UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: In earlier Greek ὀρθός meant straight up and down while εὐθύς meant straight on the horizontal plane, but this distinction has not always been preserved in Koine Greek.

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: ὀρθός; -ή, -όν

Sense 1: straight, direct

Semantic entry: 79.88

Semantic domains: Features of Objects

Subdomains: Straight, Crooked

Definition: pertaining to being straight in contrast to what is crooked{N:001}

Notes: The context of RV HEB 12:13 · LV HEB 12:13 · Read together HEB 12:13 is, of course, figurative.

ACT 14:10: RV ACT 14:10 · LV ACT 14:10 · Read together ACT 14:10

Show passage in OET

OET-RV ACT 14:10

10 So in a loud voice, Paulos said, “Stand upright on your feet.” And the man sprang up and was walking around.

OET-LV ACT 14:10

10 said with_a_loud voice:
Stand _up straight on the feet of _you.
And he _sprang _up and was _walking.

HEB 12:13: RV HEB 12:13 · LV HEB 12:13 · Read together HEB 12:13

Show passage in OET

OET-RV HEB 12:13

13 Make your paths straight so that those who are lame won’t be discouraged, but rather come and be healed.

OET-LV HEB 12:13

13 and paths straight be _making for _the feet of _you _all, in _order _that not the lame may _be _turning _away, but may _be _healed rather.

Sense 2: to live, to behave, to conduct oneself correctly

Semantic entry: 41.30

Semantic domains: Behavior and Related States

Subdomains: Particular Patterns of Behavior

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to make straight wheel tracks for the feet) to live or behave in strict conformance to a predetermined model for behavior

Collocations: τροχιὰς ὀρθὰς ποιέω τοῖς ποσίν

HEB 12:13: RV HEB 12:13 · LV HEB 12:13 · Read together HEB 12:13

Show passage in OET

OET-RV HEB 12:13

13 Make your paths straight so that those who are lame won’t be discouraged, but rather come and be healed.

OET-LV HEB 12:13

13 and paths straight be _making for _the feet of _you _all, in _order _that not the lame may _be _turning _away, but may _be _healed rather.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὀρθός

Form 1

Sense 1: straight, direct

Sense 2: to live, to behave, to conduct oneself correctly