ὁδός

ὁδός, -οῦ, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for דֶּרֶךְ ;]

1. a way, path, road: Matt 2,12, Mark 10,46, Luk 3,5 al.; κατὰ τὴν ὁ., Luk 10,4, al.; παρὰ τὴν ὁ., Matt 13,4, al.; with genitive of person(s), (subj.), τὴν ὁ. ἑτοιμάζειν (fig.), Matt 3,3, Mark 1,3, al.; with genitive term. (obj.), ἐθνῶν, Matt 10,5 τ. ἁγίων (figuratively), Hebr 9,8 accusative, ὁδόν, with force of prep. (like Heb. דֶּרֶךְ; Bl., §34, 8; 35, 5), ὁ. θαλάσσης, Matt 4,15 (LXX).

2. A traveller's way, journey: ἐν τ. ὁ., Matt 5,25, Mark 8,27, al.; ἐξ ὁ., Luk 11,6 εἰς ὁ., Matt 10,10 τ. ὁδὸν πορεύεσθαι, ApG 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, Mark 2,23,

3. Metaphorical (cl.; but esp. frequently in Heb.; see Cremer, 442ff.), of a course of conduct, a way of thinking or acting: ApG 14,16, 1 Kor 4,17; 12,31, Jak 1,8; 5,20; τοῦ Κάϊν, Jud 11; τ. Βαλαάμ, 2 Pet 2,15 εἰρήνης, Rom 3,17 ζωῆς, ApG 2,28 ἡ ὁ. ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τ. ζωήν (Dalman, Words, 160), Matt 7,14 τ. δικαιοσύνης, Matt 21,32 σωτηρίας, ApG 16,17 αἱ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ (κυρίου), ApG 13,10, Rom 11,33, Åb 15,3 (cf. Hos 14,9 Psa.94 (95):10, Sir 39,24, al.); ἡ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ (the way approved by God), Matt 22,16, Mark 12,14, Luk 20,21; id., of the Christian religion, ApG 18,26 so, absol., ἡ ὁ., ApG 9,2; 19,9, 23; 24,22; of Christ as the means of approach to God, Joh 14,6,

4. Ellipsis of ὁ.: ποίας (sc. ὁδοῦ), Luk 5,19 ἐκείνης, Luk 19,4 (see Bl., §36, 13; 44, 1).