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ὁδός

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine101 occurrences13 books99 verses

Definition

ὁδός, -οῦ, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for דֶּרֶךְ ;]

1. a way, path, road: Matthew 2:12, Mark 10:46, Luke 3:5 al.; κατὰ τὴν ὁ., Luke 10:4, al.; παρὰ τὴν ὁ., Matthew 13:4, al.; with genitive of person(s), (subj.), τὴν ὁ. ἑτοιμάζειν (fig.), Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:3, al.; with genitive term. (obj.), ἐθνῶν, Matthew 10:5; τ. ἁγίων (figuratively), Hebrews 9:8; accusative, ὁδόν, with force of prep. (like Heb. דֶּרֶךְ; Bl., §34, 8; 35, 5), ὁ. θαλάσσης, Matthew 4:15 (LXX).

2. A traveller's way, journey: ἐν τ. ὁ., Matthew 5:25, Mark 8:27, al.; ἐξ ὁ., Luke 11:6; εἰς ὁ., Matthew 10:10; τ. ὁδὸν πορεύεσθαι, Acts 8:39; ὁ. ἡμέρας, Luke 2:44; ὁδὸν ποιεῖν (= cl., ὁ. ποιεῖσθαι; V. Field, Notes, 25), to make one's way, i.e. proceed on one's journey, Mark 2:23.

3. Metaphorical (cl.; but esp. frequently in Heb.; see Cremer, 442ff.), of a course of conduct, a way of thinking or acting: Acts 14:16, 1 Corinthians 4:17; 12:31, James 1:8; 5:20; τοῦ Κάϊν, Jude 11; τ. Βαλαάμ, 2 Peter 2:15; εἰρήνης, Romans 3:17; ζωῆς, Acts 2:28; ἡ ὁ. ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τ. ζωήν (Dalman, Words, 160), Matthew 7:14; τ. δικαιοσύνης, Matthew 21:32; σωτηρίας, Acts 16:17; αἱ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ (κυρίου), Acts 13:10, Romans 11:33, Revelation 15:3 (cf. Hosea 14:9 Psa.94 (95):10, Sir.39.24, al.); ἡ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ (the way approved by God), Matthew 22:16, Mark 12:14, Luke 20:21; id., of the Christian religion, Acts 18:26; so, absol., ἡ ὁ., Acts 9:2; 19:9, 23; 24:22; of Christ as the means of approach to God, John 14:6.

4. Ellipsis of ὁ.: ποίας (sc. ὁδοῦ), Luke 5:19; ἐκείνης, Luke 19:4 (see Bl., §36, 13; 44, 1).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ὁδός:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

101 total
  1. Luke 11:6ὁδοῦ · a journey
    …because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
  2. Luke 12:58ὁδῷ
    Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.
  3. Luke 14:23ὁδοὺς · highways
    So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
  4. Luke 18:35ὁδὸν · road
    As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.
  5. Luke 19:36ὁδῷ · road
    As He rode along, the people spread their cloaks on the road.
  6. Luke 20:21ὁδὸν · way
    “Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
  7. Luke 24:32ὁδῷ · road
    They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
  8. Luke 24:35ὁδῷ · road
    Then the two told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.
  9. John 1:23ὁδὸν · way
    John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
  10. John 14:4ὁδόν · way
    You know the way to the place where I am going.”
  11. John 14:5ὁδὸν · way
    “Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
  12. John 14:6ὁδὸς · way
    Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  13. Acts 1:12ὁδόν · journey
    Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
  14. Acts 2:28ὁδοὺς · [the] paths
    You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
  15. Acts 8:26ὁδὸν · road
    Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
  16. Acts 8:36ὁδόν · road
    As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
  17. Acts 8:39ὁδὸν · way
    When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
  18. Acts 9:2Ὁδοῦ · Way
    …and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
  19. Acts 9:17ὁδῷ · road
    So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
  20. Acts 9:27ὁδῷ · road [to Damascus]
    Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.
  21. Acts 13:10ὁδοὺς · ways
    …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?
  22. Acts 14:16ὁδοῖς · way
    In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.
  23. Acts 16:17ὁδὸν · [the] way
    This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
  24. Acts 18:25ὁδὸν · way
    He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
  25. Acts 18:26ὁδὸν · way
    And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
  26. Acts 19:9Ὁδὸν · Way
    But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
  27. Acts 19:23Ὁδοῦ · Way
    About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
  28. Acts 22:4Ὁδὸν · Way
    I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
  29. Acts 24:14Ὁδὸν · Way
    I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
  30. Acts 24:22Ὁδοῦ · Way
    Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”
  31. Acts 25:3ὁδόν · way
    …to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
  32. Acts 26:13ὁδὸν · road
    About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
  33. Romans 3:16ὁδοῖς · wake
    …ruin and misery lie in their wake,
  34. Romans 3:17ὁδὸν · [the] way
    …and the way of peace they have not known.”
  35. Romans 11:33ὁδοὶ · ways
    O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
  36. 1 Corinthians 4:17ὁδούς · way of life
    That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
  37. 1 Corinthians 12:31ὁδὸν · way
    But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.
  38. 1 Thessalonians 3:11ὁδὸν · way
    Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
  39. Hebrews 3:10ὁδούς · ways
    Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
  40. Hebrews 9:8ὁδὸν · way
    By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
  41. Hebrews 10:20ὁδὸν · way
    …by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
  42. James 1:8ὁδοῖς · ways
    He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
  43. James 2:25ὁδῷ · route
    In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
  44. James 5:20ὁδοῦ · way
    …consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
  45. 2 Peter 2:2ὁδὸς · way
    Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
  46. 2 Peter 2:15ὁδὸν · way; ὁδῷ · way
    They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
  47. 2 Peter 2:21ὁδὸν · way
    It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
  48. Jude 1:11ὁδῷ · path
    Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
  49. Revelation 15:3ὁδοί · ways
    …and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!