Ευθεωσ Beyond the Temporal Meaning 23 ers of commentaries. The order of words is seldom kept: εὐθέωσ οὐ προσανεθέμην, “so I conferred immediately not with flesh and blood” (Dutch Authorized Version: “zo ben ik terstond niet te rade gegaan met vlees en bloed”). In the context of Galatians 1:15-17 this rendering makes no sense, so translators look for an explanation. The phrase εὐθέωσ οὐ προσανεθέμην is translated as if Paul wrote: οὐκ εὐθέωσ προσανεθέμην: “not immediately I conferred with any human being.” Such an inversion is irresponsible, because the position of any negation determines its signifi- cance (look for example at the difference between naturally not and not naturally). Another alternative is to place the negative phrase between commas or dashes.4 This results in: εὐθέωσ ἀπῆλθον εἰσ ἀραβίαν: “im- mediately I went away into Arabia.” This suggestion neglects the word ἀλλά before ἀπῆλθον. Maybe there is a better option than the preceding ones? These two examples clearly show that an investigation into the mean- ings of εὐθέωσ in the New Testament is highly desirable. In this article I will look for the principal meaning (or meanings) of the regular adverb εὐθέωσ, and present a more satisfying understanding of the above men- tioned problematic passages. I will also add a brief comment on Acts 14:8-10 as well. But before doing so, I will give a summary of the entry εὐθύσ in A Greek-English Lexicon compiled by Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott, revised by Henry Stuart Jones (= LSJ). A. as Adjective, εὐθύσ, εὐθεῖα, εὐθύ, 1. straight, direct, whether vertically or horizontally – 2. in moral sense, straightforward, frank, of persons – 3. ἡ εὐθεῖα as Substantive, a. (scilicet γραμμή) straight line, b. (scilicet πτῶσισ) nominative case. B. as Adverb, εὐθύσ and εὐθύ, the former properly of Time, the latter of Place – I. 1.εὐθύ, of Place, a. straight, usually of motion or direction, b. opposi- te – 2. = ἁπλῶσ, simply – 3. rarely of Time – II εὐθύσ, 1. of Time, straightway, forthwith; metaphorically, at once, naturally – 2. less frequently in a local relation, just (above the city) – 3. of Manner, directly, simply (reference to a variant reading) – 4. like αὐτίκα II, for example, to begin with. C. regular Adverb εὐθέωσ, 1. used just as εὐθύσ – 2. = εὐθύσ B. II.4. (εὐθέωσ is the commoner form in later Greek.) Apart from the richness of references to Greek literature one has to bear in mind that ‘LSJ’ is a product of the nineteenth century (first edi- 4 A clear example is to be found in F.F. Bruce, Commentary on Galatians (NIGTC, Grand Rapids MI 1982), 92: “im­mediately – without conferring with any human being, or going up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me – I set out for Arabia.”