Greek word · G5163

τροχιά

trochia

track

A track, rut or course: originally the groove a wheel cuts (from trochos, 'wheel,' and trechō, 'run'), then any beaten path or way of going. Applied to conduct, it means one's course of life.

Appears once in the Greek New Testament. · Updated October 23, 2026

What it means

τροχιά, -ᾶς, ἡ

(τροχός), [in LXX: Proverbs 2:15 4:11, 26-27 5:6, 21 (מַעְגָּל), Ezekiel 27:19 A* ;]

the track of a wheel, hence, a track, path: figuratively, Hebrews 12:13 (LXX) †

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From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Hebrews 12:13

Range of meaning: A track, rut or course: originally the groove a wheel cuts (from trochos, 'wheel,' and trechō, 'run'), then any beaten path or way of going. Applied to conduct, it means one's course of life.
Against the English: 'Paths' is fine. What English loses is the concrete physical surface. This is ground under the foot, worn and either smooth or broken.
Used elsewhere in the period: Rare. In the Greek Old Testament it is concentrated in Proverbs (4:11, 26; 5:6, 21), where it translates Hebrew ma'gal, 'track, rut,' and in Ezekiel 27:19. Hebrews 12:13 quotes Proverbs 4:26 almost word for word: orthas trochias poiei sois posin, 'make straight tracks for your feet.'

Where it appears

Hebrews · 1

Hebrews 12:13 τροχιὰς paths

Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

Here: A worn track or course, related to the words for 'wheel' and 'run'. It appears only here in the New Testament and comes from Proverbs 4:26 in the Greek Old Testament. It is a road surface a foot actually treads on, not an abstract 'direction in life.'

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