- Original: ὀρθοτομέω - Transliteration: Orthotomeo - Phonetic: or-thot-om-eh'-o - Definition: 1. to cut straight, to cut straight ways a. to proceed on straight paths, hold a straight course, equiv. to doing right 2. to make straight and smooth, to handle aright, to teach the truth directly and correctly - Origin: from a compound of G3717 and the base of G5114 - TDNT entry: 09:51,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From a compound of G3717 and the base of G5114 ; to make a straight cut that is (figuratively) to dissect (expound) correctly (the divine message): - rightly divide. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • dividing, 1 2 Timothy 2:15