ὀρθο-τομέω,
cut in a straight line, τὰς ὁδούς LXX [Pro 3:6]: metaph., ὀ. τὸν λόγον teach it aright, [2Ti 2:15].
G3718 — ὀρθοτομέω
ὀρθοτόμω; (ὀρθοτομος cutting straight, and this from ὀρθός and τέμνω);
1. to cut straight: τάς ὁδούς, to cut straight ways, i. e. to proceed by straight paths, hold a straight course, equivalent to to do right (for יִשֵּׁר), [Pro 3:6]; [Pro 11:5] (viam secare, Vergil Aen. 6, 899).
2. dropping the idea of cutting, to make straight and smooth; Vulg.rectetracto, to handle aright: τόν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας, i. e. to teach the truth correctly and directly, [2Ti 2:15]; τόν ἀληθῆ λόγον, Eustathius, opuscc., p. 115, 41. (Not found elsewhere (except in ecclesiastical writings (Winer's Grammar, 26); e. g. constt. apost. 7, 31 ἐν τῷ τοῦ κυρίου δόγμασιν; cf. Suicer ii. 508f). Cf. καινοτομέω, to cut new veins in mining; dropping the notion of cutting, to make something new, introduce new things, make innovations or changes, etc.)
† ὀρθοτομέω , - ῶ
( < - ὀρθός , τέμνω ),
[in LXX : [Pro 3:6]; [Pro 11:6] (H3474 pi .) * ;]
to cut straight, as a road ( τ . ὁδούς , fig ., Pr, ll c .). Metaph ., τ . λόγον τ . ἀληθείας , [2Ti 2:15] ( V. Ellic . and CGT , in l ; not found elsewhere). †