ὁδός

101 ὁδός , -οῦ, ἡ , [in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for דֶּרֶךְ ;] a way , path , road : Mt 2:12 , Mk 10:46 , Lk 3:5 , al.; κατὰ τὴν ὁ. , Lk 10:4 , al.; παρὰ τὴν ὁ. , Mt 13:4 , al.; c. gen. pers, (subj.), τὴν ὁ. ἑτοιμάζειν (fig.), Mt 3:3 , Mk 1:3 , al.; c. gen. term. (obj.), ἐθνῶν , Mt 10:5 ; τ. ἁγίων (fig.), He 9:8 ; acc., ὁδόν , with force of prep. (like Heb. דֶּרֶךְ ; Bl., § 34, 8; 35, 5), ὁ. θαλάσσης , Mt 4:15 (LXX) . A traveller's way , journey : ἐν τ. ὁ. , Mt 5:25 , Mk 8:27 , al.; ἐξ ὁ. , Lk 11:6 ; εἰς ὁ. , Mt 10:10 ; τ. ὁδὸν πορεύεσθαι , Ac 8:39 ; ὁ. ἡμέρας , Lk 2:44 ; ὁδὸν ποιεῖν (= cl., ὁ. ποιεῖσθαι ; v. Field, Notes , 25), to make one's way , i.e. proceed on one's journey, Mk 2:23 . Metaph. (cl.; but esp. freq. in Heb.; v. Cremer, 442 ff.), of a course of conduct, a way of thinking or acting: Ac 14:16 , I Co 4:17 12:31 , Ja 1:8 5:20 ; τοῦ Κάϊν , Ju 11 ; τ. Βαλαάμ , II Pe 2:15 ; εἰρήνης , Ro 3:17 ; ζωῆς , Ac 2:28 ; ἡ ὁ. ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τ. ζωήν (Dalman, Words , 160), Mt 7:14 ; τ. δικαιοσύνης , Mt 21:32 ; σωτηρίας , Ac 16:17 ; αἱ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ ( κυρίου ), Ac 13:10 , Ro 11:33 , Re 15:3 (cf. Ho 14:9 Ps 94 (95):10 , Si 39:24 , al.); ἡ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ (the way approved by God), Mt 22:16 , Mk 12:14 , Lk 20:21 ; id., of the Christian religion, Ac 18:26 ; so, absol., ἡ ὁ. , Ac 9:2 19:9 , 23 24:22 ; of Christ as the means of approach to God, Jo 14:6 . Ellipsis of ὁ. : ποίας (sc. ὁδοῦ ), Lk 5:19 ; ἐκείνης , ib. 19:4 (v. Bl., § 36, 13; 44, 1).