adjective

orthos

Greekὀρθός (orthos)

Strong’sG3717

upright, straight

stem orth-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

straight1×upright1×

What it means

ὀρθός, -ή, -όν,

[in LXX chiefly for יָשָׁר;]

straight;

(a) in height, straight, upright: Ac 14:10;

(b) in line, straight, direct: fig., He 12:13(LXX).†

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.

Every form

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

orthstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

orthos“upright”subjectnominative singular1×

Acts 14:10“upright”legata mega fōna; Anistanasar epi toin podoin su orthos; kai halleta kai peripatate.In 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 12:13“straight”kai trochiain orthain poiavōr toi podoi vu, hina mē tem chōlem ektrepiteia, iiteia de mallon.Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.