Word

ἐπανόρθωσις

epanórthōsis · G1882 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. to correct, correcting faults

    To cause something to be or to become correct, with the implication of a previous condition of faults or failures

    Examples

    2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness;

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In the other Testament 2 words
תּוֹכֵחָה tôwkêchâh · H8433 · arguments, reproof, punishment
Hebrew noun for correction/reproof that serves as a functional translation equivalent for the Greek concept of rectification or reformation; both terms denote the act or result of correcting faults
מוּסָר mûwçâr · H4148 · teaching, instruction, correction
Hebrew noun frequently translated in LXX contexts involving correction and discipline; encompasses both the process of correcting and the instruction that rectifies, matching the semantic range of ἐπανόρθωσις
Semantic domains 1 entry
To correct, correcting faults72.16
This noun denotes the setting right of what is wrong or mistaken, used of Paul's teaching that all Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, rebuke, correction, and training in righteousness — "beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16).
Word family 9 words
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπανορθωσεως, ἡ (ἐπανορθόω), restoration to an upright or a right state; correction,…
ἐπανορθωσεως, ἡ (ἐπανορθόω), restoration to an upright or a right state; correction, improvement (in Greek writings from Demosthenes down): of life and character, 2 Tim 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).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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