verb
orthotomamō
Strong’sG3718
I cut straight, handle correctly
stem orthotom-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ὀρθοτομέω, -ῶ
(< ὀρθός, τέμνω), [in LXX: Pr 3:6 11:6 (ישׁר pi.)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3718 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidor-thot-om-eh'-o
Fromfrom a compound of G3717 and the base of G5114, to make a straight cut, i.e. (figuratively) to dissect (expound) correctly (the divine message)
King Jamesrightly divide.
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
cut in a straight line, τὰς ὁδούς LXX teach it aright, NT
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.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| orthotomarōntonὀρθοτομοῦντα | happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative singular masculine | rightly explaining | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | orthotomamō | orthotomame | orthotomami | orthotomama | orthotomamē | orthotomamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | orthotomasō | orthotomase | orthotomasi | orthotomasa | orthotomasē | orthotomaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | orthotomatō | orthotomate | orthotomati | orthotomata | orthotomatē | orthotomatelē |
| we 1st person plural | orthotomanō | orthotomane | orthotomani | orthotomana | orthotomanē | orthotomanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | orthotomavō | orthotomave | orthotomavi | orthotomava | orthotomavē | orthotomavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | orthotomalō | orthotomale | orthotomali | orthotomala | orthotomalē | orthotomalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | orthotomameiō | orthotomameia | orthotomameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | orthotomaseiō | orthotomaseia | orthotomaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | orthotomateiō | orthotomateia | orthotomateiē |
| we 1st person plural | orthotomaneiō | orthotomaneia | orthotomaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | orthotomaveiō | orthotomaveia | orthotomaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | orthotomaleiō | orthotomaleia | orthotomaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | orthotomasōr | orthotomasar | orthotomasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | orthotomatōr | orthotomatar | orthotomatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | orthotomavōr | orthotomavar | orthotomavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | orthotomalōr | orthotomalar | orthotomalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | orthotomamoiō | orthotomamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | orthotomasoiō | orthotomasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | orthotomatoiō | orthotomatoia |
| we 1st person plural | orthotomanoiō | orthotomanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | orthotomavoiō | orthotomavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | orthotomaloiō | orthotomaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | orthotomarō | orthotomari | orthotomara | orthotomarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | orthotomarōntos1× | orthotomarintos | orthotomarantos | orthotomarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
orthotom is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
orthotomarōnton“rightly explaining”happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative singular masculine1×
2 Timothy 2:15“rightly explaining”… dokimon parastēara to theo, ergaton anepaischunton, orthotomarōnton ton logon tau alētheiau.… effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.