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Lexicon :: Strong's G3717 - orthos

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ὀρθός
Transliteration
orthos (Key)
Pronunciation
or-thos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of ὄρος (G3735)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:449,727

Strong’s Definitions

ὀρθός orthós, or-thos'; probably from the base of G3735; right (as rising), i.e. (perpendicularly) erect (figuratively, honest), or (horizontally) level or direct:—straight, upright.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3717 in the following manner: upright (1x), straight (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3717 in the following manner: upright (1x), straight (1x).

  1. straight, erect

    1. upright

    2. straight, not crooked

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀρθός orthós, or-thos'; probably from the base of G3735; right (as rising), i.e. (perpendicularly) erect (figuratively, honest), or (horizontally) level or direct:—straight, upright.
STRONGS G3717:
ὀρθός, 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)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
12:15
Acts
14:10
Hebrews
12:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3717 matches the Greek ὀρθός (orthos),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:11 - And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:11 - I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25 - Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:26 - Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 - Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6 - Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:9 - They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 - The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:6 - The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:15 - The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:12 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:14 - The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:13 - Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:25 - There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:8 - The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:16 - Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:5 - Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9 - They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:7 - And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:3 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:7 - O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9 - Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
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