Original Word: εいぷしろんὐθύς, εいぷしろんῖαあるふぁ, ύ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: euthus
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-thoos')
Short Definition: straight, immediately
Definition: adj: (a) straight of direction, as opposed to crooked, (b) upright; adv: immediately.

2117 euthýs – properly, straight, without unnecessary zig-zags (detours); upright (not crooked, bent); (figuratively) without delay; acting immediately, "straightway," taking a direct path from "God's point A" to "God's point B" which avoids unnecessary delays (deviations).

[This root (euthy-) often correlates in the LXX to the OT term, yāsar.]

STRONGS NT 2117: εいぷしろんὐθύς

εいぷしろんὐθύς, εいぷしろんὐθしーたεいぷしろんῖαあるふぁ, εいぷしろんὐθύ, the Sept. for יָשָׁר (from Pindar down), straight;

a. properly, straight, level: of a way (Matthew 3:3); Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4; Acts 9:11; εいぷしろんἰς εいぷしろんὐθしーたεいぷしろんῖαあるふぁνにゅー (L T Tr WH εいぷしろんἰς εいぷしろんὐθείας), namely, ὁδόν (an ellipsis common also in classical Greek cf. Winer's Grammar, § 64, 5), Luke 3:5; εいぷしろんὐθしーたεいぷしろんῖαあるふぁ ὁδός the straight, the right way, is figuratively used of true religion as a rule of life leading to its goal, i. e. to salvation, 2 Peter 2:15; αあるふぁἱ ὁδοί κυρίου, the right and saving purposes of God, Acts 13:10 (Song of the Three Children, verse 3).

b. tropically, straightforward, upright, true, sincere (as often in secular authors): καρδία, Acts 8:21 (εいぷしろんὐθしーたεいぷしろんῖς τたうῇ καρδία often in the Psalms, as Psalm 7:11; Psalm 31:11 (); ()).

STRONGS NT 2117: εいぷしろんὐθύς (adv)εいぷしろんὐθύς (adv), adverb (from Pindar down), equivalent to εいぷしろんὐθέως, with which it is often interchanged in the manuscripts (see εいぷしろんὐθέως); straightway, immediately, forthwith: Matthew 3:16; Matthew 13:20; John 13:32, etc. (Cf. Phryn. ed. Lob., p. 145.)

by and by, forthwith, immediately, straightway.

Perhaps from eu and tithemi; straight, i.e. (literally) level, or (figuratively) true; adverbially (of time) at once -- anon, by and by, forthwith, immediately, straightway.

see GREEK eu

see GREEK tithemi

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