Original: ὀρθοτομέω

Transliteration: orthotoméō

Phonetic: or-thot-om-eh'-o

Short Definition: Rightly divide

- Original: ὀρθοτομέω

- Transliteration: Orthotomeo

- Phonetic: or-thot-om-eh'-o

- Definition:

1. to cut straight, to cut straight ways

a. to proceed on straight paths, hold a straight course, equiv. to doing right

2. to make straight and smooth, to handle aright, to teach the truth directly and correctly

- Origin: from a compound of G3717 and the base of G5114

- TDNT entry: 09:51,1

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From a compound of G3717 and the base of G5114; to make a straight cut that is (figuratively) to dissect (expound) correctly (the divine message): - rightly divide.

Cognate: G2699, G663, G664