Definition

directly, i.e. at once or soon

Etymology

adverb from G2117 (εὐθύς);

Where the KJV renders it

• anon
• as soon as
• forthwith
• immediately
• shortly
• straightway

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.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.