Strong's Concordance orthos: straight, upright Original Word: ὀρθός, ή, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: orthos Phonetic Spelling: (or-thos') Definition: straight, upright Usage: upright, straight, direct. HELPS Word-studies 3717 orthós – properly, straight (upright); (figuratively) morally-right; straight ("upright"); virtuous because straightforward (morally acceptable). See Heb 12:13. ["In earlier Greek, orthos meant 'straight up and down' while eythos meant 'straight on the horizontal plane' " (L & N, p 703, fn 8).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definition straight, upright NASB Translation straight (1), upright (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3717: ὀρθόςὀρθός, ὀρθή, ὀρθόν (ὈΡΩ, ὄρνυμι (to stir up, set in motion; according to others, from the root, to lift up; cf. Fick iii., p. 775; Vanicek, p. 928; Curtius, p. 348)), straight, erect; i. e. a. upright: ἀνάστηθι, Acts 14:10; so with στῆναι in 1 Esdr. 9:46, and in Greek writings, especially Homer b. opposed to σκολιός, straight i. e. not crooked: τροχιαί, Hebrews 12:13 (for יָשָׁר, Proverbs 12:15 etc.; (Pindar, Theognis, others)). Probably from the base of oros; right (as rising), i.e. (perpendicularly) erect (figuratively, honest), or (horizontally) level or direct -- straight, upright. see GREEK oros Englishman's Concordance Acts 14:10 Adj-NMSGRK: πόδας σου ὀρθός καὶ ἥλατο NAS: Stand upright on your feet. KJV: voice, Stand upright on thy INT: feet of you upright And he sprang up Hebrews 12:13 Adj-AFP Strong's Greek 3717 |
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