ὈΡΘΩΣ, ὀρθως
ORTHŌS, orthōs
Sounds Like: OR-thos
Translations: rightly, correctly, properly, justly
From the root: ΟΡΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is an adverb meaning 'rightly' or 'correctly'. It describes an action or state that is done in a straight, proper, or just manner. It can be used to affirm the truth or correctness of something, or to indicate that an action was performed appropriately.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G3717 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 4:4
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 16:251
- Book 6 — 6:102, 6:119, 6:126
- Book 9 — 6:110
- Book 10 — 7:122
- Book 15 — 3:64
- Book 16 — 3:80
- Book 20 — 9:201
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 57:298
Mathetes
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 4:10
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 4:7, 40:16
- Exodus — 18:18
- Numbers — 27:7
- Deuteronomy — 5:28, 18:17
- 1 Samuel — 16:17
- 1 Maccabees — 11:43
- 4 Maccabees — 1:1
- Proverbs — 14:2, 16:8
- Wisdom — 2:1, 6:4
- Ezekiel — 22:30
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 13:55, 13:59
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 13:55
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 12 — 6:2
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΡΘΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ὈΡΘΑ — straight, right, correct, upright, a straight thing, right things, correct things
- ὈΡΘΑΙ — straight, right, correct, upright
- ὈΡΘΑΙΣ — (to) straight, (to) right, (to) correct, (to) upright
- ὈΡΘΑΣ — straight, right, correct, true
- ὈΡΘΗ — straight, right, upright, correct, a straight (thing), a right (thing)
- ὈΡΘΗΣ — straight, right, correct, true, a straight, a right, a correct, a true
- ὈΡΘΙΑΝ — straight, upright, right, correct, a straight, an upright, a right, a correct
- ὈΡΘΟΝ — straight, an upright, upright, a right, right, a correct, correct
- ὈΡΘΟΣ — straight, upright, right, correct, true
- ὈΡΘΟΥ — of straight, of right, of correct, of true, of upright
- ὈΡΘΟΥΣ — straight, right, correct, upright
- ΟΡΘ — straight, upright, right, correct, true
- ΟΡΘΑΙ — straight, right, upright, correct, true
- ΟΡΘΑΙΣ — straight, upright, right, correct, true
- ΟΡΘΑΣ — straight, right, correct, true, upright, just
- ΟΡΘΗ — straight, right, correct, upright, a straight, a right, a correct, an upright
- ΟΡΘΙΩ — to make straight, to set upright, to raise up, to stand up, to stand erect
- ΟΡΘΟΝ — straight, upright, right, correct, properly, directly
- ΟΡΘΟΣ — straight, upright, right, correct, true
- ΟΡΘΟΥΣ — straight, upright, right, correct, true
- ΟΡΘΩΣ — rightly, correctly, properly, well
- ΟΡΘΩΣΙΑ — uprightness, straightness, rectitude, correctness
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