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Strong's #2117 - εὐθύς
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- straight, level
- straight forward, upright, true, sincere
- straightway, immediately, forthwith
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εὐθύς, εῖα, ύ,
Ion. and ἰθύς (q.v.: so always in Hom.and Hdt.),
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1. straight, direct, whether vertically or horizontally, opp. σκολιός, καμπύλος, Pl. Tht. 194b, R. 602c, etc.; κατὰ τὸ εὐθὺ ἑστάναι stands still with reference to the vertical, of a spinning top, ib. 436e; εὐ. πλόος, ὁδοί, Pi. O. 6.103, N. 1.25, etc.; εὐθυτέρα ὁδός X. Cyr. 1.3.4; ὁδοὺς εὐθείας ἔτεμε Th. 2.100; ῥόμβος ἀκόντων Pi. O. 13.93; εὐθείᾳ (sc. ὁδῷ) by the straight road, Pl. Lg. 716a; εὐθεῖαν ἕρπε A. Fr. 195; τὴν εὐ. E. Med. 384; ἐπ' εὐθείας D.S. 19.38, Ascl. Tact. 2.6, Plot. 2.1.8; so also εἰς τὸ εὐ.βλέπειν X. Eq. 7.17, etc.; πλήρης τοῦ εὐθέος tired of going straight forward, ib. 14; ἡ ἐς τὸ εὐ. τῆς ῥητορικῆς ὁδός the direct road to.., Luc. Rh. Proverbs 10:1-32; κατ' εὐθύ on level ground, LXX 3 Ki. 21.23; but ἡ κατ' εὐ. τάσις in the direct line, Apollon.Cit. 2; on the same side, Gal. 8.62; also, opp. εἰς τὸ ἐντός, Plot. 6.7.14.
2. in moral sense, straightforward, frank, of persons, εὐθὺν χρὴ τὸν ἑταῖρον ἔμμεν καὶ μὴ σκολιὰ φρονεῖν Scol. 16; κοινᾶνι παρ' εὐθυτάτῳ Pi. P. 3.28; ῥῆτραι Tyrt. 4.6; τόλμα Pi. O. 13.12; δίκα Id. N. 10.12; κρῖνε δ' εὐθεῖαν δίκην A. Eu. 433, cf. Ἀρχ. Ἐφ. 1911.134 (Gonni); ὁ εὐθὺς λόγος E. Hipp. 492; τὸ εὐ. τε καὶ τὸ ἐλεύθερον Pl. Tht. 173a; ἀπὸ τοῦ εὐθέος λέγειν to speak straight out, Th. 3.43; ἐκ τοῦ εὐ. ὑπουργεῖν outright, openly, without reserve, Id. 1.34; ἐκ τοῦ εὐ., opp. δι' αἰνιγμάτων, Paus. 8.8.3: in fem., τὴν εὐθεῖάν τινι συνειπεῖν Plu. Cic. 7; ἁπλῶς καὶ δι' εὐθείας Id. 2.408e; ἀπ' εὐθείας ib.57a, Fab. 3; κατ' εὐθεῖαν by direct reasoning, Dam. Pr. 432; μηδὲν ἐξ εὐθείας παρέχει (an amulet) does no good directly, Sor. 2.42.
3. εὐθεῖα, ἡ, as Subst., (sc. γραμμή) straight line, Arist. APr. 49b35, al., Euc. 1 Def. 7, al.; ἐπ' εὐθείας εἶναι lie in a straight line, Archim. Con.Sph. 7, al.; ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτὴν εὐ., ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς εὐ. ἐκτείνειν, in the same line, Plb. 3.113.2, 3; ἐπὶ μίαν εὐ. ib. 8: Comp., εὐθυτέρα ἡ γραμμὴ γίνεται Arist. Mech. 855a24. (sc. πτῶσις) nominative case, D.T. 636.5, A.D. Pron. 6.11, etc.; κατ' εὐθύ in the nominative, Arist. SE 182a3. as Adv., εὐθύς and εὐθύ, the former prop. of Time, the latter of Place, Phryn. 119, etc.
