Strong G3598ὁδός
road
- Transliteration
- hodos
- Pronunciation
- hod-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication a progress (the route act or distance); figuratively a mode or means: - journey (high-) way.
Detailed definition
ὁδός, -οῦ, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for דֶּרֶךְ;]
1. a way, path, road: Mat.2:12, Mrk.10:46, Luk.3:5 al.; κατὰ τὴν ὁ., Luk.10:4, al.; παρὰ τὴν ὁ., Mat.13:4, al.; with genitive of person(s), (subj.), τὴν ὁ. ἑτοιμάζειν (fig.), Mat.3:3, Mrk.1:3, al.; with genitive term. (obj.), ἐθνῶν, Mat.10:5; τ. ἁγίων (figuratively), Heb.9:8; accusative, ὁδόν, with force of prep. (like Heb. דֶּרֶךְ; Bl., §34, 8; 35, 5), ὁ. θαλάσσης, Mat.4:15 (LXX).
2. A traveller's way, journey: ἐν τ. ὁ., Mat.5:25, Mrk.8:27, al.; ἐξ ὁ., Luk.11:6; εἰς ὁ., Mat.10:10; τ. ὁδὸν πορεύεσθαι, Act.8:39; ὁ. ἡμέρας, Luk.2:44; ὁδὸν ποιεῖν (= cl., ὁ. ποιεῖσθαι; V. Field, Notes, 25), to make one's way, i.e. proceed on one's journey, Mrk.2:23.
3. Metaphorical (cl.; but esp. frequently in Heb.; see Cremer, 442ff.), of a course of conduct, a way of thinking or acting: Act.14:16, 1Co.4:17 12:31, Jas.1:8 5:20; τοῦ Κάϊν, Ju 11; τ. Βαλαάμ, 2Pe.2:15; εἰρήνης, Rom.3:17; ζωῆς, Act.2:28; ἡ ὁ. ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τ. ζωήν (Dalman, Words, 160), Mat.7:14; τ. δικαιοσύνης, Mat.21:32; σωτηρίας, Act.16:17; αἱ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ (κυρίου), Act.13:10, Rom.11:33, Rev.15:3 (cf. Hos.14:9 Psa.94 (95):10, Sir.39:24, al.); ἡ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ (the way approved by God), Mat.22:16, Mrk.12:14, Luk.20:21; id., of the Christian religion, Act.18:26; so, absol., ἡ ὁ., Act.9:2 19:9, 23 24:22; of Christ as the means of approach to God, Jhn.14:6.
4. Ellipsis of ὁ.: ποίας (sc. ὁδοῦ), Luk.5:19; ἐκείνης, ib. 19:4 (see Bl., §36, 13; 44, 1).
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for דֶּרֶךְ;]
1. a way, path, road: Mat.2:12, Mrk.10:46, Luk.3:5 al.; κατὰ τὴν ὁ., Luk.10:4, al.; παρὰ τὴν ὁ., Mat.13:4, al.; with genitive of person(s), (subj.), τὴν ὁ. ἑτοιμάζειν (fig.), Mat.3:3, Mrk.1:3, al.; with genitive term. (obj.), ἐθνῶν, Mat.10:5; τ. ἁγίων (figuratively), Heb.9:8; accusative, ὁδόν, with force of prep. (like Heb. דֶּרֶךְ; Bl., §34, 8; 35, 5), ὁ. θαλάσσης, Mat.4:15 (LXX).
2. A traveller's way, journey: ἐν τ. ὁ., Mat.5:25, Mrk.8:27, al.; ἐξ ὁ., Luk.11:6; εἰς ὁ., Mat.10:10; τ. ὁδὸν πορεύεσθαι, Act.8:39; ὁ. ἡμέρας, Luk.2:44; ὁδὸν ποιεῖν (= cl., ὁ. ποιεῖσθαι; V. Field, Notes, 25), to make one's way, i.e. proceed on one's journey, Mrk.2:23.
