UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: εὐθύτης; -ητος

Related lemmas: εὐθύς

Sense 1: righteousness, righteous, uprightness

Semantic entry: 88.19

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Just, Righteous

Definition: the quality of uprightness

Notes: In a number of languages it makes no sense to speak of a ‘righteous scepter,’ and therefore this expression in OET HEB 1:8 may be better rendered as ‘you will rule righteously’ or ‘the way in which you rule is just.’

Show passage in OET: HEB 1:8

OET-RV HEB 1:8

8 And on the other hand to his son he said:
⇔ ‘God, your throne will last to the end of the ages;
⇔ The ruler of his kingdom is a ruler of justice.

OET-LV HEB 1:8

8 on _the _other _hand to the son:
The throne of _you, the god, to the age of _the age, and the scepter of_ the _righteousness is the_scepter of _the kingdom of _him.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

εὐθύτης

Form 1

Sense 1: righteousness, righteous, uprightness