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Bill Mounce
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ὁδός
Vocabulary form:
oJdovV, -ou:, hJ
Definition:
way, road, journey, conduct
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
101
GK:
3847
Root:
oJdo
Mnemonic Singing:
Make safe the way that leads on high,
and close the path to misery.
Notes:
Notice that although this word appears to be masculine, it is really feminine. It is a second declension feminine noun. It looks like lovgoV but is feminine. The article that modifies it will always be feminine.
Biblical Concordance
| Luke 12:58 | So when you go with your opponent before the magistrate, make an effort to receive a settlement from him on the way (hodō | ὁδῷ | dat sg fem); otherwise he will drag you off to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff will throw you into prison. |
| Luke 14:23 | The master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways (hodous | ὁδούς | acc pl fem) and hedgerows and urge people to come in, so that my house may be filled. |
| Luke 18:35 | As Jesus drew near to Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the roadside (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem), asking for alms. |
| Luke 19:36 | And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road (hodō | ὁδῷ | dat sg fem). |
| Luke 20:21 | They questioned him, saying, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach truthfully and show no partiality, but truly teach the way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) of God. |
| Luke 24:32 | They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as he spoke to us on the road (hodō | ὁδῷ | dat sg fem), as he opened to us the Scriptures?” |
| Luke 24:35 | Then the two explained what had happened on the road (hodō | ὁδῷ | dat sg fem), and how Jesus had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread. |
| John 1:23 | He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) for the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.” |
| John 14:4 | And you know the way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) to where I am going.” |
| John 14:5 | Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) |
| John 14:6 | Jesus said to him, “I am the way (hodos | ὁδός | nom sg fem), and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
| Acts 1:12 | Then they returned to Jerusalem from a hill called “The Mount of Olives,” which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s walk away. |
| Acts 2:28 | You have made known to me the paths (hodous | ὁδούς | acc pl fem) of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’ |
| Acts 8:26 | Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, saying, “Rise and go toward the south on the road (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. |
| Acts 8:36 | And as they traveled along the road (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?” |
| Acts 8:39 | And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) rejoicing. |
| Acts 9:2 | and requested from him letters to Damascus addressed to the synagogues, that if he found any who were of the Way (hodou | ὁδοῦ | gen sg fem), men or women, he should bring them bound to Jerusalem. |
| Acts 9:17 | So Ananias went entered the house; he placed his hands on Saul and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road (hodō | ὁδῷ | dat sg fem) by which you came, has sent me so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” |
| Acts 9:27 | But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and he related to them how on the road (hodō | ὁδῷ | dat sg fem) he had seen the Lord, and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus. |
| Acts 13:10 | and said, “O man full of deceit and all fraud, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths (hodous | ὁδούς | acc pl fem) of the Lord? |
| Acts 14:16 | who in past generations allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways (hodois | ὁδοῖς | dat pl fem); |
| Acts 16:17 | She followed after Paul and us, crying out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) of salvation.” |
| Acts 18:25 | He had been instructed in the way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. |
| Acts 18:26 | He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when they heard him, Priscilla and Aquila took him and explained more accurately to him the way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) of God. |
| Acts 19:9 | But when some became stubborn and refused to believe, speaking evil of the Way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) before the congregation, he withdrew from them, taking the disciples with him, and continued daily to discourse in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. |
| Acts 19:23 | About that time there broke out no little disturbance concerning the Way (hodou | ὁδοῦ | gen sg fem). |
| Acts 22:4 | I persecuted the followers of this Way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) even to their death, putting in chains both men and women and delivering them to prison, |
| Acts 24:14 | But this I confess to you, that according to the Way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem), which they call a sect, thus I worship the God of our fathers, believing all things that are according to the Law and written in the Prophets, |
| Acts 24:22 | But Felix, knowing more exactly the facts concerning the Way (hodou | ὁδοῦ | gen sg fem), put them off, saying, “When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.” |
| Acts 25:3 | and asking him to do them a favor against Paul; they urged Festus to transfer him to Jerusalem, for they were forming a plot to kill him along the way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem). |
| Acts 26:13 | and at midday I saw on the way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem), O king, a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me. |
| Romans 3:16 | destruction and misery are in their paths (hodois | ὁδοῖς | dat pl fem); |
| Romans 3:17 | and the way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) of peace they have not known. |
| Romans 11:33 | O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! (hodoi | ὁδοί | nom pl fem) |
| 1 Corinthians 4:17 | That is why I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways (hodous | ὁδούς | acc pl fem) in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:31 | Set your hearts then on the higher gifts. And now I will show you a way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) that is beyond comparison. |
| 1 Thessalonians 3:11 | Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) to you. |
| Hebrews 3:10 | for forty years. Therefore I was angry with this generation and said, ‘They are always going astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.’ (hodous | ὁδούς | acc pl fem) |
| Hebrews 9:8 | By this the Holy Spirit is showing that the way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) into the real sanctuary had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tent was standing. |
| Hebrews 10:20 | a way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) that is new and living, which he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, |
| James 1:8 | he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways (hodois | ὁδοῖς | dat pl fem). |
| James 2:25 | And in the same way was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works when she took in the spies and sent them out by another way (hodō | ὁδῷ | dat sg fem)? |
| James 5:20 | he should know that the one who brings a sinner back from the error of his way (hodou | ὁδοῦ | gen sg fem) will save that person’s soul from death and cover a multitude of sins. |
| 2 Peter 2:2 | Many will follow their immoral lifestyle, and because of them the way (hodos | ὁδός | nom sg fem) of truth will be maligned. |
| 2 Peter 2:15 | Forsaking the right way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem), they have gone astray, following the way (hodō | ὁδῷ | dat sg fem) of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the reward of wrongdoing. |
| 2 Peter 2:21 | For it would have been better for them never to have come to know the way (hodon | ὁδόν | acc sg fem) of righteousness than, having come to know it, to turn back from the holy commandment that was delivered to them. |
| Jude 1:11 | Woe to them! For they take the way (hodō | ὁδῷ | dat sg fem) of Cain, and abandon themselves to the error of Balaam for the sake of gain, and perish in the rebellion of Korah. |
| Revelation 15:3 | And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your deeds, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are your ways (hodoi | ὁδοί | nom pl fem), O King of the nations! |
| Revelation 16:12 | The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way (hodos | ὁδός | nom sg fem) for the kings from the east. |
Mnemonics
odo-r-ous conduct
odo-r-ous conduct
An odyssey is a journey.
An odyssey is a journey.
ὁδός
I think of odometer when I see this word. It is always working when you are on your way down the road on a journey.