noun · neuter
diorthōmem
Strong’sG2735
a reform
stem diorthōm-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* διόρθωμα, -τος, τό
(< διορθόω, to make straight, set right),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2735 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkat-or'-tho-mah
something made fully upright, i.e. (figuratively) rectification (specially, good public administration)
Fromfrom a compound of G2596 and a derivative of G3717 (compare G1357);
King Jamesvery worthy deed.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
success, opposed to εὐτύχημα, Refs 4th c.BC+; of literary style, Refs 1st c.BC+; variant for διορθ-, NT
2 that which is done rightly, virtuous action, in plural, opposed to ἁμαρτήματα, Refs 3rd c.BC+, etc.; τῶν καθηκόντων τὰ τέλεια, ={τὰ κ}., Refs
3 perfection, τέλος καὶ πέρας καὶ κ. Refs 4th c.BC+
4 Grammars, correct use, opposed to βαρβαρισμός, Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | diorthōmem | diorthōmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | diorthōmeu | diorthōmeiu1×διορθωμάτων |
| to, for dative | diorthōme | diorthōmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
diorthōme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
diorthōmeiu“reforms”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 24:2“reforms”… Pollau eirēnau tucharōntois dia su kai diorthōmeiu genorōnteiu te ethne houte dia tau …… Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.