Definition

something made fully upright, i.e. (figuratively) rectification (specially, good public administration)

Etymology

from a compound of G2596 (κατά) and a derivative of G3717 (ὀρθός) (compare G1357 (διόρθωσις));

Where the KJV renders it

• very worthy deed

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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