Word Summary
katorthōma: very worthy deed, public reform
Original Word: κατόρθωμαTransliteration: katorthōma
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-or'-tho-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: very worthy deed, public reform
Meaning: very worthy deed, public reform
Strong's Concordance
very worthy deed, public reform
From a compound of kata and a derivative of orthos (compare diorthosis); something made fully upright, i.e. (figuratively) rectification (specially, good public administration) -- very worthy deed.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK orthos
see GREEK diorthosis
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2735: κατόρθωμακατόρθωμα,
κατορθωματος,
τό (
κατορθόω to make upright, erect),
a right action, a successful achievement: plural of wholesome public measures or institutions,
Acts 24:2 (3) (
R G; see
διόρθωμα); (3Macc. 3:23;
Polybius,
Diodorus,
Strabo,
Josephus,
Plutarch,
Lucian). Cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 251; (
Winer's 25).