Lexical Definition

‎ὁδός‎ hodós (hod-os') road ^G:N-F
apparently a primary word

journey, (high-)way.

• a road
• by implication, a progress (the route, act or distance)
• figuratively, a mode or means

Abbott-Smith

ὁδός, -οῦ, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for דֶּרֶךְ;]

1. a way, path, road: Mt 2:12, Mk 10:46, Lk 3:5, al.; κατὰ τὴν ὁ., Lk 10:4, al.; παρὰ τὴν ὁ., Mt 13:4, al.; c. gen. pers, (subj.), τὴν ὁ. ἑτοιμάζειν (fig.), Mt 3:3, Mk 1:3, al.; c. gen. term. (obj.), ἐθνῶν, Mt 10:5; τ. ἁγίων (fig.), He 9:8; acc., ὁδόν, with force of prep. (like Heb. דֶּרֶךְ; Bl., § 34, 8; 35, 5), ὁ. θαλάσσης, Mt 4:15(LXX).
2. A traveller's way, journey: ἐν τ. ὁ., Mt 5:25, Mk 8:27, al.; ἐξ ὁ., Lk 11:6; εἰς ὁ., Mt 10:10; τ. ὁδὸν πορεύεσθαι, Ac 8:39; ὁ. ἡμέρας, Lk 2:44; ὁδὸν ποιεῖν (= cl., ὁ. ποιεῖσθαι; v. Field, Notes, 25), to make one's way, i.e. proceed on one's journey, Mk 2:23.
3. Metaph. (cl.; but esp. freq. in Heb.; v. Cremer, 442 ff.), of a course of conduct, a way of thinking or acting: Ac 14:16, I Co 4:17 12:31, Ja 1:8 5:20; τοῦ Κάϊν, Ju 11; τ. Βαλαάμ, II Pe 2:15; εἰρήνης, Ro 3:17; ζωῆς, Ac 2:28; ἡ ὁ. ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τ. ζωήν (Dalman, Words, 160), Mt 7:14; τ. δικαιοσύνης, Mt 21:32; σωτηρίας, Ac 16:17; αἱ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ (κυρίου), Ac 13:10, Ro 11:33, Re 15:3 (cf. Ho 14:9 Ps 94 (95):10*, Si 39:24, al.); ἡ ὁ. τ. θεοῦ (the way approved by God), Mt 22:16, Mk 12:14, Lk 20:21; id., of the Christian religion, Ac 18:26; so, absol., ἡ ὁ., Ac 9:2 19:9, 23 24:22; of Christ as the means of approach to God, Jo 14:6.
4. Ellipsis of ὁ.: ποίας (sc. ὁδοῦ), Lk 5:19; ἐκείνης, ib. 19:4 (v. Bl., § 36, 13; 44, 1).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὁδός, ἡ

(οὐδός once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]:

__I of Place, way, road, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ. ἱερά, to Eleusis, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ποταμοῦ ὁ. course, channel of a river, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with expression of the direction, ὁδὸς ἐς.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν εὐθὺς Ἄργους.. ὁ. leading straight to Argos, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἀληθείας ὁ. the way to truth, [Refs]
__I.2 with Preps., πρὸ ὁδοῦ further on the way, forwards, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later, ={προὔργου}, profitable, useful, πρὸ ὁ. εἶναι πρός τι to be helpful towards.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]by the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν ὁ. along the road, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τῆς ὁ. on his road, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 'the man in the street', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ὁδῷ on a road, [ὁδός}) ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁδοῦ πάρεργον by the way, cursorily, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__I.3 ὁδός is frequently omitted, ἐπορευόμην τὴν ἔξω τείχους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐπὶ θανάτου, see at {θάνατος}; compare τηνάλλως.
__II as an Action, travelling, journeying, whether by land or water, journey, voyage, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, expedition, foray, ὁδὸν ἐλθέμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τριήκοντα ἡμερέων.. ὁ. a thirty days' journey, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄστρων ὁδοί [Refs 5th c.BC+] by or in which.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐρανοῦ τέμνων ὁ... Ἥλιε, metaphorically from a ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+] is to make a road, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; similarly where ὁ. is road, μέσην ἔρχευ τὴν ὁ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἰόντες τὴν ἱρὴν ὁ., from Delphi, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III metaphorically, way or manner, πολλαὶ δ᾽ ὁ... εὐπραγίας [ὁδός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 989 (\_anapaest meter\_) ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεσπεσία ὁ. the way or course of divination, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λογίων ὁ. their way, intent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 a way of doing, speaking, etc., τῆσδ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ὁδοῦ διζήσιος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τριφασίας ἄλλας ὁ. λόγων ways of telling the story, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τριφασίας ὁ. τρέπεται turns into three forms, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ. ἥντιν᾽ ἰών by what course of action, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 method, system, [Refs 4th c.BC+]methodically, systematically, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.4 of the Christian Faith and its followers, [NT]. (Root sed- 'go', in Sanskrit sad-, ā-sad- 'come to', 'reach', OSlavonic choditi 'go'.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.9.2}