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G3723 ὀρθῶς (orthōs)
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ὀρθῶς Adv rightly

Strong's Definition

adverb from 3717; in a straight manner, i.e. (figuratively) correctly (also morally)

KJV Usage: plain, right(-ly)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

advb. | ὀρθός

72.13 · True, False · Accurate, Inaccurate

correct, correctly pertaining to conforming closely to an accepted norm or standard

MRK 7:35 · LUK 7:43 · LUK 10:28 · LUK 20:21

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὀρθῶς, (ὀρθός), adv., rightly: Mk. vii. 35; Lk. vii. 43; x. 28; xx. 21. [Aeschyl. and Hdt. down.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὀρθῶς orthōs 4x

straightly; rightly, correctly, Mk. 7:35; Lk. 7:43; 10:28; 20:21*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὀρθῶς adv.

(< ἀρθός),

rightly: Mk 7:35, Lk 7:43 10:28 20:21.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὀρθῶς. In P Petr III. 56 (4.)1° (B.c. 269-258) an official swears that he will manage affairs in connexion with the dykes uprightly and justly—ta χωματικὰ πραγματεύσεσθαι ὀρθῶς καὶ δικαίως. Cf. P Eleph 98 (B.c. 223-222) οὐκ ὀρθῶς οὖν ποιεῖς ἀϊναβαλόμενος τὰ π]ράγματα, and P Ryl II. 177%# (A.D. 246) περὶ δὲ τοῦ ὀρθῶς καλῶς [γεγενῆσθαι, “but as to whether this has been nightly and fairly done.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὀρθῶς (orthōs) — correctly. Included with: ὀρθός, ή, όν, straight,

I. in height, upright, standing, [Refs 8th c.BC+], who commonly joins it with στῆναι, στῆ δ᾽ ὀρθός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀρθαὶ τρίχες ἔσταν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀρθὸν οὖς ἵστησι pricks up his ear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; applied to the erect posture of man, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀ. θηρίον, of man, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of buildings, standing with their walls entire, [τὸ Πάνακτον] ὀρθὸν παραδοῦναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a standing crop, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] adverb, ὀρθῶς ἑστῶτες [Refs 4th c.BC+]

I. b Geometry texts, at right angles to.., εὐθεῖα πρὸς ἐπίπεδον ὀρθή ἐστιν ὅταν.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

I. c Astrology texts, ὀρθὰ ζῴδια signs which rise vertically, opposed to πλάγια, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. in line, straight (opposed to σκολιός crooked and πλάγιος aslant), ἀντ᾽ ἠελίου τετραμμένος ὀρθός straight, right opposite the sun, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποιῶν ὀρθὰ πάντα πρὸς κανόνα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὀ. τρῶμα longitudinal to the muscle, opposed to ἐπικάρσιος, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὀρθὴν κελεύεις, i. e. ὀρθὴν ὁδόν με ἰέναι κ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ὀρθὴν ἄνω δίωκε (i.e. όδόν) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δι᾽ ὀρθῆς τήνδε ναυκληρεῖς πόλιν (i.e. ὁδοῦ) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ὀρθὸν ἀποδοῦναι to face the front originally held, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also ὀρθᾷ χερί straightway, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀρθῷ ποδί[Refs]; but τιθέναι ὀρθὸν πόδα is probably to put the foot out, as in walking, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. βλέπειν ὀρθά, opposed to being blind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]recovered his sight, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐξ ὀμμάτων ὀ.. κἀξ ὀρθῆς φρενός [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. metaphorically,

III.1. right, safe, prosperous:

III.1. a partly from signification[Refs]set them up, restored, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ὀρθὸν ἀστάσας (= ἀναστήσας) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐς ὀρθὸν ἱστάναι τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταύτης ἔπι (i.e. χθονός) πλέοντες ὀρθῆς (the state being represented as a ship) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.1. b partly from signification [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὀρθὸν οὐρίσαι to speed in prosperous course, [Refs]

III.2. right, true, correct, ἄγγελος, ἀγγελία, νόος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄρθ᾽ ἀκούειν to be rightly, truly called, [Refs 5th c.BC+]strictly speaking, in very truth, [Refs]: so in adverb, ὀρθῶς λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀ. ἔχει it is right, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in answers, rightly, exactly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative, ὀρθότατα καλεόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φωνεῖν δίκης ἐς ὀρθόν[Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.3. true, real, genuine, ὀ. πολιτεῖαι, opposed to παρεκβάσεις, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀ. μανία real madness, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] adverb -θῶς really, truly, τοὺς ὀ. φιλομαθεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.4. upright, just, ἐμμένειν ὀ. νόμῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]uprightness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιστήμη ἐνοῦσα καὶ ὀ. λόγος (see. λόγος IV. I) [Refs]; ὁ ὀ. λόγος διὰ πάντων ἐρχόμενος (see. λόγος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὀ. λόγοι virtues on the intellectual side, [Refs 1st c.BC+]. adverb ὀρθῶς rightly, justly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀ. καὶ νομίμως [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.5. of persons, 'straight', straightforward, σμικροὶ καὶ οὐκ ὀρθοὶ τὰς ψυχάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.6. on tiptoe, full of expectation, excited, ὀρθῆς τῆς πόλεως γενομένης διά τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. ἡ ὀρθή,

IV.1. (i.e. ὁδός) see above [Refs]

IV.2. ὀ. γωνία right angle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ὀ. alone, [Refs 4th c.BC+] to cut at right angles, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; εἴ τις δείξειεν ὅτι αἱ ὀρθαὶ οὐ συμπίπτουσι.. that right angles do not meet (short for 'that two straight lines making, with a third, interior angles equal to two right angles, etc.'), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ δυσὶν ὀρθαῖς the theorem that the angles of a triangle are together equal to two right angles, [Refs]; ὀρθὸς κῶνος, κύλινδρος, a right cone, cylinder, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

IV.3. (with or without πτῶσις) nominative, Latin casus rectus, opposed to the oblique cases, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

V. ὀρθά active verbs, opposed to ὕπτια (passive) and οὐδέτερα (neuter), [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

VI. ὀ. τόνος real or unmodified (compare above [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

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