Strong's #3718: orthotomeo (pronounced or-thot-om-eh'-o)

from a compound of 3717 and the base of 5114, to make a straight cut, i.e. (figuratively) to dissect (expound) correctly (the divine message):--rightly divide.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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orthotomeō

1) to cut straight, to cut straight ways

1a) to proceed on straight paths, hold a straight course, equiv. to doing right

2) to make straight and smooth, to handle aright, to teach the truth directly and correctly

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from a compound of G3717 and the base of G5114

Citing in TDNT: 8:111, 1169

Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

 

2 Timothy 2:15: "unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."