Definition

in a straight manner, i.e. (figuratively) correctly (also morally)

Etymology

adverb from G3717 (ὀρθός);

Word family

• ὀρθός orthós

How the KJV renders it

• plain
• right(-ly)

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.