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)).
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