I εὐθύ, of Place,
1. straight, usu. of motion or direction, εὐθὺ Πύλονδε straight to.., h.Merc. 342; εὐθὺ πρὸς τὰ νυμφικὰ λέχη S. OT 1242; εὐ. [τὴν ἐπὶ] Βαβυλῶνος straight towards.., X. Cyr. 5.2.37: and so c. gen., εὐ. τῶν κυρηβίων, εὐθὺ Πελλήνης, Ar. Eq. 254, Av. 1421; εὐ.τοῦ Διός Id. Pax 68; εὐ. τοὐρόφου Eup. 47; εὐ. τῆς σωτηρίας Ar. Pax 301, cf. Th. 8.88, etc.; ἀποθανούμενος ᾔει εὐ. τοῦ δαιμονίου in opposition to.., Pl. Thg. 129a (s.v.l.); cf. ἰθύς. νῆσον οἰκεῖ εὐθὺ Ἴστρου opposite.., Max.Tyr. 15.7.
2. = ἁπλῶς, simply, καλεῖν Thphr. HP 3.8.2, cf. 9.13.2.
3. rarely of Time, Philoch. 144, Arist. Rh. 1414b25, UPZ 77.27 (ii B.C.), PGrenf. 1.1.24 (ii B.C.), Aristeas 24, Luc. Nav. 22.
II εὐθύς,
1 of Time, straightway, forthwith, Pi. O. 8.41; ὁ δ' εὐ. ὡς ἤκουσε A. Pers. 361; ὁ δ' εὐ. ἐξῴμωξεν S. Aj. 317; τὸ μὲν εὐ. τὸ δὲ καὶ διανοούμενον Th. 1.1, cf. 5.3, 7.77; joined with other adverbial words, τάχα δ' εὐ. ἰών Pi. P. 4.83; εὐ. κατὰ τάχος Th. 6.101; εὐ. παραχρῆμα (v. sub παραχρῆμα) ; εὐ. ἀπ' αρχῆς Ar. Pax 84 (anap.); εὐ. ἐξ ἀρχῆς X. Cyr. 7.2.16; ἐξ ἀρχῆς εὐ. Arist. Pol. 1287b10; εὐ. κατ' ἀρχάς Pl. Ti. 24b; ἀφ' ἑσπέρας εὐ. ἤδη Luc. Gall. 1; εὐ. ἐκ νέου, ἐκ παιδός, even from one's youth, Pl. R. 485d, 519a; εὐ. ἐκ παιδίου X. Cyr. 1.6.20: with a part., εὐ. νέοι ὄντες Th. 2.39; εὐ. ἥκων X. An. 4.7.2; εὐ. ἀπεκτονώς D. 23.127; τοῦ θέρους εὐ. ἀρχομένου just at the beginning of summer, Th. 2.47; ἀρξάμενος εὐ. καθισταμένου [τοῦ πολέμου ] from the very beginning of the war, Id. 1.1; εὐ. ἀποβεβηκότι immediately on disembarking, Id. 4.43; εὐ. γενομένοις at the moment of birth, Pl. Tht. 186b: metaph., at once, naturally, ὑπάρχει εὐθὺς γένη ἔχον τὸ ὄν Being falls at once into genera, Arist. Metaph. 1004a5, cf. Po. 1452a14: with Subst., ἡ τῶν Ἰταλιωτῶν εὐθὺς φυγή Hdn. 8.1.5.
2. less freq. in a local relation, ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως εὐ. just above the city, Th. 6.96; παρ' αὐτὴν εὐ. ὁ ἔσπλους ἐστίν directly past it (the mole), Id. 8.90; ἐγγύτατα τούτου εὐ. ἐχομένη immediately adjoining this, ibid., cf. Theoc. 25.23; εὐ. ἐπὶ τὴν γέφυραν Foed. ap. Th. 4.118, cf. X. Cyr. 7.2.1, 2, 2.4.24, Ages. 1.29; τὴν εὐ. Ἄργους κἀπιδαυρίας ὁδόν the road leading straight to Argos, E. Hipp. 1197 (condemned by Phot.); εὐ. Λυκείου Pherecr. 110, cf. Arist. HA 498a32, etc.
3. of Manner, directly, simply, v.l. in Pl. Men. 100a.
4. like αὐτίκα 11: for instance, to take the first example that occurs, ὥσπερ ζῷον εὐθύς Arist. Pol. 1277a6, cf. Cael. 284b10, etc.; οἷον εὐθύς Cleom. 1.1, D.Chr. 11.145. regul. Adv. εὐθέως, used just as εὐθύς, S. Aj. 31, OC 994, E. Fr. 31, Pl. Phd. 63a, etc.; αἰσθόμενος εὐθέως
1. as soon as he perceived, Lys. 3.11; ἐπεὶ εὐθέως ᾔσθοντο X. HG 3.2.4; εὐθέως παραχρῆμα Antipho 1.20, D. 52.6.
