road

Greek Noun Female

ὁδός, -οῦ, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for דֶּרֶךְ;] 1) a way, path, road: Mat.2:12, Mrk.10:46, Luk.3:5 al; κατὰ τὴν ὁ, Luk.10:4, al; παρὰ τὴν ὁ, Mat.13:4, al; with genitive of person(s), (subj.), τὴν ὁ. ἑτοιμάζειν (fig.), Mat.3:3, Mrk.1:3, al; with genitive term. (obj.), ἐθνῶν, Mat.10:5; τ. ἁγίων (figuratively), Heb.9:8; accusative, ὁδόν, with force of prep. (like Heb. דֶּרֶךְ; Bl, §34, 8; 35, 5), ὁ. θαλάσσης, Mat.4:15 (LXX). 2) A traveller's way, journey: ἐν τ. ὁ, Mat.5:25, Mrk.8:27, al; ἐξ ὁ, Luk.11:6; εἰς ὁ, Mat.10:10; τ. ὁδὸν πορεύεσθαι, Act.8:39; ὁ. ἡμέρας, Luk.2:44; ὁδὸν ποιεῖν (= cl, ὁ. ποιεῖσθαι; V. Field, Notes, 25), to make one's way, i.e. proceed on one's journey, Mrk.2:23. 3) Metaphorical (cl; but esp. frequently in Heb; see Cremer, 442ff.), of a course of conduct, a way of thinking or acting: Act.14:16, 1Co.4:17 12:31, Jas.1:8 5:20; τοῦ Κάϊν, Ju 11; τ. Βαλαάμ, 2Pe.2:15; εἰρήνης, Rom.3:17; ζωῆς, Act.2:28; ἡ ὁ. ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τ. ζωήν (Dalman, Words, 160), Mat.7:14; τ. δικαιοσύνης, Mat.21:32; σωτηρίας, Act.16:17; αἱ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ (κυρίου), Act.13:10, Rom.11:33, Rev.15:3 (cf. Hos.14:9 Psa.94 (95):10, Sir.39:24, al.); ἡ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ (the way approved by God), Mat.22:16, Mrk.12:14, Luk.20:21; id, of the Christian religion, Act.18:26; so, absol, ἡ ὁ, Act.9:2 19:9, 23 24:22; of Christ as the means of approach to God, Jhn.14:6. 4) Ellipsis of ὁ: ποίας (sc. ὁδοῦ), Luk.5:19; ἐκείνης, ib. 19:4 (see Bl, §36, 13; 44, 1). (AS)

road

Greek Noun Female

ὁδός, ἡ (οὐδός once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]: I) of Place, way, road, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ. ἱερά, to Eleusis, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ποταμοῦ ὁ. course, channel of a river, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with expression of the direction, ὁδὸς ἐς. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν εὐθὺς Ἄργους. ὁ. leading straight to Argos, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἀληθείας ὁ. the way to truth, [Refs] I.2) with Preps, πρὸ ὁδοῦ further on the way, forwards, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later, ={προὔργου}, profitable, useful, πρὸ ὁ. εἶναι πρός τι to be helpful towards, [Refs 4th c.BC+]by the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν ὁ. along the road, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τῆς ὁ. on his road, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 'the man in the street', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ὁδῷ on a road, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁδοῦ πάρεργον by the way, cursorily, [Refs 1st c.BC+] I.3) ὁδός is frequently omitted, ἐπορευόμην τὴν ἔξω τείχους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐπὶ θανάτου, see at {θάνατος}; compare τηνάλλως. II) as an Action, travelling, journeying, whether by land or water, journey, voyage, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, expedition, foray, ὁδὸν ἐλθέμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τριήκοντα ἡμερέων. ὁ. a thirty days' journey, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄστρων ὁδοί [Refs 5th c.BC+] by or in which, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐρανοῦ τέμνων ὁ. Ἥλιε, metaphorically from a ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+] is to make a road, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; similarly where ὁ. is road, μέσην ἔρχευ τὴν ὁ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἰόντες τὴν ἱρὴν ὁ, from Delphi, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) metaphorically, way or manner, πολλαὶ δ᾽ ὁ. εὐπραγίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεσπεσία ὁ. the way or course of divination, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λογίων ὁ. their way, intent, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) a way of doing, speaking, etc, τῆσδ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ὁδοῦ διζήσιος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τριφασίας ἄλλας ὁ. λόγων ways of telling the story, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τριφασίας ὁ. τρέπεται turns into three forms, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ. ἥντιν᾽ ἰών by what course of action, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.3) method, system, [Refs 4th c.BC+]methodically, systematically, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.4) of the Christian Faith and its followers, [NT]. (Root sed- 'go', in Sanskrit sad, ā-sad- 'come to', 'reach', OSlavonic choditi 'go'.)

Greek

Noun Feminine

a road; by implication, a progress (the route, act or distance); figuratively, a mode or means; journey, (high-)way; apparently a primary word;