ὀρθοτομέω
orthotoméō
1 occurrenceNew TestamentHapax Legomenon
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to cut straight; to set forth truthfully, without perversion or distortion, 2 Tim. 2:15*
Translated in KJV as
rightly divide
Etymology
from a compound of G3717 (ὀρθός) and the base of G5114 (τομώτερος), to make a straight cut, i.e. (figuratively) to dissect (expound) correctly (the divine message)
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