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Upright

ὀρθόςStrong’s G3717

orthos

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Orthos is the Greek word usually translated “upright” and “straight”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.”
Acts 14:10 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “upright” and “straight”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • upright 1
  • straight 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1
  • Hebrews 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ὀρθός orthos · upright

ὀρθός, -ή, -όν [in LXX chiefly for יָשָׁר ;] straight; (a) in height, straight, upright: Act.14:10; (b) in line, straight, direct: figuratively, Heb.12:13 (LXX).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “upright” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

UPRIGHT, adjective

upri'te or up'rite. [up and right. This word is marked in books with the accent on the first syllable. But it is frequently pronounced with the accent on the second, and the accent on the first syllable of its derivatives is inadmissible.]

  1. Erect; perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; as an upright tree; an upright post.
  2. Erected; pricked up; shooting directly from the body.
  3. Honest; just; adhering to rectitude in all social intercourse; not deviating from correct moral principles; as an upright man. Job 1:1
  4. Conformable to moral rectitude.
All definitions and other forms of “upright”

    UP'RIGHT, noun

    1. In architecture, a representation or draught of the front of a building; called also an elevation, or orthography.
    2. Something standing erect or perpendicular.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.