Quick Definition
I make straight, guide, steer
Strong's Definition
to straighten (level); technically, to steer
Derivation: from G2117 (εὐθύς);
KJV Usage: governor, make straight
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐθύνω; 1 aorist imperative 2 person plural εὐθύνατε; (εὐθύς);
a. to make straight, level, plain: τήν ὁδόν, Joh_1:23 (Sir_2:6 Sir_37:15).
b. to lead or guide straight, to keep straight, to direct, (often so in Greek writings): ὁ ἐυθυνων, the steersman, helmsman of a ship, Jas_3:4. (Euripides, Cycl. 15; of a charioteer, Num_22:23; Isocrates, p. 9; others) (Compare: κατευθύνω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐθύνω euthunō 2x
to guide straight; to direct, guide, steer a ship, Jas_3:4 ;
to make straight, Joh_1:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
εὐθύνω
( < εὐθύς ),
[in LXX : Num_22:23 , Jos_24:23 ( H5186 hi .), Jdg_14:7 , 1Sa_18:20 ; 1Sa_18:26 ( H3474 ) Pro_20:24 , Sir_2:2 ; Sir_2:6 , al. ;]
1. to direct: Jas_3:4 .
2. to make straight: Joh_1:23 ( LXX , ἑτοιμάσατε ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐθύνω [page 261]
εὐθύνω is used of a magistrate who calls others to account : hence in the Pass. οἱ εὐθυνόμενοι = the culprits, e.g. P Tor I. 1 iii. 10 (B.C. 117) μεταπεμψάμενον τοὺς εὐθυνομένους ἐπισκέψασθαι περὶ τούτων , P Tebt I. 14 .4 (B.C. 114) εὐθυνομένωι δὲ φόνωι , arraigned for murder (where note the dat. for the usual gen. criminis ), ib. 53 .22 (B.C. 110) οἱ εὐθυνόμενοι ἀναζητηθ̣[έ ]ντες , the culprits having been searched for. The metaph. application of the ordinary meaning guide straight may be illustrated from Vett. Val. p. 340 .9 ἀγαπητὸν γὰρ εἰ . . . ἄρξαιτό τις ἑρμηνεύειν μὴ διὰ πλήθους λόγων , ἀλλὰ διὰ βραχέων εἰς ἀλήθειαν εὐθυνόντων .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
εὐθύνω [Etym: εὐθύς] "to guide straight, direct", Aesch. , Ar. ; εὐθ. δόρυ "to steer" the bark "straight", Eur. ; εὐθ. πλάταν id=Eur. ; εὐθ. χερσί "to manage or guide" him, Soph. metaph. "to direct, govern", Trag. "to make or put straight", Plat. ; εὐθ. δίκας σκολιάς "to make" crooked judgments "straight", Solon. at Athens, "to audit the accounts" (cf. εὐθύνα) of a magistrate, "call" him "to account", Plat. c. gen. "to call to account for" an offence, εὐθ. τινὰ κλοπῆς Plut. :—Pass., τῶν ἀδικημάτων εὐθύνθη Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
εὐθύνω
(εὐθύς), [in LXX: Num.22:23, Jos.24:23 (נָטָה hi.), Jdg.14:7, 1Ki.18:20 18:26 (יָשַׁר) Pro.20:24, Sir.2:2, 6, al. ;]
__1. to direct: Jas.3:4.
__2. to make straight: Jhn.1:23 (LXX, ἑτοιμάσατε).†
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