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));

Word family

• κατά katá
• ὀρθός orthós
• διόρθωσις diórthōsis

How 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.