Lexical Definition

‎εὐθύς‎ euthýs (yoo-thoos') Straight ^G:A
perhaps from ‎εὖ‎ and ‎τίθημι‎

anon, by and by, forthwith, immediately, straightway.

• straight, i.e. (literally) level, or (figuratively) true
• adverbially (of time) at once

Abbott-Smith

εὐθύς, -εῖα, -ύ [in LXX chiefly for יָשַׁר ;]
1. straight, direct: τρίβοι, Mt 3:3, Mk 1:3, Lk 3:4 (LXX); εἰς εὐθειας, (sc. ὁδούς), Lk 3:5; εὐ. ὐδός, fig., Ac 13:10, II Pe 2:15; as pr. name of a street, Ac 9:11.
2. In moral sense, straightforward, right: καρδία, Ac 8:21 (cf. Ps 7:11* 31 (32):11*, al.).†

εὐθύς adv., [in LXX (more freq. than εὐθέως) chiefly for יָשַׁר ;]
= εὐθέως, straightway, directly: Mt 3:16 13:20, 21 14:27 21:2, 3 26:74, Lk 6:49, Jo 13:30, 32 19:34, Ac 10:16 and 42 (41) times in Mk.†

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Liddell-Scott-Jones

εὐθύς, 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, εὐθύς 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 εὐθύς,
__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 εὐθύς [εὐθύς 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 εὐθύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰσθόμενος εὐθέως as soon as he perceived, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.2 ={εὐθύς} [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*}

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Straight • Street in Damascus where Saul stayed after conversion

Straight, a street in Damascus where Saul stayed in the house of Judas after his conversion (Acts 9:11).

• A location near Damascus דַּמֶּשֶׂק only mentioned at Act.9.11;
• only referred to as Straight εὐθύς.
  

Straight was the name of a street in Damascus where Saul (later known as Paul) stayed in the house of a man named Judas after his dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:11). It was on this street that Ananias found Saul, as instructed by the Lord in a vision, and restored his sight. The Straight Street in Damascus is still known by this name today and is believed to follow the course of the ancient Roman road, the Via Recta, which ran from east to west through the city.

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