Quick Definition
εὐθύνω v. I make straight, guide, steer
Strong's Definition
from 2117; to straighten (level); technically, to steer
KJV Usage: governor, make straight
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | θύνω (rush along) · εὐθύς
79.89 · Features of Objects · Straight, Crooked
to cause to be straight, to make straight, to straighten to make something straight 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.’
54.21 · Maritime Activities
to pilot a ship, to steer a course to steer a ship on its course 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).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐθύνω ; 1 aor. impv. 2 pers. plur. εὐθύνατε; (εὐθύς) ; a. to make straight, level, plain: τὴν ὁδόν, Jn. i. 23 (Sir. ii. 6; xxxvii. 15). b. to lead or guide straight. to keep straight, to direct, (often so in Grk. writ.) : 6 εὐθύνων, the steersman, helmsman of a ship, Jas. iii. 4. (Eur. Cyct 15; of ἃ charioteer, Num. xxii. [Come. 3 κατ-ευθύνω. =
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐθύνω euthunō 2x
to guide straight; to direct, guide, steer a ship, Jas. 3:4; to make straight, Jn. 1:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
εὐθύνω
(< εὐθύς), [in LXX: Nu 22:23, Jos 24:23 (נָטָה hi.), Jg 14:7, I Ki 18:20, 26 (יָשַׁר) Pr 20:24, Si 2:2, 6, al. ;]
to direct: Ja 3:4.
to make straight: Jo 1:23 (LXX, ἑτοιμάσατε).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐθύνω is used of a magistrate who calls others to account : hence in the Pass. ot εὐθυνόμενοι = “the culprits,” e.g. P Tor I. riii. 10 (p.c. 117) μεταπεμψάμενον τοὺς εὐθυνομένους ἐπισκέψασθαι περὶ τούτων, P Tebt I. 144 (B.c. 114) εὐθυνομένωι δὲ φόνωι, ‘arraigned for murder” (where note the dat. for
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εὐθύνω (euthunō) — to straighten. εὐθῡν-ω, (εὐθύς) = the Homeric ἰθύνω (which is a frequently variant, as in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: — guide straight, direct, οἰωνὸν γνώμῃ στομίων ἄτερ εὐθύνων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ἅρματα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐ. δόρυ steer the bark straight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]the helmsman, [NT]; εὐ. ἀγέλας lead or drive them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐ. χερσί manage, guide him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. metaphorically, direct, govern, Κύρου δὲ παῖς.. ηὔθυνε στρατόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. make straight, straighten, opposed to κάμπτειν, πτέρυγας [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— passive, [Refs]
II. make or put straight, εὐ. δίκας σκολιάς make crooked judgements straight, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; εὐ. οὖρον send a straight fair wind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. examine the conduct of an official, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, with genitive, - όμενος τῆς ἐφορείας [Refs]
III.2. with genitive criminis, call to account for.., τινα κλοπῆς [Refs 1st c.AD+] —passive, τῶν ἀδικημάτων ηὐθύνθη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ -όμενοι the culprits, Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: with dative, εὐ. φόνῳ [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; to be mulcted, punished, ἐπί τινι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III.3. generally, refute or censure, τοὺς λόγους τινός [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, to be refuted, δι᾽ αὐτῶν τῶν φαινομένων [Refs 1st c.BC+]; but also, to be critically examined, [Refs]
III.4. examine by torture, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
IV. intransitive, serve as εὔθυνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]