- ὀρθοποδέω
- ὀρθοποδέω (ὀρθόπους [ὀρθός, πούς]; Soph. et al.; cp. Nicander, Alexiph. 419 [II B.C.] ὀρθόποδες βαίνοντες.—ὀρθοποδία=‘progress’: Papiri della Univers. di Milano, ed. AVogliano no. 24, 8 [117 A.D.]) basic mng. ‘walk straight, upright’, fig. ext. act rightly, be straightforward ὀρθοποδεῖν πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου be straightforward about the truth of the gospel Gal 2:14 (cp. OGI 48, 9 μὴ ὀρθῶς ἀναστρεφομένους [restoration certain]). But perh. progress, advance in the direction of the truth (CRoberts, JTS 40, ’39, 55f. Also JWinter, HTR 34, ’41, 161f, after an unpubl. pap in the Michigan collection [no. 337: III A.D.] ὀρθοποδεῖ τὸ παιδίον ‘the child is getting on, growing up’).—GKilpatrick, NT Studien f. RBultmann ’54, 269–74 (‘they were not on the right road toward the truth of the gospel’; includes informative survey).—M-M. TW. Spicq.
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