◄ 1882. epanorthósis ►
Strong's Concordance epanorthósis: correction Original Word: ἐπανόρθωσις, εως, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: epanorthósis Phonetic Spelling: (ep-an-or'-tho-sis) Short Definition: correction, reformation Definition: correction, reformation, setting straight (right) again. HELPS Word-studies 1882 epanórthōsis (from 1909 /epí, "on, fitting" intensifying 461 /anorthóō, "make straight") – properly, suitable because straight, i.e. restored to its (original) proper condition; hence, correction (referring to something that is aptly "straightened out"). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1882: ἐπανόρθωσις ἐπανόρθωσις, ἐπανορθωσεως, ἡ (ἐπανορθόω), restoration to an upright or a right state; correction, improvement (in Greek writings from Demosthenes down): of life and character, 2 Timothy 3:16 (cf. τόν Θεόν ... χρόνον γέ πρός ἐπανόρθωσιν (αὐτοῖς) προσιζάνειν, Plutarch, de sera num. vind. 6); with τοῦ βίου added, Polybius 1, 35, 1; Epictetus diss. 3, 21, 15; σεαυτοῦ, id. ench. 51, 1; (ἠθικη δέ τά πρός ἀνθρωπίνων ἐπανόρθωσιν ἠθῶν, Philo de ebriet. § 22; cf. de confus. lingg. § 36 at the end); (cf. ἐπανορθουν καί εἰς μετάνοιαν ἀπάγειν, Josephus, Antiquities 4, 6, 10). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance correction. From a compound of epi and anorthoo; a straightening up again, i.e. (figuratively) rectification (reformation) -- correction. see GREEK epi see GREEK anorthoo Forms and Transliterations επανορθωσιν επανόρθωσιν ἐπανόρθωσιν epanorthosin epanorthōsin epanórthosin epanórthōsin Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 1882 1 Occurrence ἐπανόρθωσιν — 1 Occ. 2 Timothy 3:16 N-AFS GRK: ἐλεγμόν πρὸς ἐπανόρθωσιν πρὸς παιδείαν NAS: for reproof, for correction, for training KJV: for correction, for INT: reproof for correction for discipline 1 Occurrence