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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 - Then the king of Israel answered and said, “Speak to him, ‘Let not him who girds on his armor boast like him who takes it off.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:11

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I have instructed you in the way of wisdom;

I have led you in upright tracks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:25

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Let your eyes look directly ahead

And even let your eyelids be fixed straight in front of you.

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Watch the track of your feet

And all your ways will be established.

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Do not turn to the right nor to the left;

Turn your foot from evil.

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“Listen, for I will speak noble things;

And the opening of my lips will reveal upright things.

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“They are all straightforward to him who understands,

And right to those who find knowledge.

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The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,

But the treacherous will be captured by their own desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:6

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The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,

But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

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The way of an ignorant fool is right in his own eyes,

But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.

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There is a way which seems right to a man,

But its end is the way of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:14

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The heart of the one who has understanding seeks knowledge,

But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:13

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Righteous lips are the delight of kings,

And he who speaks uprightly is loved.

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There is a way which seems right to a man,

But its end is the way of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:8

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The way of a guilty man is perverse,

But as for the pure, his work is upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:16

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And my [fn]inmost being will exult

When your lips speak upright things.

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Lest he drink and forget what is decreed,

And pervert the justice of all the [fn]afflicted.

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“With weeping they will come,

And by supplication I will lead them;

I will make them walk by streams of waters,

On a straight path in which they will 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 legs were straight, and [fn]their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they sparkled like the gleam of burnished bronze.

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Therefore thus says Yahweh,

“Behold, I am devising against this family an evil demise

From which you cannot remove your necks;

And you will not walk haughtily,

For it will be an evil time.

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“Is it being said, O house of Jacob:

‘Is the Spirit of Yahweh impatient?

Are these His deeds?’

Do not My words do good

To the one walking uprightly?

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Now hear this, heads of the house of Jacob

And rulers of the house of Israel,

Who abhor justice

And twist everything that is straight,

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