road
hodos most often denotes a route for travel, and also a course of conduct, teaching, or access.
The term most commonly marks a traveled route, including a road, journey, or place beside a road. It also describes a person's course or instruction, occurs as “the Way” in passages concerning a recognized group, and can portray access or approach.
Senses in use
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Traveled route or journey · dominant
In Acts 8:26, the accusative singular occurs in the instruction to go on the southern route from Jerusalem to Gaza; in Luke 19:36, the dative singular marks where clothing was spread as he traveled. The plural genitive in Matthew 22:9 occurs in the clause about going to the thoroughfares of the roads.
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Course of conduct or instruction · common
In 2 Peter 2:15, the singular forms occur in the contrast between forsaking the straight way and following Balaam's way. In Acts 14:16, the dative plural is used of nations walking in their own ways, while 1 Corinthians 4:17 has the plural in the reminder of Paul's ways in Christ Jesus.
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The Way as an identified group or message · occasional
In Acts 19:9, the accusative singular occurs in the clause about speaking evil of the Way before the multitude. Acts 24:14 uses the same singular form in the confession that worship is offered according to the Way, which is called a sect; Acts 9:2 refers to those belonging to the Way.
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Way of approach or access · occasional
In Hebrews 9:8, the accusative singular occurs in the statement that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed. Hebrews 10:20 calls a way new and living, and John 14:6 places the nominative singular in Jesus' statement, “I am the road and the truth and the life.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “road,” “way,” “paths,” and “thoroughfares of the roads” across the supplied verses, as in Acts 8:26, Acts 2:28, and Matthew 22:9. These renderings reflect whole-verse translation.