Definition

to straighten (level); technically, to steer

Etymology

from G2117 (εὐθύς);

Word family

• εὐθύς euthýs

How the KJV renders it

• governor
• make straight

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.