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Strong's numbers

ὀρθοτομέω G3718

orthotoméō

or-thot-om-eh'-o

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

Abbott–Smith

† ὀρθοτομέω, -ῶ (< ὀρθός, τέμνω), [in LXX: Pr 3:6 11:6 (ישׁר pi.)*;]
to cut straight, as a road (τ. ὁδούς, fig., Pr 3:6 11:6). Metaph., τ. λόγον τ. ἀληθείας, II Ti 2:15 (V. Ellic. and CGT, in l.; not found elsewhere).†

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.

1 occurrence

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • 2 Timothy 2:15
    Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

2 in the Septuagint

  • Proverbs 3:6
    πάσαις ὁδοῖς σου γνώριζε αὐτήν, ἴνα ὀρθοτομῇ τὰς ὁδούς σου.
  • Proverbs 11:5
    δικαιοσύνη ἀμώμους ὀρθοτομεῖ ὁδούς, ἀσέβεια δὲ περιπίπτει ἀδικίᾳ.

Biblion's Septuagint: the Greek Old Testament in H. B. Swete's edition (Cambridge, 1896–1905), as digitized by the Open Greek and Latin project at the University of Leipzig (First1KGreek), corrected against the printed pages, with lemmas, morphology, Strong's numbers and links to the Hebrew prepared for Biblion. CC BY-SA 4.0.