Immediately
εὐθέωςStrong’s G2112eutheōs
Appears in 89 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eutheōs is the Greek word usually translated “immediately”, “soon” and “early”. It appears in 89 verses of the New Testament.
“But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.”
Meaning
Usually translated “immediately”, “soon” and “early”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- immediately 86
- soon 2
- early 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 42
- Matthew 18
- Acts 10
- Luke 8
- John 7
- Galatians 1
9 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 3:16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
- Matthew 4:20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
- Matthew 4:22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
- Matthew 8:3And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- Matthew 13:5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
- Matthew 13:20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
All 89 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
εὐθέως eutheōs · immediately
εὐθέως adv. (εὐθύς), [in LXX: Job.5:3 (פִּתְאוֹם), Wis.5:12, 1Ma.11:12, al. ;] straightway, at once, directly: Gal.1:16, Jas.1:24, 3Jn.14 (cf. Dalman, Words, 28 f.), Rev.4:2, and frequently in Mt, Lk, Jo, Ac (in Mk, εὐθύς), which see) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “immediately” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IMME'DIATELY, adverb
Without the intervention of any other cause or event; opposed to mediately.
- Instantly; at the present time; without delay, or the intervention of time.“And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will, be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed” Matthew 8:3
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.