Definition

Etymology

from a compound of G3717 (ὀρθός) and the base of G5114 (τομώτερος), to make a straight cut, i.e. (figuratively) to dissect (expound) correctly (the divine message)

Word family

• ὀρθός orthós
• τομώτερος tomṓteros

How the KJV renders it

• rightly divide

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.