ΟΡΘΟΤΟΜΟΥΝΤΑ, ορθοτομουντα
ORTHOTOMOUNTA, orthotomounta
Sounds Like: or-tho-to-MOO-nah
Translations: rightly dividing, rightly handling, cutting straight, teaching correctly
From the root: ΟΡΘΟΤΟΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'rightly dividing' or 'cutting straight'. It is used metaphorically to describe the careful and accurate handling of truth or a message, ensuring it is presented without distortion or error. It implies a precise and correct approach to teaching or explaining something.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Singular, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3716 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Timothy — 2:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΡΘΟΤΟΜΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ὈΡΘΟΤΟΜΕΙ — cuts straight, handles correctly, rightly divides, rightly teaches
- ὈΡΘΟΤΟΜΗ — to cut straight, to handle accurately, to rightly divide, to rightly explain
- ΟΡΘΟΤΟΜΕΩ — rightly divide, handle aright, cut straight
- ΟΡΘΟΤΟΜΙ — to cut straight, to handle aright, to rightly divide, to rightly teach
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