adverb
eutheōs
Strong’sG2112
immediately, soon
stem eutheō-35 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Immediately, at once, straightway — an adverb of time marking that something happens right away, with no delay, or as soon as another event occurs 1234. It is used this way frequently in the New Testament 12, and the same sense occurs in the Greek Old Testament 1. Strong's also notes an extended nuance of "soon" alongside the stricter "at once" 24.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
εὐθέως
adv.(< εὐθύς), [in LXX: Jb 5:3 (פִּתְאֹם), Wi 5:12, I Mac 11:12, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2112 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidyoo-theh'-oce
directly, i.e. at once or soon
Fromadverb from G2117;
King Jamesanon, as soon as, forthwith, immediately, shortly, straightway.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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} Refsfor 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+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
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Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
35 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 4:20“immediately”tois de eutheōs afiēkarantois teim diktueim akolouthala auto.And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
Matthew 4:22tois de eutheōs afiēkarantois tem ploiem kai ton patron …and immediately they left the boat and their …
Matthew 8:3… hapteta autou legarōntos; Thelamō, katharizisar; kai eutheōs katharizita autou tas lepras.… willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Matthew 13:5“immediately”… hopou ouk echate gēan pollan, kai eutheōs exanatellata dia tem mē echarō bathem …… rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil …
Matthew 14:22Kai eutheōs anankazata toin mathētoin embainara eis ploiem …Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into …
Matthew 14:31eutheōs de tos Iēsus ekteinarantos tan cheiran …Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and …
Matthew 20:34“immediately”… Iēsus hapteta teiu ommeiu autoiu, kai eutheōs anablepala kai akolouthala auto.… with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.
Matthew 21:2“immediately”… tan kōman tan katenanti vu, kai eutheōs heuriskavi onan dorēntan kai pōlon meta …… Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them …
Matthew 25:15“immediately”… kata tan idian dunamian, kai apodēmata. eutheōs… talent — each according to his own ability. And he …
Matthew 26:49“immediately”kai eutheōs prosercharantos to Iēso legata; Chairasōr, rabbi; …… directly to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed …
Matthew 26:74… hoti Ouk oidamē ton anthrōpon. kai eutheōs alektōros fōnata;… do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
Matthew 27:48“immediately”kai eutheōs trecharantos henos ek autoiu kai labarantos …One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it …
Luke 5:13… hapteta autou legarantos; Thelamō, katharizisar; kai eutheōs tas lepras aperchata apo autou.… willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
Luke 12:36“immediately”… toiu gamoiu, hina ercharantou kai krouarantou eutheōs anoigaleia auto.… wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
Luke 12:54“immediately”… Hotan horaveia nefelan anatellarōntan epi dusmaiu, eutheōs legavō hoti Ombros erchotō, kai genotō …… as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.
Luke 14:5… bouos eis freatem pipteti, kai ouk eutheōs anaspati auton en hēmera teu sabbateu?… on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
Luke 21:9“immediately”… gar houteim genera prōtem, alla ouk eutheōs tem telem.… be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”
John 5:9“at once”kai eutheōs geneta hugios tos anthrōpos kai airata …Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to …
John 6:21“immediately”… labara auton eis tem ploiem, kai eutheōs geneta tem ploiem epi tau gēau …… willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where …
John 18:27palin oun arneta Petros; kai eutheōs alektōros fōnata.Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.
Acts 9:18“immediately”kai eutheōs apopiptala autou apo toiu ofthalmoiu hōs …… instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was …
Acts 9:20“immediately”kai eutheōs en tai sunagōgai kērussate ton Iēsun …… to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of …
Acts 9:34… Christos; anastēasar kai strōnnuasar siauto; kai eutheōs anastēata.… up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,
Acts 12:10“immediately”… kai exercharantois proerchala ruman henan, kai eutheōs apostēata tos angelos apo autou.… gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
Acts 16:10“immediately”hōs de tem horamem horata, eutheōs zētana exerchara eis Makedonian, sumbibazarōntois hoti …… Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had …
Acts 17:10“immediately”Tois de adelfois eutheōs dia nuktau ekpempala ton tē Paulon …… soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea …
Acts 17:14eutheōs de tote ton Paulon exapostelala tois …The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but …
Acts 21:30“immediately”… helkale auton exō teu hiereu, kai eutheōs kleiila tais thurais.… Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
Acts 22:29“immediately”eutheōs oun apostēala apo autou tois mellarōntois …At once those who were about to interrogate Paul …
Galatians 1:16“immediately”… hina euangelizomeiō auton en tei ethnei, eutheōs ouk prosanatithema sarka kai haime,… in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
James 1:24katanoata gar heauton kai aperchatē kai eutheōs epilatheta hopoios ate.… after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
3 John 1:14elpizamō de eutheōs sin horara, kai stomem pros stomem …Instead, I hope to see you soon and speak with you face to …
Revelation 4:2“immediately”eutheōs genema en pneume; kai idou thronos …… once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in …
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Matthew 24:29Eutheōs de meta tan thlipsian taiu hēmeraiu …Immediately after the tribulation of those days …
Luke 17:7… eisercharanto ek tou agrou legati auto; Eutheōs parercharantos anapiptasar,… field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?