Straight
"direct, straight, right," is translated "straight," figuratively, of the paths of the Lord, Mat 3:3, Mar 1:3, Luk 3:4; in Luk 3:5 of the rectification of the crooked, with reference to moral transformation; in Act 9:11, the name of a street in Damascus, still one of the principal thoroughfares. See RIGHT.
used of height, denotes "upright," Act 14:10; of line of direction, figuratively, said of paths of righteousness, Heb 12:13. akin to A, No. 1, is used of the directing of a ship by the steersman, Jam 3:4 (see GOVERNOR, B, Note); metaphorically, of making "straight" the way of the Lord, Joh 1:23. "to set up, make straight:" see LIFT, No. 6.
