adjective
orthos
Strong’sG3717
upright, straight
stem orth-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 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.
ὀρθός, -ή, -όν,
[in LXX chiefly for יָשָׁר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3717 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidor-thos'
right (as rising), i.e. (perpendicularly) erect (figuratively, honest), or (horizontally) level or direct
Fromprobably from the base of G3735;
King Jamesstraight, upright.
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
straight,
I in height, upright, standing, Refs 8th c.BC+, who commonly joins it with στῆναι, στῆ δ᾽ ὀρθός Refs 8th c.BC+; ὀρθαὶ τρίχες ἔσταν Refs 8th c.BC+; ὀρθὸν οὖς ἵστησι pricks up his ear, Refs 5th c.BC+; applied to the erect posture of man, Refs 4th c.BC+; ὀ. θηρίον, of man, Refs 4th c.BC+; of buildings, standing with their walls entire, [τὸ Πάνακτον] ὀρθὸν παραδοῦναι Refs 5th c.BC+; of a standing crop, Refs 2nd c.AD+ adverb, ὀρθῶς ἑστῶτες Refs 4th c.BC+
I.b Geometry texts, at right angles to.., εὐθεῖα πρὸς ἐπίπεδον ὀρθή ἐστιν ὅταν.. Refs 3rd c.BC+
I.c Astrology texts, ὀρθὰ ζῴδια signs which rise vertically, opposed to πλάγια, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II in line, straight (opposed to σκολιός crooked and πλάγιος aslant), ἀντ᾽ ἠελίου τετραμμένος ὀρθός straight, right opposite the sun, Refs 8th c.BC+; ποιῶν ὀρθὰ πάντα πρὸς κανόνα Refs 2nd c.BC+; ὀ. τρῶμα longitudinal to the muscle, opposed to ἐπικάρσιος, Refs 6th c.BC+; ὀρθὴν κελεύεις, i. e. ὀρθὴν ὁδόν με ἰέναι κ., Refs 5th c.BC+; so ὀρθὴν ἄνω δίωκε (i.e. όδόν) Refs 4th c.BC+; δι᾽ ὀρθῆς τήνδε ναυκληρεῖς πόλιν (i.e. ὁδοῦ) Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς ὀρθὸν ἀποδοῦναι to face the front originally held, Refs 4th c.BC+; also ὀρθᾷ χερί straightway, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀρθῷ ποδίRefs; but τιθέναι ὀρθὸν πόδα is probably to put the foot out, as in walking, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 βλέπειν ὀρθά, opposed to being blind, Refs 5th c.BC+recovered his sight, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ἐξ ὀμμάτων ὀ.. κἀξ ὀρθῆς φρενός Refs 5th c.BC+
III metaphorically,
III.1 right, safe, prosperous:
III.1.a partly from significationRefsset them up, restored, Refs 5th c.BC+; so ὀρθὸν ἀστάσας (= ἀναστήσας) Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐς ὀρθὸν ἱστάναι τινά Refs 5th c.BC+; ταύτης ἔπι (i.e. χθονός) πλέοντες ὀρθῆς (the state being represented as a ship) Refs 5th c.BC+
III.1.b partly from signification Refs 5th c.BC+; κατ᾽ ὀρθὸν οὐρίσαι to speed in prosperous course, Refs
III.2 right, true, correct, ἄγγελος, ἀγγελία, νόος, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὄρθ᾽ ἀκούειν to be rightly, truly called, Refs 5th c.BC+strictly speaking, in very truth, Refs: so in adverb, ὀρθῶς λέγειν Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀ. ἔχει it is right, with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+: in answers, rightly, exactly, Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative, ὀρθότατα καλεόμενος Refs 5th c.BC+; φωνεῖν δίκης ἐς ὀρθόνRefs 5th c.BC+
III.3 true, real, genuine, ὀ. πολιτεῖαι, opposed to παρεκβάσεις, Refs 4th c.BC+; ὀ. μανία real madness, Refs 3rd c.BC+ adverb -θῶς really, truly, τοὺς ὀ. φιλομαθεῖς Refs 5th c.BC+
III.4 upright, just, ἐμμένειν ὀ. νόμῳ Refs 5th c.BC+uprightness, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπιστήμη ἐνοῦσα καὶ ὀ. λόγος (see. λόγος IV. I) Refs; ὁ ὀ. λόγος διὰ πάντων ἐρχόμενος (see. λόγος Refs 3rd c.BC+; ὀ. λόγοι virtues on the intellectual side, Refs 1st c.BC+. adverb ὀρθῶς rightly, justly, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀ. καὶ νομίμως Refs 5th c.BC+
III.5 of persons, 'straight', straightforward, σμικροὶ καὶ οὐκ ὀρθοὶ τὰς ψυχάς Refs 5th c.BC+
III.6 on tiptoe, full of expectation, excited, ὀρθῆς τῆς πόλεως γενομένης διά τι Refs 5th c.BC+
IV ἡ ὀρθή,
IV.1 (i.e. ὁδός) see above Refs
IV.2 ὀ. γωνία right angle, Refs 5th c.BC+; so ὀ. alone, Refs 4th c.BC+ to cut at right angles, Refs 3rd c.BC+; εἴ τις δείξειεν ὅτι αἱ ὀρθαὶ οὐ συμπίπτουσι.. that right angles do not meet (short for 'that two straight lines making, with a third, interior angles equal to two right angles, etc.'), Refs 4th c.BC+; τὸ δυσὶν ὀρθαῖς the theorem that the angles of a triangle are together equal to two right angles, Refs; ὀρθὸς κῶνος, κύλινδρος, a right cone, cylinder, Refs 3rd c.BC+
IV.3 (with or without πτῶσις) nominative, Latin casus rectus, opposed to the oblique cases, Refs 2nd c.BC+
V ὀρθά active verbs, opposed to ὕπτια (passive) and οὐδέτερα (neuter), Refs 3rd c.BC+
VI ὀ. τόνος real or unmodified (compare above Refs 2nd 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
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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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | orthos1×ὀρθός | orthas | orthem | orthois | orthais | ortheim |
| object accusative | orthon | orthan | orthoin | orthain1×ὀρθὰς | ||
| direct address vocative | orthor | orthar | orthoir | orthair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | orthou | orthau | ortheu | orthoiu | orthaiu | ortheiu |
| to, for dative | ortho | ortha | orthe | orthoi | orthai | orthei |
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
orth 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
orthos“upright”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 14:10“upright”… fōna; Anastēasar epi toin podoin su orthos; kai halleta kai peripatate.… a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.
orthain“straight”objectaccusative plural1×
Hebrews 12:13kai trochiain orthain poiavōr toi podoi vu, hina mē …Make straight paths for your feet, so that …