G2117 — εὐθύς
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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KJV Renderings
anon, by and by, forthwith, immediately, straightway
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐθύς, εὐθεῖα, εὐθύ, the Sept. for éÈùÈÑø (from Pindar down), straight;
a. properly, straight, level: of a way (Mat 3:3); Mar 1:3; Luk 3:4; Act 9:11; εἰς εὐθεῖαν (L T Tr WH εἰς εὐθείας), namely, ὁδόν (an ellipsis common also in classical Greek cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 64, 5), Luk 3:5; εὐθεῖα ὁδός the straight, the right way, is figuratively used of true religion as a rule of life leading to its goal, i. e. to salvation, 2Pe 2:15; αἱ ὁδοί κυρίου, the right and saving purposes of God, Act 13:10 (Song of the Three Children, verse 3).
b. tropically, straightforward, upright, true, sincere (as often in secular authors): καρδία, Act 8:21 (εὐθεῖς τῇ καρδία often in the Psalms, as Psa 7:11; Psa 31:11 (); ()).
STRONGS NT 2117: εὐθύς (adv)εὐθύς (adv), adverb (from Pindar down), equivalent to εὐθέως, with which it is often interchanged in the manuscripts (see εὐθέως); straightway, immediately, forthwith: Mat 3:16; Mat 13:20; Joh 13:32, etc. (Cf. Phryn. ed. Lob., p. 145.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
εὐθύς (anon)
Matthew 3:3
- KJV: For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias saying The voice of one crying in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths straight
- GK: ούτος γαρ εστιν ο ρηθείς υπό Ησαϊου του προφήτου λέγοντος φωνή βοώντος εν τη ερήμω ετοιμάσατε την οδόν κυρίου ευθείας ποιείτε τας τρίβους αυτού
Matthew 3:16
- KJV: And Jesus when he was baptized went up straightway out of the water and lo the heavens were opened unto him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him
- GK: και βαπτισθείς ο Ιησούς ανέβη ευθύς από του ύδατος και ιδού ανεώχθησαν αυτώ οι ουρανοί και είδε το πνεύμα του θεού καταβαίνον ωσεί περιστεράν και ερχόμενον επ΄ αυτόν
Matthew 13:20
- KJV: But he that received the seed into stony places the same is he that heareth the word and anon with joy receiveth it
- GK: ο δε επί τα πετρώδη σπαρείς ούτός εστιν ο τον λόγον ακούων και ευθύς μετά χαράς λαμβάνων αυτόν
Matthew 13:21
- KJV: Yet hath he not root in himself but dureth for a while for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word by and by he is offended
- GK: ουκ έχει δε ρίζαν εν εαυτώ αλλά πρόσκαιρός εστι γενομένης δε θλίψεως η διωγμού διά τον λόγον ευθύς σκανδαλίζεται
Mark 1:3
- KJV: The voice of one crying in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths straight
- GK: φωνή βοώντος εν τη ερήμω ετοιμάσατε την οδόν κυρίου ευθείας ποιείτε τας τρίβους αυτού
Mark 1:12
- KJV: And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness
- GK: και ευθύς το πνεύμα αυτόν εκβάλλει εις την έρημον
Mark 1:28
- KJV: And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee
- GK: εξήλθε δε η ακοή αυτού ευθύς εις όλην την περίχωρον της Γαλιλαίας
Luke 3:4
- KJV: As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet saying The voice of one crying in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths straight
- GK: ως γέγραπται εν βίβλω λόγων Ησαϊου του προφήτου λέγοντος φωνή βοώντος εν τη ερήμω ετοιμάσατε την οδόν κυρίου ευθείας ποιείτε τας τρίβους αυτού
Luke 3:5
- KJV: Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be brought low and the crooked shall be made straight and the rough ways made smooth
- GK: πάσα φάραγξ πληρωθήσεται και παν όρος και βουνός ταπεινωθήσεται και έσται τα σκολιά εις ευθείαν και αι τραχείαι εις οδούς λείας