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Strong's G2720 κατευθύνω (kateuthyno)

Kateuthyno means “direct” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2720 — chareb (“desolate”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2720
Language Greek
Linked Usages 60
Books 20

Strong's G2720 Quick Answer

Strong's G2720 κατευθύνω (kateuthuno) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kateuthuno (kat-yoo-thoo'-no) v. 1. to straighten fully 2. (figuratively) direct It has 60 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include direct and guide. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
kateuthuno (kat-yoo-thoo'-no) v. 1. to straighten fully 2. (figuratively) direct
Usage
60 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
direct and guide

Meaning and Definition

kateuthuno (kat-yoo-thoo'-no) v. 1. to straighten fully 2. (figuratively) direct [from G2596 and G2116] KJV: guide, direct Root(s): G2596, G2116

Original Word
κατευθύνω
Transliteration
kateuthuno
Derivation
Root: εὐθύνω R1: 2596 R2: 2116
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2720. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to guide

Usage: κατ-ευθύνω [in LXX for כּוּן ni., hi., etc. ;] to make or keep straight, direct, guide: metaphorically, τ. ὁδόν, 1Th.3:11; τ. πόδας εἰς ὁδὸν εἰρήνης, Luk.1:79; τ. καρδίας εἰς τ. ἀγάπην, 2Th.3:5.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2720 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kateuthuno, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

direct 1 Thessalonians 3:11 guide Luke 1:79

How Strong's G2720 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 48 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2720 (κατευθύνω) appears 59 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2720 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2720 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 1:79 KJV

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

1 Thessalonians 3:11 KJV

Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.

2 Thessalonians 3:5 KJV

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

Strong's G2720 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

48 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Judges 12:6 Septuagint / Brenton

Then they said to him, Say now Stachys; and he did not rightly pronounce it so: and they took him, and slew him at the fords of Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand.

1 Kingdoms 6:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And the cows went straight on the way to the way of Beth-shemesh, they went along one track; and labored, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after it as far as the coasts of Beth-shemesh.

2 Kingdoms 19:18 Septuagint / Brenton

And a thousand men of Benjamin were with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons with him, and his twenty servants with him: and they went directly down to Jordan before the king,

Strong's G2720 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 8:23 Septuagint / Brenton

For our servitude shall not be directed to favor; but the Lord our God shall turn it to dishonor.

Judith 12:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And when she came out, she besought the Lord God of Israel to direct her way to the raising up of the children of her people.

Judith 13:18 Septuagint / Brenton

Then said Uzziah unto her, O daughter, blessed art thou of the most high God above all the women upon the earth; and blessed be the Lord God, which hath created the heavens and the earth, which hath directed thee to the cutting off of the head of the chief of our enemies.

Usage Excerpts

First 60 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2720.

