Word Summary
kateuthynō: to make straight
Original Word: κατευθύνωTransliteration: kateuthynō
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-yoo-thoo'-no)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make straight
Meaning: to make straight
Strong's Concordance
guide, direct.
From kata and euthuno; to straighten fully, i.e. (figuratively) direct -- guide, direct.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK euthuno
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2720: κατευθύνωκατευθύνω: 1 aorist infinitive
κατευθύναι; 3 person singular optative
κατευθύναι; (see
κατά, III. 2); the
Sept. mostly for
יִשֵׁר and
כּונֵן,
הֵכִין;
to make straight, guide, direct:
τούς πόδας ...
εἰς ὁδόν εἰρήνης,
Luke 1:79;
τήν ὁδόν πρός τινα, of the removal of the hindrances to coming to one,
1 Thessalonians 3:11;
τάς καρδίας (
1 Chronicles 29:18;
2 Chronicles 19:3)
εἰς τήν ἀγάπην τοῦ Θεοῦ,
2 Thessalonians 3:5. (
Plato,
Aristotle,
Plutarch, others.)
STRONGS NT 2720a: κατευλογέωκατευλογέω: imperfect 3 person singular κατευλόγει (T WH) and κατηυλογει (Tr) (cf. εὐδοκέω, at the beginning); to call down blessings on: τινα, Mark 10:16 T Tr WH. (Tobit 9:13); ; Plutarch, amator. 4.)