Word

ἀνορθόω

anorthóō · G461 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to restore, to build up again

To build something up again after it has fallen

Examples
Acts 15:16 ‘AFTER THESE THINGS I will return, AND I WILL REBUILD THE FALLEN TABERNACLE OF DAVID, AND I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS, AND I WILL RESTORE IT,
to straighten up

To straighten up from a bent over position

Examples
Luke 13:13 And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she stood up straight again, and began glorifying God.
to become encouraged, to encourage oneself by determination

(An idiom, literally: straighten paralyzed knees) To gain encouragement by a strong resolve

Examples
Hebrews 12:12 Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated: I 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 3 groups

παραλύωto be paralyzed 1
παρίημιto let by 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

παραχρῆμαimmediately, at once 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

ἀνακύπτω anakýptō · G352 · to straighten up: Both describe straightening or rising to an upright position, with ἀνακύπτω emphasizing the unbending motion of rising up and ἀνορθόω emphasizing the action of making or setting something straight. The terms are interchangeable in contexts describing physical postural change, though ἀνορθόω extends to figurative restoration and encouragement beyond the shared core sense.

In the other Testament 1 word

כּוּן kûwn · H3559 · to be in place, to put in place, to establish: כּוּן (kûwn, H3559) denotes establishing, making firm, or setting upright with emphasis on foundational stability and preparatory action, while ἀνορθόω (anorthóō, G461) specifically denotes the act of straightening up or restoring to an upright position, often with restorative or corrective connotation; the Hebrew term encompasses the broader semantic range of making stable/ready from which the Greek term's narrower 'straightening/restoration' sense is drawn in LXX rendering.

Semantic domains 3 entries

To straighten up17.33: In Luke 13:13, when Jesus heals a woman bent double for eighteen years, “immediately she stood up straight again (anōrthṓthē), and began glorifying God,” describing the literal straightening of her bent body.
To become encouraged, to encourage oneself by determination25.152: In Hebrews 12:12, believers are urged, “strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble (anorthṓsate),” using a physical image of straightening weakened limbs to describe renewed resolve.
To restore, to build up again45.4: In Acts 15:16, James quotes God's promise, “I will return, AND I WILL REBUILD THE FALLEN TABERNACLE OF DAVID, AND I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS, AND I WILL RESTORE IT (anorthṓsō),” describing the rebuilding of something fallen into ruin.

Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ὀρθός orthós · G3717 · straight, direct, to live · 2×ὀρθῶς orthōs · G3723 · correct, correctly · 4×ἀνορθόωanorthóō · G461διόρθωσις diórthōsis · G1357 · new order, improvement, to establish a new order · 2×ἐπανόρθωσις epanórthōsis · G1882 · to correct, correcting faults · 1×ἐπιδιορθόω epidiorthóō · G1930 · to set right, to correct, to put into order · 1×ὀρθοποδέω orthopodéō · G3716 · to live right, to live as one ought to · 1×ὀρθοτομέω orthotoméō · G3718 · to teach correctly, to expound rightly · 1×κατόρθωμα katórthōma · G2735 · reform · 0×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀνόρθω: future ἀνορθώσω; 1 aorist ἀνωρθωσα; 1 aorist passive ἀνωρθωθην (Lk 13:13; without…

ἀνόρθω: future ἀνορθώσω; 1 aorist ἀνωρθωσα; 1 aorist passive ἀνωρθωθην (Lk 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, Lk 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, Acts 15:16 (Herodotus 1, 19 τόν νηον... τόν ἐνέπρησαν; 8, 140; Xenophon, Hell. 4, 8, 12, etc.; in various senses in the Sept.).

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

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Bend Over, Straighten Up1 occurrence Encouragement, Consolation1 occurrence Building, Constructing1 occurrence

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