Strong's Lexicon
hodos: Way, road, journey, path
Original Word:ὁδός
Part of Speech:Noun, Feminine
Transliteration:hodos
Pronunciation:ho-DOS
Phonetic Spelling:(hod-os')
Definition:Way, road, journey, path
Meaning:a way, road, journey, path.
Word Origin:Derived from a primary word; a road or a way.
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -דֶּרֶךְ (derek) - Strong's Hebrew 1870: Often translated as "way" or "path," used similarly in the Old Testament to denote a road or a manner of life.
Usage:In the New Testament, "hodos" is used both literally and metaphorically. Literally, it refers to a physical road or path. Metaphorically, it signifies a course of conduct, a way of life, or a means of access. It is often used to describe the Christian faith and the path of righteousness.
Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient times, roads were crucial for travel, trade, and communication. The Roman Empire was known for its extensive network of roads, which facilitated the spread of the Gospel. The concept of "the way" was significant in Jewish and early Christian thought, symbolizing the journey of life and one's spiritual direction.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origina prim. word
Definitiona way, road
NASB Translationhighways (2), journey (7), path (1), paths (1), road (24), roads (1), streets (1), way (54), ways (9).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3598: ὁδόςὁδός,
ὁδοῦ,
ἡ (apparently from the root,
ἘΔ, to go (Latin
adire, accedere), allied with Latin
solum;
Curtius, § 281); the
Sept. numberless times for
דֶּרֶך, less frequently for
אֹרַח; (from
Homer down);
a way;
1. properly,
a.a travelled way, road:Matthew 2:12;Matthew 7:13;Matthew 13:4, 19;Mark 4:4, 15;Mark 10:46;Luke 8:5, 12;Luke 10:31;Luke 18:35;Luke 19:36;Acts 8:26;Acts 9:17;James 2:25, etc.;κατάτήνὁδόν (as ye pass along the way (seeκατά, II. 1 a.))by the way, on the way,Luke 10:4;Acts 8:36;Acts 25:3;Acts 26:13;σαββάτουὁδός (A. V.a sabbath-day's journey) the distance that one is allowed to travel on the sabbath,Acts 1:12 (seeσάββατον, 1 a.).ἡὁδός with a genitive of the object, the way leading to a place (the Hebrewדֶּרֶך also is construed with a genitive, cf. Geseuius, Lehrgeb., p. 676 (Gr. § 112, 2; cf.Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2)):ἐθνῶν,Matthew 10:5;τῶνἁγίων into the holy place,Hebrews 9:8, cf. 10:20, where the grace of God is symbolized by a way, cf.ζάω, II.
b. (τοῦξύλου, Gcn. 3:24;Αἰγύπτου ...Ἀσσυρίων,Jeremiah 2:18;γῆςΦιλιστιειμ,Exodus 13:17;τοῦΣινᾶ, Judith 5:14; Latinvia mortis,Tibull. 1, 10, 4; cf. Kühner, ii., p. 286, 4). in imitation of the Hebrewדֶּרֶך, the accusative of which takes on almost the nature of a preposition,in the way to, toward (cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, i., p. 352{a}), we findὁδόνθαλάσσης inMatthew 4:15 fromIsaiah 8:23 (Isaiah 9:1) (soὁδόν (τῆςθαλάσσης,1 Kings 18:43);γῆςαὐτῶν,1 Kings 8:48;2 Chronicles 6:38;ὁδόνδυσμῶνἡλίου,Deuteronomy 11:30; moreover, once with the accusative,ὁδόνθάλασσανἐρυθράν,Numbers 14:25; (Deuteronomy 2:1); cf.Thiersch, De Alex. Pentateuchi versione, p. 145f; (Buttmann, § 131, 12)), with a genitive of the subject,the way in which one walks:ἐνταῖςὁδοῖςαὐτῶν,Romans 3:16;ἑτοιμάζειντήνὁδόντῶνβασιλέων,Revelation 16:12; in metaphorical phrases,κατευθένειντήνὁδόντίνος, to remove the hindrances to the journey,1 Thessalonians 3:11;ἑτοιμάζειν (andἐυθύνειν,John 1:23;κατασκευάζειν,Matthew 11:10;Mark 1:2;Luke 7:27)τήνὁδόντοῦκυρίου, seeἑτοιμάζω.
