ἀνορθόω
anorthoō · straighten, restore
Greek word · Strong’s number G461 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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anorthoō (ἀνορθόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “straighten, restore”.
Straighten, make upright again; restore, rebuild.
How to say it
a·nor·tho·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To set upright again what had fallen.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- I will restore ×1
- she was made straight ×1
- strengthen ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 13:13
And he laid his hands on her; and immediately she was made straight, and she was glorifying God.
- Acts 15:16
‘After these things I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen, and its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
- Hebrews 12:12
Therefore, strengthen the drooping hands and the weakened knees,