Road
ὁδόςStrong’s G3598hodos
Appears in 99 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hodos is the Greek word usually translated “way”, “road” and “ways”. It appears in 99 verses of the New Testament.
“And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.”
Meaning
Usually translated “way”, “road” and “ways”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- way 53
- road 24
- ways 9
- journey 5
- highways 3
- paths 2
- a way 2
- route 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 21
- Luke 20
- Acts 20
- Mark 16
- John 4
- Romans 3
13 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 2:15In contextWhich have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
- 2 Peter 2:21In contextFor it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
- Jude 1:11In contextWoe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
- Matthew 2:12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
- Matthew 3:3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Matthew 4:15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
All 99 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ὁδός hodos · road
ὁδός, -οῦ, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for דֶּרֶךְ ;] 1. a way, path, road: Mat.2:12, Mrk.10:46, Luk.3:5 al.; κατὰ τὴν ὁ., Luk.10:4, al.; παρὰ τὴν ὁ., Mat.13:4, al.; with genitive of person(s), (subj.), τὴν ὁ. ἑτοιμάζειν (fig.), Mat.3:3, Mrk.1:3, al.; with genitive term. (obj.), ἐθνῶν, Mat.10:5; τ. ἁγίων (figuratively), Heb.9:8; accusative, ὁδόν, with force of prep. (like Heb. דֶּרֶךְ; Bl., §34, 8; 35, 5), ὁ. θαλάσσης, Mat.4:15 (LXX). …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “road” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROAD, noun
[Latin gradior. See Grade.]
- An open way or public passage; ground appropriated for travel, forming a communication between one city, town or place and another.
- A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; sometimes called roadstead, that is, a place for riding, meaning at anchor.
- A journey. [Not used, but we still use ride as a noun; as a long ride; a short ride; the same word differently written.]
- An inroad; incursion of an enemy. [Not in use.]
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.