This word comes from the name of Straight.
Definition
εὐθύς, -εῖα, -ύ
[in LXX chiefly for יָשַׁר ;]
1. straight, direct: τρίβοι, Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:3, Luke 3:4" (LXX) ; εἰς εὐθειας, (sc. ὁδούς), Luke 3:5; εὐ. ὐδός, figuratively, Acts 13:10, 2 Peter 2:15; as (Proper name) of a street, Acts 9:11.
2. In moral sense, straightforward, right: καρδία, Acts 8:21 (cf. Psalm 7:11; 32:11, al.).
εὐθύς,
adv., [in LXX (more frequently than εὐθέως) chiefly for יָשַׁר ;]
= εὐθέως, straightway, directly: Matthew 3:16; 13:20-21; 14:27; 21:2-3; 26:74, Luke 6:49, John 13:30, 32; 19:34, Acts 10:16, 42 times in Mk.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as εὐθύς:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- Matthew 3:3εὐθείας · straightThis is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
- Mark 1:3εὐθείας · straight“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
- Luke 3:4εὐθείας · straight…as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.
- Luke 3:5εὐθείαν · straightEvery valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
- Acts 8:21εὐθεῖα · rightYou have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
- Acts 9:11Εὐθεῖαν · Straight“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
- Acts 13:10εὐθείας · straight…and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
- 2 Peter 2:15εὐθεῖαν · [the] straightThey have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.