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orthotoméō

properly handling

Say it: or-thot-om-EH-o (approximate)

ὀρθοτομέω

What it means

To cut straight (orthos "straight" plus temnō "cut"), as of laying a straight road or cutting stone cleanly. In 2:15, "properly handling the Word of Truth." It appears elsewhere in the Greek Old Testament in Proverbs 3:6 and 11:5: "he will make your paths straight."

Range of meaning

  • Cut straightMake a straight line.
  • Handle rightlyUse correctly.

In 2 Timothy

  • Chapter 2

    "Properly handling the Word of Truth" (2:15).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3718 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources