Upright
נְכֹחָהStrong’s H5229nekhochah (ne-kho-chah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nekhochah is the Hebrew word usually translated “straightforwardness” and “honesty”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.”
Meaning
- Straight in front, be in front of, straight, right, straightnesstrue things (of prophecy) · rectitude (subst)
How it's translated
- straightforwardness 3
- and honesty 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 3
- Amos 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 30:10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
- Isaiah 59:14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
- Amos 3:10For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Hebrew dictionary
נְכֹחָה nekhochah · upright
1) straight in front, be in front of, straight, right, straightness 1a) true things (of prophecy) 1b) rectitude (subst)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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.]
- Erect; perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; as an upright tree; an upright post.
- Erected; pricked up; shooting directly from the body.
- Honest; just; adhering to rectitude in all social intercourse; not deviating from correct moral principles; as an upright man. Job 1:1
- Conformable to moral rectitude.
All definitions and other forms of “upright”
UP'RIGHT, noun
- In architecture, a representation or draught of the front of a building; called also an elevation, or orthography.
- 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.