Lexicon kateuthunó: to make straight Original Word: κατευθύνωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kateuthunó Phonetic Spelling: (kat-yoo-thoo'-no) Short Definition: I make straight, direct Definition: (a) I make straight, (b) met: I put in the right way, direct. HELPS word-Studies 2720 kateuthýnō (from 2596 /katá, "down, exactly according to," intensifying 2116 /euthýnō, "make straight") – properly, go straight down by the most direct, efficient route; to go in a direct (straight) course – avoiding all unnecessary delays, without any undue loss of time or achievement. [The prefix (kata) lends the idea "exactly direct or guide" – literally "down to without unnecessary deviation."] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kata and euthunóDefinitionto make straight NASB Translationdirect (2), guide (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2720: κατευθύνωκατευθύνω: 1 aorist infinitive κατευθύναι; 3 person singular optative κατευθύναι; (see κατά, III. 2); the Sept. mostly for יִשֵׁר and כּונֵן, הֵכִין; to make straight, guide, direct: τούς πόδας ... εἰς ὁδόν εἰρήνης, Luke 1:79; τήν ὁδόν πρός τινα, of the removal of the hindrances to coming to one, 1 Thessalonians 3:11; τάς καρδίας ( 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 19:3) εἰς τήν ἀγάπην τοῦ Θεοῦ, 2 Thessalonians 3:5. ( Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, others.) STRONGS NT 2720a: κατευλογέωκατευλογέω: imperfect 3 person singular κατευλόγει (T WH) and κατηυλογει (Tr) (cf. εὐδοκέω, at the beginning); to call down blessings on: τινα, Mark 10:16 T Tr WH. (Tobit 9:13); ; Plutarch, amator. 4.)
Strong's guide, direct. From kata and euthuno; to straighten fully, i.e. (figuratively) direct -- guide, direct. see GREEK kata see GREEK euthuno |
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