2001 Translation

ORTHION, orthion

Sounds Like: OR-thee-on

Translations: upright, straight, erect, vertical, an upright thing

From the root: ΟΡΘΙΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: ὈΡΘΙΟΝ is the neuter singular form of the adjective ΟΡΘΙΟΣ. It describes something that is standing or positioned vertically, straight, or erect. It can refer to a person standing upright, an object positioned vertically, or even a direction that is straight forward.

Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G3717 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Five — 2:8

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 91:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Samuel — 28:14

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΡΘΙΟΣ.

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.

• ὈΡΘΙΟΥ — of upright, of steep, of straight, of direct
• ὈΡΘΙΩ — (to) upright, (to) straight, (to) steep, (to) erect, (to) sheer
• ΟΡΘΙΟΝ — upright, straight, erect, an upright thing, a straight thing
• ΟΡΘΙΟΣ — straight, upright, erect, standing upright, a straight

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