The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

κατευθύνω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaκατευθύνω
Citation formκατευθύνω
Part of speechverb
GlossI make straight, direct
Strong’sG2720
Transliterationkateuthýnō
Definitionto straighten fully, i.e. (figuratively) direct
KJV glosses:--guide, direct.
Derivationfrom and
SBLGNT occurrences3

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
κατευθῦναι
verb, aorist, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -AAN----) — Luke 1:79
κατευθύναι
verb, third person, aorist, active, optative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAO-S--) — 1 Thessalonians 3:11
verb, third person, aorist, active, optative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAO-S--) — 2 Thessalonians 3:5

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: κατευθυνω.