Quick Definition
ἐπανόρθωσις, εως, ἡ n.f. correction, reformation
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 1909 and 461; a straightening up again, i.e. (figuratively) rectification (reformation)
KJV Usage: correction
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | ὀρθός
72.16 · True, False · Accurate, Inaccurate
to correct, correcting faults to cause something to be or to become correct, with the implication of a previous condition of faults or failures
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-αν-όρθωσις, -ews, 7, (€mavopOdw), restoration to an upright or a right state; correction, improvement, (in Grk. writ. fr. Dem. down): of life and character, 2 Tim. iii. 16 [cf. τὸν Oedv .. . χρόνον ye πρὸς ἐπανόρθωσιν (αὐτοῖς) | προσιζάνειν, Plut. de sera num. vind. 6]; with rod βίου when finally judgment is held’; cf. Huther [or Ellic.] | ad loc.) ; ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ, to be devoted to good works, 1 Tim. | added, Polyb. 1, 35,1; Epict. diss. 3, 21,15; σεαυτοῦ, id. ench. 51,1; [ἠθικὴ δὲ τὰ πρὸς ἀνθρωπίνων ἐπανόρθωσιν ἠθῶν, Philo de ebriet. § 22; οἵ. de confus. lingg. § 36 fin.]; (cf. ἐπανορθοῦν καὶ εἰς μετάνοιαν ἀπάγειν, Joseph. antt. 4, 6, 10).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπανόρθωσις epanorthōsis 1x
correction, reformation, improvement, 2 Tim. 3:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἐπ-αν-όρθωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἐπανορθόω, to correct, restore; cf. II Mac 2:22) [in LXX: I Es 8:52, I Mac 14:34 * ;]
correction: of life, II Ti 3:16 (cf. MM, Exp., xiv).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπανόρθωσις. For the literal meaning of this subst. see ἤίελεὶ 8304 (end 1i/B.C.) εἰς τὴν ἐπανόρθωσιν τοῦ ἱεροῦ τῆς ᾿Αρτέμιδος. With the metaph. usage in 2 Tim 315, cf. P Oxy II. 237% 30 (A.D. 186) καίτοι πολλάκις κριθὲν ὑπὸ τῶν πρὸ ἐμοῦ ἐπάρχων τῆς δεούσης αὐτὰ τυχεῖν ἐπανορθώσεως, “although my predecessors often ordered that these (abstracts) should receive the necessary correction,” 26. 1. 7829 (iii/A.p.) ὃ προσῆκόν ἐστι πρᾶξαι περὶ τῆς τούτων ἐπανορθώσεως, and 76. 6714 (A.D. 338) πάντα μέν, ὡς ἔπος ἐστὶν εἰπεῖν, ὅσα εἰσχύειν τι δύν[α]tla] παρὰ τὴν τῶν νόμων [ἰσχὺ]ν πρὸς ὀλίγον εἰσχύει, ἐπανορθοῦτε (/.—ar) δὲ ὕστερον ὑπὸ τῆς τῶν νόμων ἐπεξελεύσεως, ‘everything, it may be said, that is able to withstand the power of the law withstands but for a short time τῶν ἐπαν[αστ]ά(ν)τίων τῶι δήμωι | ποήσω.. .. τὰς ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ κέλλας, “I have leased together with the above-mentioned premises the chambers in the court”’ (Edd.), BGU IV. 1046%-7 (ii/A.D.) ὃ αὐτὸς ἐπάνω yevdp(evos) καὶ σιτολ(όγος), P Hamb I. 1217 (a.p. 209-10) ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπάνω πρεσβίυτέρων) : cf. P Oxy VII. 1032%4 (A.D. 162) ds ἐπάνω δηλοῦται, ‘as stated above.” In connexion with time the phrase ot ἔπάνω χρόνοι, ‘‘the former times,” is often met: e.g. in P Hib I. 96% 23 (B.c. 259), P Oxy II. 2681? (a.p. 58) 76. 237 vill. 38 (Α Ὁ. 186), P Tebt II. 39717 (a.p. 198). For the use of ἐπάνω as an “improper” preposition ( “above,” ‘‘over’’) cf. P Oxy III. 4958 (a.p. 181-9) é]v A.D.) ἐὰν θέλῃς ἐπάνω κορκοδείλου (1. kpoKo- by metathesis) διαβαίνειν, P Flor I. 505? (a.p. 268) ἐπάνω λίμνης, and see Thumb in 7/ZZ xxviii. p. 422 for the survival of this usage in MGr ἐπάνω, ἐπάνω᾽ς, ἀπάνω. It may be added that ἐπάνω changed out of ἐπάνου is found in an ancient “‘curse”’ strongly tinged with Jewish influences—Wiinsch AF 324 (Carthage—Imperial time) (ἔτι ἐξορκίζω ὑμᾶς κατὰ τοῦ ἐπάνίω) τοῦ οὐρανοῦ θεοῦ : cf Isai 1418. For ἐπάνωθεν, not found in the NT, but frequent in the LXX, see BGU IV. 11987 (B.C. 4).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπανόρθωσις (epanorthōsis) — correcting. ἐπανόρθ-ωσις, εως, ἡ, setting right, correcting, τᾶς ψυχᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; revision, νόμων Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἔχειν to be capable of improvement, opposed to ἀνίατον εἶναι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of circumstances, amendment, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]