Lexical Definition

‎εὐθέως‎ euthéōs (yoo-theh'-oce) immediately ^G:ADV
adverb from ‎εὐθύς‎

anon, as soon as, forthwith, immediately, shortly, straightway.

• directly, i.e. at once or soon

Abbott-Smith

εὐθέως adv. (< εὐθύς), [in LXX: Jb 5:3 (פִּתְאֹם), Wi 5:12, I Mac 11:12, al. ;]
straightway, at once, directly: Ga 1:16, Ja 1:24, III Jo 14 (cf. Dalman, Words, 28 f.), Re 4:2, and freq. in Mt, Lk, Jo, Ac (in Mk, εὐθύς), q.v.)

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

Included with: εὐθέως, εῖα, ύ,

Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἰθύς (which see: so always in Hom.and [Refs 5th c.BC+],

__A straight, direct, whether vertically or horizontally, opposed to σκολιός, καμπύλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὸ εὐθὺ ἑστάναι stands still with reference to the vertical, of a spinning top, [Refs]; εὐ. πλόος, ὁδοί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐθείᾳ (i.e. ὁδῷ) by the straight road, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλήρης τοῦ εὐθέος tired of going straight forward, [Refs]; ἡ ἐς τὸ εὐ. τῆς ῥητορικῆς ὁδός the direct road to.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κατ᾽ εὐθύ on level ground, [LXX]; but ἡ κατ᾽ εὐ. τάσις in the direct line, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; on the same side, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also, opposed to εἰς τὸ ἐντός, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__A.2 in moral sense, straightforward, frank, of persons, εὐθὺν χρὴ τὸν ἑταῖρον ἔμμεν καὶ μὴ σκολιὰ φρονεῖν [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ὁ εὐθὺς λόγος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τοῦ εὐθέος λέγειν to speak straight out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοῦ εὐ. ὑπουργεῖν outright, openly, without reserve, [Refs]; ἐκ τοῦ εὐ., opposed to δι᾽ αἰνιγμάτων, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀπ᾽ εὐθείας [Refs]; κατ᾽ εὐθεῖαν by direct reasoning, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; μηδὲν ἐξ εὐθείας παρέχει (an amulet) does no good directly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.3 εὐθεῖα, ἡ, as substantive,
__A.3.a (i.e. γραμμή) straight line, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ εὐθείας εἶναι lie in a straight line, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτὴν εὐ., ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς εὐ. ἐκτείνειν, in the same line, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: comparative, εὐθυτέρα ἡ γραμμὴ γίνεται [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.3.b (i.e. πτῶσις) nominative case, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κατ᾽ εὐθύ in the nominative, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B as adverb, εὐθέως and εὐθύ, the former properly of Time, the latter of Place, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.I εὐθύ, of Place, straight, usually of motion or direction, εὐθὺ Πύλονδε straight to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐ. [τὴν ἐπὶ] Βαβυλῶνος straight towards.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποθανούμενος ᾔει εὐ. τοῦ δαιμονίου in opposition to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ἰθύς.
__B.I.b νῆσον οἰκεῖ εὐθὺ Ἴστρου opposite.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.I.2 ={ἁπλῶς}, simply, καλεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.I.3 rarely of Time, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II εὐθέως,
__B.II.1 of Time, straightway, forthwith, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; joined with other adverbial words, τάχα δ᾽ εὐ. ἰών [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐ. παραχρῆμα (see. entry παραχρῆμα); εὐ. ἀπ᾽ αρχῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἀρχῆς εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐ. ἐκ νέου, ἐκ παιδός, even from one's youth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with a participle, εὐ. νέοι ὄντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ θέρους εὐ. ἀρχομένου just at the beginning of summer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀρξάμενος εὐ. καθισταμένου [τοῦ πολέμου] from the very beginning of the war, [Refs]; εὐ. ἀποβεβηκότι immediately on disembarking, [Refs]; εὐ. γενομένοις at the moment of birth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, at once, naturally, ὑπάρχει εὐθὺς γένη ἔχον τὸ ὄν Being falls at once into genera, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with substantive, ἡ τῶν Ἰταλιωτῶν εὐθὺς φυγή [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.II.2 less frequently in a local relation, ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως εὐ. just above the city, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρ᾽ αὐτὴν εὐ. ὁ ἔσπλους ἐστίν directly past it (the mole), [Refs]; ἐγγύτατα τούτου εὐ. ἐχομένη immediately adjoining this, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; εὐ. ἐπὶ τὴν γέφυραν Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν εὐ. Ἄργους κἀπιδαυρίας ὁδόν the road leading straight to Argos, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.3 of Manner, directly, simply, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.4 like{αὐτίκα} [Refs]for instance, to take the first example that occurs, ὥσπερ ζῷον εὐθέως [εὐθέως 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 11.145. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C regular adverb εὐθέως, used just as εὐθέως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰσθόμενος εὐθέως as soon as he perceived, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.2 ={εὐθέως} [Refs 5th c.BC+] as for example, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so εὐ. alone, [Refs 1st c.AD+] is the commoner form in later Greek, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.1Kgs.21.23*}