διόρθωσιςdiórthōsis
rectification, i.e. (specially) the Messianic restauration
Greek (New Testament) · G1357
Meanings
a correction, reform: Acts 24:3.
Same root
- διάdiá · G1223through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
- ὀρθόςorthós · G3717right (as rising), i.e. (perpendicularly) erect (figuratively, honest), or (horizontally) level or direct
- κατόρθωμαkatórthōma · G2735something made fully upright, i.e. (figuratively) rectification (specially, good public administration)
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Acts 24:2 When Paul was called in, Tertullus presented the charges against Paul in the following address to the governor: “You have provided a long period of peace for us Jews and with foresight have enacted reforms for us.
- Hebrews 9:10 For that old system deals only with food and drink and various cleansing ceremonies—physical regulations that were in effect only until a better system could be established.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.