Judges 12:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then they said to him, Say now Stachys; and he did not rightly pronounce it so: and they took him, and slew him at the fords of Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand.
1 Kingdoms 6:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the cows went straight on the way to the way of Beth-shemesh, they went along one track; and labored, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after it as far as the coasts of Beth-shemesh.
2 Kingdoms 19:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a thousand men of Benjamin were with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons with him, and his twenty servants with him: and they went directly down to Jordan before the king,
3 Kingdoms 11:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father. And it came to pass when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it, even while he was yet in Egypt as he fled from the face of Solomon and dwelt in Egypt, he straightaway comes into his own city, into the land of Zeredah in the mount of Ephraim. And King Solomon slept with his fathers, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles 29:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, preserve these things in the thought of the heart of thy people forever, and direct their hearts to thee.
2 Chronicles 12:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he did evil, for he directed not his heart to seek the Lord.
2 Chronicles 17:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord prospered the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave gifts to Jehoshaphat; and he had great wealth and glory.
2 Chronicles 19:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless some good things have been found in thee, forasmuch as thou didst remove the groves from the land of Judah, and didst direct thy heart to seek after the Lord.
2 Chronicles 20:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless the high places yet remained; and as yet the people did not direct their heart to the Lord God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 30:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The good Lord be merciful with regard to every heart that sincerely seeks the Lord God of their fathers, and is not purified according to the purification of the sanctuary.
2 Chronicles 32:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The same Hezekiah stopped up the course of the water of Gihon above, and brought the water down straight south of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
Psalms 5:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make my way plain before thy face.
Psalms 7:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; And then thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins.
Psalms 36:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: And he will take pleasure in his way.
Psalms 39:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, And from miry clay: And he set my feet on a rock, And ordered my goings aright.
Psalms 58:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: Awake to help me, and behold.
Psalms 77:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That they should not be as their fathers, A perverse and provoking generation; A generation which set not its heart aright, And its spirit was not steadfast with God.
Psalms 89:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: And do thou direct for us the works of our hands.
Psalms 100:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The proud doer dwelt not in the midst of my house; The unjust speaker prospered not in my sight.
Psalms 101:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The children of thy servants shall dwell securely, And their seed shall prosper forever.
Psalms 118:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O that my ways were directed To keep thine ordinances.
Psalms 118:133 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Order my steps according to thy word: And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Psalms 139:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: Evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.
Psalms 140:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; The lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
Proverbs 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To receive also hard sayings, And to understand true justice, And how to direct judgment;
Proverbs 4:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Make straight paths for thy feet, And order thy ways aright.
Proverbs 9:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to those that are going right on their ways;
Proverbs 13:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he that fears the commandment has health of soul. But a wise servant shall have prosperous doings, And his way shall be directed aright.
Proverbs 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; But the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him.
Proverbs 15:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But a wise man proceeds on his way aright.
Proverbs 21:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every man seems to himself righteous; But the Lord directs the hearts.
Proverbs 23:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear, my son, and be wise, And rightly direct the thoughts of thy heart.
Proverbs 36:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Jeremiah 15:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be it so, Lord, in their prosperity; surely I stood before thee in the time of their calamities, and in the time of their affliction, for their good against the enemy.
Jeremiah 21:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Judge judgment in the morning, and act rightly, and rescue the spoiled one from the hand of him that wrongs him, lest mine anger be kindled like fire, and it burn, and there be none to quench it.
Ezekiel 17:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; Shall it prosper? shall not the roots of her tender stem and her fruit be blighted? yea, all her early shoots shall be dried up, and that not by a mighty arm, nor by many people, to tear her up from her roots.
Ezekiel 17:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, it thrives: shall it prosper? shall it not wither as soon as the east wind touches it? it shall be withered together with the growth of its shoots.
Ezekiel 17:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he shall revolt from him, to send his messengers into Egypt, that they may give him horses and much people; shall he prosper? shall he that acts as an adversary be preserved? and shall he that transgresses the covenant be preserved?
Ezekiel 18:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet ye have said, The way of the Lord is not straight. Hear now, all the house of Israel; will not my way be straight? Is your way straight?
Daniel 3:97 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Abednego, in the province of Babylon, and advanced them, and gave them authority to rule over all the Jews who were in his kingdom.
Daniel 6:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Daniel 8:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his power shall be great, and he shall destroy wonderfully, and prosper, and practice, and shall destroy mighty men, and the holy people.
Daniel 8:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the yoke of his chain shall prosper: there is craft in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by craft shall destroy many, and he shall stand up for the destruction of many, and shall crush them as eggs in his hand.
Daniel 11:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for both the kings, their hearts are set upon mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end is for a fixed time.
Daniel 11:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall do according to his will, and the king shall exalt and magnify himself against every god, and shall speak great swelling words, and shall prosper until the indignation shall be accomplished: for it is coming to an end.
Hosea 4:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall eat, and shall not be satisfied: they have gone a-whoring, and shall by no means prosper: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.
Zechariah 11:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice ones, and shall dislocate the joints of their necks.
Malachi 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked before me directing his way in peace, and he turned many from unrighteousness.
Luke 1:79 New Testament, KJV
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
1 Thessalonians 3:11 New Testament, KJV
Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
2 Thessalonians 3:5 New Testament, KJV
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
Judith 8:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For our servitude shall not be directed to favor; but the Lord our God shall turn it to dishonor.
Judith 12:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when she came out, she besought the Lord God of Israel to direct her way to the raising up of the children of her people.
Judith 13:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then said Uzziah unto her, O daughter, blessed art thou of the most high God above all the women upon the earth; and blessed be the Lord God, which hath created the heavens and the earth, which hath directed thee to the cutting off of the head of the chief of our enemies.
3 Maccabees 7:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
We, too, and our children are well; and God has directed our affairs as we wish.
Wisdom of Sirach 29:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him in danger that delivered him.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall direct his counsel and knowledge, And on his secrets shall he meditate.
Wisdom of Sirach 49:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, And took away the abominations of iniquity.
Wisdom of Sirach 49:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He directed his heart unto the Lord, And in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God.
Wisdom of Sirach 51:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I directed my soul unto her, And I found her in pureness: I have had my heart joined with her from the beginning, Therefore shall I not be forsaken.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2720, grouped by book.

Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2720 FAQ

What does kateuthyno (κατευθύνω) mean?

Kateuthyno (Strong's G2720) is a Greek word most simply glossed "direct". kateuthuno (kat-yoo-thoo'-no) v. 1. to straighten fully 2. (figuratively) direct

How many times is kateuthyno (κατευθύνω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 60 linked usages for Strong's G2720 across 20 books.

Where can I study kateuthyno (κατευθύνω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2720 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate kateuthyno (κατευθύνω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as direct and guide. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2720 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 48 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2720, with linked reader references where each row is available.