ὁδός

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).