b.a traveller's way, journey, travelling:ἐντῇὁδῷ, on the journey, on the road,Matthew 5:25;Matthew 15:32;Matthew 20:17;Mark 8:27;Mark 9:33;Mark 10:32, 52;Luke 12:58;Luke 24:32, 35;Acts 9:27;ἐξὁδοῦ, from a journey,Luke 11:6;αἴρειν orκτᾶσθαιτίεἰςὁδόν,Matthew 10:10;Mark 6:8, andεἰςτήνὁδόν,Luke 9:3;πορεύομαιτήνὁδόν, to make a journey (Xenophon, Cyril 5, 2, 22), withαὐτοῦ added (A. V.to go on one's way), to continue the journey undertaken,Acts 8:39;ὁδόςἡμέρας, a journey requiring a (single) day for its completion, used also, like oura day's journey, as a measure of distance,Luke 2:41 (Genesis 30:36;Genesis 31:23;Exodus 3:18; Judith 2:21; 1 Macc. 5:24 1 Macc. 7:45;ἀοπέχεινπαμπολλωνἡμερῶνὁδόν,Xenophon, Cyril 1, 1, 3, cf.Herodotus 4, 101 (Winer's Grammar, 188 (177))); on the phraseὁδόνποιεῖν,Mark 2:23 seeποιέω, I. 1 a. and c.
2. Metaphorically,
a. according to the familiar figure of speech, especially frequent in Hebrew (cf.Winers Grammar, 32) and not unknown to the Greeks, by which an action is spoken of as aproceeding (cf. the GermanWandel),ὁδός denotes a course of conduct,a way (i. e. manner) of thinking, feeling, deciding: a person is saidὁδόνδεικνύναιτίνι, who shows him how to obtain a thing, what helps he must use,1 Corinthians 12:31; with a genitive of the object, i. e. of the thing to be obtained,εἰρήνης,Romans 3:17;ζωῆς,Acts 2:28;σωτηρίας,Acts 16:17; with a genitive of the subjunctive,τῆςδικαιοσύνης, the way whichἡδικαιοσύνη points out and which is accustomed to characterizeἡδικαιοσύνη, so inMatthew 21:32 (on which seeδικαιοσύνη, 1 b., p. 149{a} bottom); used of the Christian religion,2 Peter 2:21; likewiseτῆςἀληθείας,2 Peter 2:2; with the genitive of the person deciding and acting,James 5:20;τοῦΚάϊν,Jude 1:11;τοῦΒαλαάμ,2 Peter 2:15;ἐνπάσαιςταῖςὁδοῖςαὐτοῦ, in all his purposes and actions,James 1:8;τάςὁδούςμουἐνΧριστῷ, the methods which I as Christ's minister and apostle follow in the discharge of my office,1 Corinthians 4:17; those are saidπορεύεσθαιταῖςὁδοῖςαὐτῶν (to walk in their own ways) who take the course which pleases them, even though it be a perverse one,Acts 14:16 (on the dative seeπορεύω, under the end);αἱὁδοίτοῦΘεοῦ orκυρίου, the purposes and ordinances of God, his ways of dealing with men,Acts 13:10;Romans 11:33;Revelation 15:3 (Hosea 14:9;Psalm 94:10 (); (); Sir. 39:24; Tobit 3:2, etc.).ἡὁδόςτοῦΘεοῦ, the course of thought, feeling, action, prescribed and approved by God:Matthew 22:16;Mark 12:14;Luke 20:21; used of the Christian religion,Acts 18:26; alsoἡὁδόςτοῦκυρίου,Acts 18:25;ὁδός used generally of a method of knowing and worshipping God,Acts 22:4;Acts 24:14;ἡὁδός simply, of the Christian religion (cf.Buttmann, 163 (142)),Acts 9:2;Acts 19:9, 23;Acts 24:22.b. in the saying of Christ,ἐγώεἰμίἡὁδόςI am the way by which one passes, i. e. with whom all who seek approach to God must enter into closest fellowship,John 14:6. (On the omission ofὁδός in certain formulas and phrases (Luke 5:19;Luke 19:4), seeWiners Grammar, 590f (549f);Buttmann, § 123, 8; Bos, Ellipses etc. (edited by Schaefer), p. 331f.)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
road, way, journeyApparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress (the route, act or distance); figuratively, a mode or means -- journey, (high-)way.
Forms and Transliterations
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