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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 21 times in 21 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:11 - The king of Israel answered, “Tell him: ‘One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:11 - I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25 - Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:26 - Give careful thought to the[fn] paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6 - Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:9 - To the discerning all of them are right; they are upright to those who have found knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 - The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:6 - The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:15 - The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:12 - There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:14 - The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:13 - Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one who speaks what is right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:25 - There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:8 - The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:16 - my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:5 - lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9 - They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:7 - Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:3 - Therefore, the LORD says: “I am planning disaster against this people, from which you cannot save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:7 - You descendants of Jacob, should it be said, “Does the LORD become[fn] impatient? Does he do such things?” “Do not my words do good to the one whose ways are upright?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9 - Hear this, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel, who despise justice and distort all that is right;
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