What does ὀρθῶς (orthōs) mean in the Bible?
ὀρθῶς (orthōs): Rightly or correctly, emphasizing accordance with truth or proper standard, not mere technique.
Greek · G3723
ὀρθῶς
Correctly
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ὀρθῶς G3723
Pronunciation orthōs
What does ὀρθῶς (orthōs) mean in the Bible?
ὀρθῶς (orthōs): Rightly or correctly, emphasizing accordance with truth or proper standard, not mere technique.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3723?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include correctly (3), plainly (1).
Where does ὀρθῶς (orthōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 7:35. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It correctly 3× Luke 7:43, Luke 10:28, Luke 20:21
plainly 1× Mark 7:35
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 7:35
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Mark 1 Luke 3
Source forms
ὀρθῶς 2x orthōs Mark 7:35, Luke 20:21
Ὀρθῶς 2x Orthōs Luke 7:43, Luke 10:28
Parsing patterns
Adverb 4x Mark 7:35, Luke 7:43, Luke 10:28, Luke 20:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Rightly or correctly, emphasizing accordance with truth or proper standard, not mere technique.
Strong's G3723
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 1 form 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 10:28 Source Gloss
correctly
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 7:35 Adverb
ὀρθῶς. orqwv
rightly
Read verse Luke 7:43 Adverb
Ὀρθῶς orqwv
rightly
Read verse Luke 10:28 Adverb
Ὀρθῶς orqwv
rightly
Read verse Luke 20:21 Adverb
ὀρθῶς orqwv
rightly
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 4
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Mark 7:35 · Luke 7:43 · Luke 10:28 · Luke 20:21 4×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
answering rightly or accurately in response to a question about eternal life
functioning properly, speaking clearly after being healed of deafness and speech impediment
making a correct judgment or assessment in response to Jesus's parable about forgiveness
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ὀρθῶς is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain