This compound verb literally means to cut in a straight line, like a mason laying stones or a farmer plowing a furrow. Paul applies it metaphorically in 2 Timothy to urge Timothy to handle Scripture with precision and integrity. The multilingual glosses—Spanish 'trazando rectamente,' French maintaining the Greek—highlight the technical nature of this rare word. It evokes the image of a craftsman whose careful, straight cuts distinguish skilled work from shoddy shortcuts.