G3717 – orthos – ὀρθός to be upright

Strong’s ID:
G3717
Greek Word:
ὀρθός
Transliteration:
orthos
Pronunciation:
or-thos’
Part of Speech:
adjective
Etymology:
probably from the base of
Usage Count:
2
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Find “orthos” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

to be upright (both in the sense of standing upright, and being morally upright)

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

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

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) straight, erect
1a) upright
1b) straight, not crooked

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.