STRONGS G3718:
ὀρθοτομέω,
ὀρθοτόμω; (
ὀρθοτομος cutting straight, and this from
ὀρθός and
τέμνω);
1. to cut straight:
τάς ὁδούς, to cut straight ways, i. e. to proceed by straight paths, hold a straight course, equivalent to to do right (for
יִשֵּׁר),
Proverbs 3:6;
Proverbs 11:5 (viam secare,
Vergil Aen. 6, 899).
2. dropping the idea of cutting,
to make straight and smooth;
Vulg.rectetracto,
to handle aright:
τόν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας, i. e. to teach the truth correctly and directly,
2 Timothy 2:15;
τόν ἀληθῆ λόγον,
Eustathius, opuscc., p. 115, 41. (Not found elsewhere (except in ecclesiastical writings (
Winer's Grammar, 26); e. g. constt. apost. 7, 31
ἐν τῷ τοῦ κυρίου δόγμασιν; cf. Suicer ii. 508f). Cf.
καινοτομέω,
to cut new veins in mining; dropping the notion of cutting,
to make something new, introduce new things, make innovations or changes, etc.)
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