to cut straight Original Word: ὀρθοτομέωTransliteration: orthotomeó Phonetic Spelling: (or-thot-om-eh'-o) Short Definition: rightly divide
from orthos and temnó (to cut) Definition to cut straight NASB Word Usage accurately handling (1). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
From a compound of orthos and the base of tomoteros, to make a straight cut, i.e. (figuratively) to dissect (expound) correctly (the divine message) -- rightly divide. see GREEK orthos see GREEK tomoteros ὀρθοτομοῦντα (orthotomounta) − 1 Occurrence
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