Upright
Bible Usage:
- upright used 68 times.
- uprightly used 12 times.
- uprightness used 19 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 37:7
- Last Reference: Acts 14:10
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3474 Used 1 time
- H3476 Used 1 time
- H3477 Used 42 times
- H4339 Used 1 time
- H4749 Used 1 time
- H5324 Used 2 times
- H5749 Used 1 time
- H5921 Used 2 times
- H6968 Used 1 time
- H8535 Used 1 time
- H8537 Used 2 times
- H8549 Used 8 times
- H8552 Used 3 times
- G3717 Used 1 time
UPRIGHT, adjective upri'te or up'rite. [up and right. This word is marked in books with the accent on the first syllable. But it is frequently pronounced with the accent on the second, and the accent on the first syllable of its derivatives is inadmissible.]
1. Erect; perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; as an upright tree; an upright post. Among mechanics, plumb.
2. Erected; pricked up; shooting directly from the body.
All have their ears upright -
With chatt'ring teeth and bristling hair upright
3. Honest; just; adhering to rectitude in all social intercourse; not deviating from correct moral principles; as an upright man. Job 1:1.
4. Conformable to moral rectitude.
Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure.
UP'RIGHT, noun
1. In architecture, a representation or draught of the front of a building; called also an elevation, or orthography.
2. Something standing erect or perpendicular.
UPRIGHTLY, adverb
1. In a direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; in an erect position.
2. Honestly; with strict observance of rectitude; as, to live uprightly
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely. Proverbs 10:9.
See Righteousness
Righteousness
UPRIGHTNESS, noun
1. Perpendicular erection.
2. Honesty; integrity in principle or practice; conformity to rectitude and justice in social dealings.
The truly upright man is inflexible in his uprightness
Bible Usage:
- upright used 68 times.
- uprightly used 12 times.
- uprightness used 19 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 37:7
- Last Reference: Acts 14:10
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3474 Used 1 time
- H3476 Used 1 time
- H3477 Used 42 times
- H4339 Used 1 time
- H4749 Used 1 time
- H5324 Used 2 times
- H5749 Used 1 time
- H5921 Used 2 times
- H6968 Used 1 time
- H8535 Used 1 time
- H8537 Used 2 times
- H8549 Used 8 times
- H8552 Used 3 times
- G3717 Used 1 time