Strong's Lexicon
G461 — ἀνορθόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G461 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀνορθόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G303 and a derivative of the base of G3717 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | anorthoo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | an-orth-oh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to straighten up 2. to raise up |
| KJV Renderings: | lift (set) up, make straight |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνορθόω, ἀνόρθω: future ἀνορθώσω; 1 aorist ἀνωρθωσα; 1 aorist passive ἀνωρθωθην (Luk 13:13; without the augment ἀνορθωθην L T Tr; cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 161); Buttmann, 34 (30); (Winer’s Grammar, 73) (70));
1. to set up, make erect: a crooked person, Luk 13:13 (she was made straight, stood erect); drooping hands and relaxed knees (to raise them up by restoring their strength), Heb 12:12.
2. to rear again, build anew: ἀκηνην, Act 15:16 (Herodotus 1, 19 τόν νηον ... τόν ἐνέπρησαν; 8, 140; Xenophon, Hell. 4, 8, 12, etc.; in various senses in the Sept.).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀνορθόω (lift (set) up)
Luke 13:13
- KJV: And he laid hands on her and immediately she was made straight and glorified God
- GK: και έπεθηκεν αυτή τας χείρας και παραχρήμα ανωρθώθη και εδόξαζε τον θεόν
Acts 15:16
- KJV: After this I will return and will build again the tabernacle of David which is fallen down and I will build again the ruins thereof and I will set it up
- GK: μετά ταύτα αναστρέψω και ανοικοδομήσω την σκηνήν Δαβίδ την πεπτωκυίαν και τα κατεσκαμμένα αυτής ανοικοδομήσω και ανορθώσω αυτήν
Hebrews 12:12
- KJV: Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees
- GK: διό τας παρειμένας χείρας και τα παραλελυμένα γόνατα ανορθώσατε