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Lexicon :: Strong's G2720 - kateuthynō

Aa
κατευθύνω
Transliteration
kateuthynō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-yoo-thoo'-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

κατευθύνω kateuthýnō, kat-yoo-thoo'-no; from G2596 and G2116; to straighten fully, i.e. (figuratively) direct:—guide, direct.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G2720 in the following manner: direct (2x), guide (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G2720 in the following manner: direct (2x), guide (1x).

  1. to make straight, guide, direct

    1. of the removal of the hindrances to coming to one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατευθύνω kateuthýnō, kat-yoo-thoo'-no; from G2596 and G2116; to straighten fully, i.e. (figuratively) direct:—guide, direct.
STRONGS G2720:
κατευθύνω: 1 aorist infinitive κατευθύναι; 3 person singular optative κατευθύναι; (see κατά, III. 2); the Sept. mostly for יִשֵׁר and כּונֵן, הֵכִין; to make straight, guide, direct: τούς πόδας... εἰς ὁδόν εἰρήνης, Luke 1:79; τήν ὁδόν πρός τινα, of the removal of the hindrances to coming to one, 1 Thessalonians 3:11; τάς καρδίας (1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 19:3) εἰς τήν ἀγάπην τοῦ Θεοῦ, 2 Thessalonians 3:5. (Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, others.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
29:18
2 Chronicles
19:3
Luke
1:79
1 Thessalonians
3:11
2 Thessalonians
3:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2720 matches the Greek κατευθύνω (kateuthynō),
which occurs 52 times in 50 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:6 - And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid; and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of raiment unto them that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14 - When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:17 - And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:43 - And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:18 - O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:14 - And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:5 - Therefore Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:33 - Howbeit the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:19 - that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:8 -
Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;
Make thy way straight before my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9 -
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous:
For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:23 -
A man’s goings are established of Jehovah;
And he delighteth in his way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2 -
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay;
And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:4 -
They run and prepare themselves without my fault:
Awake thou to help me, and behold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8 -
And might not be as their fathers,
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that set not their heart aright,
And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:17 -
And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And establish thou the work of our hands upon us;
Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:7 -
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house:
He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:28 -
The children of thy servants shall continue,
And their seed shall be established before thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:5 -
Oh that my ways were established
To observe thy statutes!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 -
Establish my footsteps in thy word;
And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11 -
An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth:
Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:2 -
Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:3 -
To receive instruction in wise dealing,
In righteousness and justice and equity;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:26 -
Make level the path of thy feet,
And let all thy ways be established.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15 -
To call to them that pass by,
Who go right on their ways:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:8 -
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah;
But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:21 -
Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom;
But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:2

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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;
But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:19 -
Hear thou, my son, and be wise,
And guide thy heart in the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:27 -
An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous;
And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:11 - Jehovah said, Verily I will strengthen thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O house of David, thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - Say thou, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:10 - Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15 - But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:25 - Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:30 - Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:28 - So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:24 - And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do his pleasure; and he shall destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - And through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in their security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:27 - And as for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:36 - And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:10 - And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:16 - For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:6 - The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
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