Quick Definition
ὀρθοτομέω v. I cut straight, handle correctly
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 3717 and the base of 5114, to make a straight cut, i.e. (figuratively) to dissect (expound) correctly (the divine message)
KJV Usage: rightly divide
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ὀρθός + τομός
33.234 · Communication · Teach
to teach correctly, to expound rightly to give accurate instruction
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀρθοτομέω, -; (ὀρθοτόμος cutting straight, and this fr. ὀρθός and τέμνωλ) ; 1. to cut straight: tas ὁδούς, to cut straight ways, i.e. to proceed by straight paths, hold a straight course, equiv. to to do right (for Ww»), Prov. iii. 6; xi. 5, (viam secare, Verg. Aen. 6, 899). 2. dropping the idea of cutting, to make straight and smooth; Vulg. recte tracto, to handle aright: τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας, i. 6. to teach the truth correctly and directly, 2 Tim. ii. 15; τὸν ἀληθῆ λόγον, Eustath. opusce. p. 115, 41. (Not found elsewhere [exce. in eccles. writ. (W. 26) ; e. g. constt. apost. 7, 31 ἐν τ. τοῦ κυρίου δόγμασιν ; cf. Suicer ii. 508 sq.]. Cf. καινοτομέω, to cul new veins in mining; dropping the notion of cutting, to make something new, introduce new things, make innovations or changes, ete.) ἢ
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀρθοτομέω orthotomeō 1x
to cut straight; to set forth truthfully, without perversion or distortion, 2 Tim. 2:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ὀρθοτομέω, -ῶ
(< ὀρθός, τέμνω), [in LXX: Pr 3:6 11:6 (ישׁר pi.)*;]
to cut straight, as a road (τ. ὁδούς, fig., Pr 3:6 11:6). Metaph., τ. λόγον τ. ἀληθείας, II Ti 2:15 (V. Ellic. and CGT, in l.; not found elsewhere).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὀρθοτομέω (orthotomeō) — to cut straight. ὀρθο-τομέω, cut in a straight line, τὰς ὁδούς [LXX] teach it aright, [NT]