2. = εὐθύς B. 11.4, οἷον εὐθέως as for example, Plb. 6.52.1, 12.5.6 (dub. sens. in Hp. Art. 55); so εὐ. alone, Ph. 2.589. (εὐθέως is the commoner form in later Greek, PCair.Zen. 34.17 (iii B.C.), etc.)
εὐθύς, εὐθεῖα, εὐθύ, 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; εἰς εὐθεῖαν (L T Tr WH εἰς εὐθείας), namely, ὁδόν (an ellipsis common also in classical Greek cf. Winer's Grammar, § 64, 5), Luke 3:5; εὐθεῖα 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; αἱ 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 (εὐθεῖς τῇ καρδία often in the Psalms, as Psalm 7:11; Psalm 31:11
STRONGS NT 2117: εὐθύς (adv) εὐθύς (adv), adverb (from Pindar down), equivalent to εὐθέως, with which it is often interchanged in the manuscripts (see εὐθέως); straightway, immediately, forthwith: Matthew 3:16; Matthew 13:20; John 13:32, etc. (Cf. Phryn. ed. Lob., p. 145.)
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εὐθύς , -εῖα , -ύ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3474;]
1. straight, direct: τρίβοι , Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:3, Luke 3:4 (LXX); εἰς εὐθειας , (sc. ὁδούς ), Luke 3:5; εὐ . ὐδός , fig., Acts 13:10, 2 Peter 2:15; as pr. name of a street, Acts 9:11.
2. In moral sense, straightforward, right: καρδία , Acts 8:21 (cf. Psalms 7:11; Psalms 32:11, al.).†
εὐθύς ,
adv.,
[in LXX (more freq. than εὐθέως ) chiefly for H3474;]
= εὐθέως , straightway, directly: Matthew 3:16; Matthew 13:20-21; Matthew 14:27; Matthew 21:2-3; Matthew 26:74, Luke 6:49, John 13:30; John 13:32; John 19:34, Acts 10:16; Acts 10:42 times in Mk.†
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εὐθύς, as an adj., is found in an early iv/A.D. Christian letter, where the writer asks for prayers—P Oxy XII. 1494.8 εἵν᾽ οὕτ ̣ω ̣ς ̣ ἐπακούσῃ ὁ θαιὸς τῶν εὐχῶν ὑμῶν καὶ γένηται ἡμεῖν ὁδὸς εὐθεῖα, ";in order that God may thus hear your prayers, and a straight way be made for us"; (Edd.) : cf. 2 Peter 2:15.
εὐθύς, instead of εὐθέως, is now read in almost all the occurrences in Mk, and, though not so common as εὐθέως, can also be illustrated from the Κοινή. Thus in P Petr II. 13(9).5 (B.C. 258–253)—a document already cited under εὐθέως —we have εὐθὺς τἀντίγραφα ἔπεμψα : cf. PSI IV. 403.20 (iii/B.C.) παρέσομαι δὲ κἀγὼ εὐθὺς ἐξ ἑορτῆς, P Oxy IV. 744.7 (B.C. 1) (= Selections, p. 33) ἐὰν εὐθὺς ὀψώνιον λάβωμεν ἀποστελῶ σε ἄνω, P Fay 109.2 (early i/A.D.) εὐθύς σε οὐ κρατῶι, ";I at once give in to you"; (Edd.), P Ryl II. 234.4 (ii/A.D.) ἀνέδ ̣ωκα τῶι ̣ κρατ [ίστῳ ἐπιστρ ]ατήγῳ τὰς ἐπιστολὰς κ ̣α ̣ι ̣̣ [ε ]ὐ ̣θ ̣υ ̣̀ς ̣ μὲ [ν τ ]ῷ γραμμάτει αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν. For the form εὐθύ see P Leid Ci. 27 (B.C. 162) (= I. p. 119) ε ]ὐθὺ μέλαινα ἐγένετο —an account of a dream, and the Alexandrian Erotic Fragment P Grenf I. 1 i. 24 (ii/B.C.) νῦν ἀνοργισθῶμεν · εὐθὺ δεῖ καὶ διαλύεσθαι, ";let us now cease from anger : yes, we must quickly be reconciled."; The Markan use of εὐθύς is discussed by J. Weiss in ZNTW xi. p. 124 ff. In MGr an unaspirated form εὐτύς is also found.
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