Straight

Greek Adjective

εὐθύς, -εῖα, -ύ [in LXX chiefly for יָשַׁר;] 1) straight, direct: τρίβοι, Mat.3:3, Mrk.1:3, Luk.3:4 " (LXX); εἰς εὐθειας, (sc. ὁδούς), Luk.3:5; εὐ. ὐδός, figuratively, Act.13:10, 2Pe.2:15; as (Proper name) of a street, Act.9:11. 2) In moral sense, straightforward, right: καρδία, Act.8:21 (cf. Psa.7:11 32:11, al.). εὐθύς, adv., [in LXX (more frequently than εὐθέως) chiefly for יָשַׁר;] = εὐθέως, straightway, directly: Mat.3:16 13:20-21 14:27 21:2-3 26:74, Luk.6:49, Jhn.13:30, 32 19:34, Act.10:16, 42 times in Mk. (AS)

Straight

Greek Adjective

εὐθύς, εῖα, ύ, Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἰθύς (which see: so always in Hom.and [Refs 5th c.BC+], A) straight, direct, whether vertically or horizontally, opposed to σκολιός, καμπύλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὸ εὐθὺ ἑστάναι stands still with reference to the vertical, of a spinning top, [Refs]; εὐ. πλόος, ὁδοί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐθείᾳ (i.e. ὁδῷ) by the straight road, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλήρης τοῦ εὐθέος tired of going straight forward, [Refs]; ἡ ἐς τὸ εὐ. τῆς ῥητορικῆς ὁδός the direct road to, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κατ᾽ εὐθύ on level ground, [LXX]; but ἡ κατ᾽ εὐ. τάσις in the direct line, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; on the same side, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also, opposed to εἰς τὸ ἐντός, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] A.2) in moral sense, straightforward, frank, of persons, εὐθὺν χρὴ τὸν ἑταῖρον ἔμμεν καὶ μὴ σκολιὰ φρονεῖν [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ὁ εὐθὺς λόγος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τοῦ εὐθέος λέγειν to speak straight out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοῦ εὐ. ὑπουργεῖν outright, openly, without reserve, [Refs]; ἐκ τοῦ εὐ, opposed to δι᾽ αἰνιγμάτων, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀπ᾽ εὐθείας [Refs]; κατ᾽ εὐθεῖαν by direct reasoning, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; μηδὲν ἐξ εὐθείας παρέχει (an amulet) does no good directly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] A.3) εὐθεῖα, ἡ, as substantive, A.3.a) (i.e. γραμμή) straight line, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ εὐθείας εἶναι lie in a straight line, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτὴν εὐ, ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς εὐ. ἐκτείνειν, in the same line, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: comparative, εὐθυτέρα ἡ γραμμὴ γίνεται [Refs 4th c.BC+] A.3.b) (i.e. πτῶσις) nominative case, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κατ᾽ εὐθύ in the nominative, [Refs 4th c.BC+] B) as adverb, εὐθύς and εὐθύ, the former properly of Time, the latter of Place, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] B.I) εὐθύ, of Place, straight, usually of motion or direction, εὐθὺ Πύλονδε straight to, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐ. [τὴν ἐπὶ] Βαβυλῶνος straight towards, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποθανούμενος ᾔει εὐ. τοῦ δαιμονίου in opposition to, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ἰθύς. B.I.b) νῆσον οἰκεῖ εὐθὺ Ἴστρου opposite, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] B.I.2) ={ἁπλῶς}, simply, καλεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+] B.I.3) rarely of Time, [Refs 4th c.BC+] B.II) εὐθύς, B.II.1) of Time, straightway, forthwith, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; joined with other adverbial words, τάχα δ᾽ εὐ. ἰών [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐ. παραχρῆμα (see. entry παραχρῆμα); εὐ. ἀπ᾽ αρχῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἀρχῆς εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐ. ἐκ νέου, ἐκ παιδός, even from one's youth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with a participle, εὐ. νέοι ὄντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ θέρους εὐ. ἀρχομένου just at the beginning of summer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀρξάμενος εὐ. καθισταμένου [τοῦ πολέμου] from the very beginning of the war, [Refs]; εὐ. ἀποβεβηκότι immediately on disembarking, [Refs]; εὐ. γενομένοις at the moment of birth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, at once, naturally, ὑπάρχει εὐθὺς γένη ἔχον τὸ ὄν Being falls at once into genera, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with substantive, ἡ τῶν Ἰταλιωτῶν εὐθὺς φυγή [Refs 2nd c.AD+] B.II.2) less frequently in a local relation, ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως εὐ. just above the city, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρ᾽ αὐτὴν εὐ. ὁ ἔσπλους ἐστίν directly past it (the mole), [Refs]; ἐγγύτατα τούτου εὐ. ἐχομένη immediately adjoining this, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; εὐ. ἐπὶ τὴν γέφυραν Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν εὐ. Ἄργους κἀπιδαυρίας ὁδόν the road leading straight to Argos, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.II.3) of Manner, directly, simply, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.II.4) like{αὐτίκα} [Refs]for instance, to take the first example that occurs, ὥσπερ ζῷον εὐθύς [Refs 4th c.BC+] C) regular adverb εὐθέως, used just as εὐθύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰσθόμενος εὐθέως as soon as he perceived, [Refs 5th c.BC+] C.2) ={εὐθύς} [Refs 5th c.BC+] as for example, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so εὐ. alone, [Refs 1st c.AD+] is the commoner form in later Greek, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

Greek

Adjective

straight, i.e. (literally) level, or (figuratively) true; adverbially (of time) at once; anon, by and by, forthwith, immediately, straightway; perhaps from g2095 (εὖ) and g5087 (τίθημι)