3. Metaphorical (cl.; but esp. frequently in Heb.; see Cremer, 442ff.), of a course of conduct, a way of thinking or acting: Act.14:16, 1Co.4:17 12:31, Jas.1:8 5:20; τοῦ Κάϊν, Ju 11; τ. Βαλαάμ, 2Pe.2:15; εἰρήνης, Rom.3:17; ζωῆς, Act.2:28; ἡ ὁ. ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τ. ζωήν (Dalman, Words, 160), Mat.7:14; τ. δικαιοσύνης, Mat.21:32; σωτηρίας, Act.16:17; αἱ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ (κυρίου), Act.13:10, Rom.11:33, Rev.15:3 (cf. Hos.14:9 Psa.94 (95):10, Sir.39:24, al.); ἡ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ (the way approved by God), Mat.22:16, Mrk.12:14, Luk.20:21; id., of the Christian religion, Act.18:26; so, absol., ἡ ὁ., Act.9:2 19:9, 23 24:22; of Christ as the means of approach to God, Jhn.14:6.
4. Ellipsis of ὁ.: ποίας (sc. ὁδοῦ), Luk.5:19; ἐκείνης, ib. 19:4 (see Bl., §36, 13; 44, 1).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3598 appears in 99 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- way80
- side9
- journey6
- highway3
- by1
- go1
First verses
- Matthew 2:12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
- Matthew 3:3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Matthew 4:15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
- Matthew 5:25Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
- Matthew 7:13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
- Matthew 7:14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
- Matthew 8:28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
- Matthew 10:5These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
- Matthew 10:10Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
- Matthew 11:10For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- Matthew 13:4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
- Matthew 13:19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
- Matthew 15:32Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
- Matthew 20:17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
- Matthew 20:30And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
- Matthew 21:8And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
- Matthew 21:19And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
- Matthew 21:32For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
- Matthew 22:9Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
- Matthew 22:10So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὁδός, ἡ
(οὐδός once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.196))]:
I of Place, way, road, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.168, 16.374, “IG” 12.878, +others; ἱππηλασίη ὁ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.340; λαοφόρος 15.682; ὁ. ἁμαξιτός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.54)]; ὁ. ἱερά, to Eleusis, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.36.3, compare “IG” 12.881; βασιλικὴ ὁ. “PPetr.” 3p.65 (3rd c.BC), “PSI” 8.917.8 (1st c.AD))]; ποταμοῦ ὁ. course, channel of a river, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.16; ὁ. ἀκοντίου 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.5)]: with expression of the direction, ὁδὸς ἐς.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.128; ἡ ὁ. ἡ εἰς ἄστυ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 173b; ἐπί.. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 272c)]; τὴν εὐθὺς Ἄργους.. ὁ. leading straight to Argos, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1197)]; τῆς ἀληθείας ὁ. the way to truth, [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 289; compare νόστος 1.1.)]
I.2 with Preps., πρὸ ὁδοῦ further on the way, forwards, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.382 (compare φροῦδος))]; later, ={προὔργου}, profitable, useful, πρὸ ὁ. εἶναι πρός τι to be helpful towards.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 292b9, compare “Metaphorical” 1044a24; πρὸ ὁδοῦ γέγονεν [prev. author] “Pol.” 1338a35, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 34; κατ᾽ ὁδόν)]by the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.41, 111)]; κατὰ τὴν ὁ. along the road, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174d, compare below 111.3)]; ἐκ τῆς ὁ. on his road, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.157 (but ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ὁ.)] 'the man in the street', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 25 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator))]; ἐν ὁδῷ on a road, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.114; ἐν τῇ ὁ. μέσῃ [prev. author] 3.76 (but ἐν ὁ. καθελών Legal cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.53, explained by ἐν λόχῳ καὶ ἐνέδρᾳ by 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus see at {ὁδός}))]; ὁδοῦ πάρεργον by the way, cursorily, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 5.21.13, 7.1.5, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.607.)]
I.3 ὁδός is frequently omitted, ἐπορευόμην τὴν ἔξω τείχους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 203a)]; ἡ ἐπὶ θανάτου, see at {θάνατος}; compare τηνάλλως.
