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Lexicon :: Strong's G3717 - orthos

Aa
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 - And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25

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Let thine eyes look right on,
And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

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Make level the path of thy feet,
And let all thy ways be established.

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Hear, for I will speak excellent things;
And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

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They are all plain to him that understandeth,
And right to them that find knowledge.

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The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them;
But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

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The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood;
But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

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The way of a fool is right in his own eyes;
But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

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There is a way which seemeth right unto a man;
But the end thereof are the ways of death.

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The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge;
But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

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Righteous lips are the delight of kings;
And they love him that speaketh right.

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There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,
But the end thereof are the ways of death.

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The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked;
But as for the pure, his work is right.

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Yea, my heart will rejoice,
When thy lips speak right things.

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Lest they drink, and forget the law,
And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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 rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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 burnished brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:7 - Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9

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