noun · feminine

epanorthōsias

Greekἐπανόρθωσις (epanorthōsis)

Strong’sG1882

correction, reformation

stem epanorthōsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

correction1×

What it means

** ἐπ-αν-όρθωσις, -εως, ἡ

(< ἐπανορθόω, to correct, restore; cf. II Mac 2:22) [in LXX: I Es 8:52, I Mac 14:34 *;]

correction: of life, II Ti 3:16 (cf. MM, Exp., xiv).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1882 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-an-or'-tho-sis

a straightening up again, i.e. (figuratively) rectification (reformation)

Fromfrom a compound of G1909 and G461;

King Jamescorrection.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	epanorthōsias	epanorthōsiais
object accusative	epanorthōsian1×ἐπανόρθωσιν	epanorthōsiain
direct address vocative	epanorthōsiar	epanorthōsiair
of, belonging to genitive	epanorthōsiau	epanorthōsiaiu
to, for dative	epanorthōsia	epanorthōsiai

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

epanorthōsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

epanorthōsia 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

epanorthōsian“correction”objectaccusative singular1×

2 Timothy 3:16“correction”pantas grafas theopneustas kai ōfelimas pros didaskalian, pros elegmon, pros epanorthōsian, pros paideian tan en dikaiosuna,All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,