II as an Action, travelling, journeying, whether by land or water, journey, voyage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.285, 8.150, etc.; τρίποδας ὁ. στείχει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 80 (_anapaest meter_); τὰν νεάταν ὁ. στείχουσαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 807 (Lyric poetry); ὁ. ἄνω κάτω μία καὶ ὡυτή 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 60)]; also, expedition, foray, ὁδὸν ἐλθέμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.151, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 714)]; τριήκοντα ἡμερέων.. ὁ. a thirty days' journey, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.104, compare 206; also ὅσον ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ὁδόν [prev. author] 3.5 (codices, ὁδοῦ editions))]; ἄστρων ὁδοί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 728 (Lyric poetry): as _accusative_ _cognate_ with Verb of motion, τὴν ὁ. ἣν Ἑλένην περ ἀνήγαγεν)] by or in which.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.292)]; οὐρανοῦ τέμνων ὁ... Ἥλιε, metaphorically from a ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1 (but in Prose ὁ. τέμνειν)] is to make a road, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.100, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 810e))]; similarly where ὁ. is road, μέσην ἔρχευ τὴν ὁ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 220; ὁ. χωρεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.24)]; ἰόντες τὴν ἱρὴν ὁ., from Delphi, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.34.)]
III metaphorically, way or manner, πολλαὶ δ᾽ ὁ... εὐπραγίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.13; γλώσσης ἀγαθῆς ὁδός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 989 (_anapaest meter_))]; θεσπεσία ὁ. the way or course of divination, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1154 (Lyric poetry); μαντικῆς ὁ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 311; οἰωνῶν ὁδοῖς [prev. author] “OC” 1314; σῶν ὁ. βουλευμάτων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 744; γνώμης [prev. author] “Hipp.” 290)]; λογίων ὁ. their way, intent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1015; εὐτελείας ὁ. 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.198d.)]
III.2 a way of doing, speaking, etc., τῆσδ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ὁδοῦ διζήσιος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.33, compare 8.18)]; τριφασίας ἄλλας ὁ. λόγων ways of telling the story, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.95, compare 2.20, 22)]; but τριφασίας ὁ. τρέπεται turns into three forms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.119; ἄδικον ὁ. ἰέναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.64)]; ὁ. ἥντιν᾽ ἰών by what course of action, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 506, compare “Nu.” 75; ἢν ἔχομεν ὁ. λόγων [prev. author] “Pax” 733; μία δὴ λείπεται.. ὁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 184b.)]
III.3 method, system, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Sph.” 218d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 53a2, +others; ὁδῷ)]methodically, systematically, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 533b, “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.39, etc.; so καθ᾽ ὁδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 435a; τὴν διὰ τοῦ στοιχείου ὁ. ἔχων ἔγραφεν [prev. author] “Tht.” 208b (compare διέξοδον 208a).)]
III.4 of the Christian Faith and its followers, [NT (NT.Acts.9.2, 22.4, 24.14)]. (Root sed- 'go', in Sanskrit sad-, ā-sad- 'come to', 'reach', OSlavonic choditi 'go'.)
(οὐδός once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.196))]:
I of Place, way, road, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.168, 16.374, “IG” 12.878, +others; ἱππηλασίη ὁ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.340; λαοφόρος 15.682; ὁ. ἁμαξιτός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.54)]; ὁ. ἱερά, to Eleusis, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.36.3, compare “IG” 12.881; βασιλικὴ ὁ. “PPetr.” 3p.65 (3rd c.BC), “PSI” 8.917.8 (1st c.AD))]; ποταμοῦ ὁ. course, channel of a river, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.16; ὁ. ἀκοντίου 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.5)]: with expression of the direction, ὁδὸς ἐς.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.128; ἡ ὁ. ἡ εἰς ἄστυ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 173b; ἐπί.. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 272c)]; τὴν εὐθὺς Ἄργους.. ὁ. leading straight to Argos, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1197)]; τῆς ἀληθείας ὁ. the way to truth, [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 289; compare νόστος 1.1.)]
