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Adverb orthōs (rightly) in the Bible
(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and Brenton for the Septuagint with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Mark
| 7: 35 | And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke rightly (orthōs). |
Luke
| 7: 43 | Simon answered, "I suppose the one for whom he canceled the greater debt." And Jesus said to him, "You have judged rightly (orthōs)." |
| 10: 28 | And he said to him, "You have answered rightly (orthōs); do this, and you will live." |
| 20: 21 | So they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach rightly (orthōs), and you show deference to no one, but teach the way of God in accordance with truth. |
Genesis (LXX)
| 4: 7 | Hast thou not sinned if thou hast brought it rightly (orthōs), but not rightly (orthōs) divided it? be still, to thee shall be his submission, and thou shalt rule over him. |
| 40: 16 | And the chief baker saw that he interpreted rightly (orthōs); and he said to Joseph, I also saw a dream, and methought I took up on my head three baskets of mealy food. |
Exodus (LXX)
| 18: 17 | And the father-in-law of Moses said to him, Thou dost not this thing rightly (orthōs), |
Numbers (LXX)
| 27: 7 | The daughters of Salpaad have spoken rightly (orthōs): thou shalt surely give them a possession of inheritance in the midst of their father's brethren, and thou shalt assign their father's inheritance to them. |
Deuteronomy (LXX)
| 5: 28 | And the Lord heard the voice of your words as ye spoke to me; and the Lord said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, even all things that they have said to thee. They have said rightly (orthōs) all that they have spoken. |
| 18: 17 | And the Lord said to me, They have spoken rightly (orthōs) all that they have said to thee. |
1 Samuel (LXX: 1 Kings)
| 16: 17 | And Saul said to his servants, Look now out for me a man who could play rightly (orthōs), and bring him to me. |
Ezekiel (LXX)
| 22: 30 | And I sought from among them a man behaving uprightly (orthōs), and standing before me perfectly in the time of wrath, so that I should not utterly destroy her: but I found him not. |
Daniel (LXX: Theodotion version)
| 13: 55 | And Daniel said, Rightly (orthōs); thou hast lied against thine own head; for even now the angel of God hath received the sentence of God to cut thee in two. |
| 13: 59 | Then said Daniel unto him, Rightly (orthōs); thou hast also lied against thine own head: for the angel of God waiteth with the sword to cut thee in two, that he may destroy you. |
Proverbs (LXX)
| 14: 2 | He that walks uprightly (orthōs) fears the Lord; but he that is perverse in his ways shall be dishonoured. |
| 16: 8 | He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: and they that rightly (orthōs) seek him shall find peace. |
Wisdom (LXX)
| 2: 1 | For the ungodly said, reasoning with themselves, but not uprightly (orthōs), Our life is short and tedious, and in the death of a man there is no remedy: neither was there any man known to have returned from the grave. |
| 6: 4 | Because, being ministers of his kingdom, ye have not judged uprightly (orthōs), nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsel of God; |
1 Maccabees (LXX)
| 11: 43 | Now therefore thou shalt do rightly (orthōs), if thou send me men to help me; for all my forces are gone from me. |
4 Maccabees (LXX)
| 1: 1 | As I am going to demonstrate a most philosophical proposition, namely, that religious reasoning is absolute master of the passions, I would rightly (orthōs) advise you to give the utmost heed to philosophy. |
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