be’or’s son Bil’am (Balaam) who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

OET-LV PE2 2:15

15 having _left the_straight way, they _were _strayed having _followed _after in _the way of_ the _Balaʼam/(Bilˊām) of_ the _Bosor/(Bəˊōr), who loved the_wage of _unrighteousness,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

εὐθύς

Form 1

Sense 1: straight, direct

Sense 2: just, right, upright

Sense 3: right way, correct manner of life, just way of life

Form 2

Sense 1: immediately, right away, then