I.2 with Preps., πρὸ ὁδοῦ further on the way, forwards, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.382 (compare φροῦδος))]; later, ={προὔργου}, profitable, useful, πρὸ ὁ. εἶναι πρός τι to be helpful towards.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 292b9, compare “Metaphorical” 1044a24; πρὸ ὁδοῦ γέγονεν [prev. author] “Pol.” 1338a35, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 34; κατ᾽ ὁδόν)]by the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.41, 111)]; κατὰ τὴν ὁ. along the road, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174d, compare below 111.3)]; ἐκ τῆς ὁ. on his road, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.157 (but ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ὁ.)] 'the man in the street', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 25 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator))]; ἐν ὁδῷ on a road, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.114; ἐν τῇ ὁ. μέσῃ [prev. author] 3.76 (but ἐν ὁ. καθελών Legal cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.53, explained by ἐν λόχῳ καὶ ἐνέδρᾳ by 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus see at {ὁδός}))]; ὁδοῦ πάρεργον by the way, cursorily, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 5.21.13, 7.1.5, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.607.)]
I.3 ὁδός is frequently omitted, ἐπορευόμην τὴν ἔξω τείχους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 203a)]; ἡ ἐπὶ θανάτου, see at {θάνατος}; compare τηνάλλως.
II as an Action, travelling, journeying, whether by land or water, journey, voyage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.285, 8.150, etc.; τρίποδας ὁ. στείχει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 80 (_anapaest meter_); τὰν νεάταν ὁ. στείχουσαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 807 (Lyric poetry); ὁ. ἄνω κάτω μία καὶ ὡυτή 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 60)]; also, expedition, foray, ὁδὸν ἐλθέμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.151, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 714)]; τριήκοντα ἡμερέων.. ὁ. a thirty days' journey, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.104, compare 206; also ὅσον ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ὁδόν [prev. author] 3.5 (codices, ὁδοῦ editions))]; ἄστρων ὁδοί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 728 (Lyric poetry): as _accusative_ _cognate_ with Verb of motion, τὴν ὁ. ἣν Ἑλένην περ ἀνήγαγεν)] by or in which.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.292)]; οὐρανοῦ τέμνων ὁ... Ἥλιε, metaphorically from a ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1 (but in Prose ὁ. τέμνειν)] is to make a road, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.100, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 810e))]; similarly where ὁ. is road, μέσην ἔρχευ τὴν ὁ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 220; ὁ. χωρεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.24)]; ἰόντες τὴν ἱρὴν ὁ., from Delphi, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.34.)]
III metaphorically, way or manner, πολλαὶ δ᾽ ὁ... εὐπραγίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.13; γλώσσης ἀγαθῆς ὁδός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 989 (_anapaest meter_))]; θεσπεσία ὁ. the way or course of divination, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1154 (Lyric poetry); μαντικῆς ὁ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 311; οἰωνῶν ὁδοῖς [prev. author] “OC” 1314; σῶν ὁ. βουλευμάτων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 744; γνώμης [prev. author] “Hipp.” 290)]; λογίων ὁ. their way, intent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1015; εὐτελείας ὁ. 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.198d.)]
III.2 a way of doing, speaking, etc., τῆσδ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ὁδοῦ διζήσιος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.33, compare 8.18)]; τριφασίας ἄλλας ὁ. λόγων ways of telling the story, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.95, compare 2.20, 22)]; but τριφασίας ὁ. τρέπεται turns into three forms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.119; ἄδικον ὁ. ἰέναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.64)]; ὁ. ἥντιν᾽ ἰών by what course of action, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 506, compare “Nu.” 75; ἢν ἔχομεν ὁ. λόγων [prev. author] “Pax” 733; μία δὴ λείπεται.. ὁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 184b.)]
III.3 method, system, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Sph.” 218d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 53a2, +others; ὁδῷ)]methodically, systematically, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 533b, “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.39, etc.; so καθ᾽ ὁδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 435a; τὴν διὰ τοῦ στοιχείου ὁ. ἔχων ἔγραφεν [prev. author] “Tht.” 208b (compare διέξοδον 208a).)]
III.4 of the Christian Faith and its followers, [NT (NT.Acts.9.2, 22.4, 24.14)]. (Root sed- 'go', in Sanskrit sad-, ā-sad- 'come to', 'reach', OSlavonic choditi 'go'.)