Lexicon euthus: straight, straightway Original Word: εὐθύς, εῖα, ύPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: euthus Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-thoos') Short Definition: straight, immediately Definition: adj: (a) straight of direction, as opposed to crooked, (b) upright; adv: immediately. HELPS word-Studies 2117 euthýs – properly, straight, without unnecessary zig-zags (detours); upright (not crooked, bent); (figuratively) without delay; acting immediately, "straightway," taking a direct path from "God's point A" to "God's point B" which avoids unnecessary delays (deviations). [This root (euthy-) often correlates in the LXX to the OT term, yāsar.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word used as an adjective or adverb Definitionstraight, straightway NASB Translationearly (1), immediately (52), just then (1), right (2), straight (6).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2117: εὐθύςεὐθύς, εὐθεῖα, εὐθύ, the Sept. for יָשָׁר (from Pindar down), straight; a. properly, straight, level: of a way (Matthew 3:3); Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4; Acts 9:11; εἰς εὐθεῖαν (L T Tr WH εἰς εὐθείας), namely, ὁδόν (an ellipsis common also in classical Greek cf. Winer's Grammar, § 64, 5), Luke 3:5; εὐθεῖα ὁδός the straight, the right way, is figuratively used of true religion as a rule of life leading to its goal, i. e. to salvation, 2 Peter 2:15; αἱ ὁδοί κυρίου, the right and saving purposes of God, Acts 13:10 (Song of the Three Children, verse 3). b. tropically, straightforward, upright, true, sincere (as often in secular authors): καρδία, Acts 8:21 (εὐθεῖς τῇ καρδία often in the Psalms, as Psalm 7:11; Psalm 31:11 (); ()). STRONGS NT 2117: εὐθύς (adv)εὐθύς (adv), adverb (from Pindar down), equivalent to εὐθέως, with which it is often interchanged in the manuscripts (see εὐθέως); straightway, immediately, forthwith: Matthew 3:16; Matthew 13:20; John 13:32, etc. (Cf. Phryn. ed. Lob., p. 145.)
Strong's by and by, forthwith, immediately, straightway. Perhaps from eu and tithemi; straight, i.e. (literally) level, or (figuratively) true; adverbially (of time) at once -- anon, by and by, forthwith, immediately, straightway. see GREEK eu see GREEK tithemi |
