Straight
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"direct, straight, right," is translated "straight," figuratively, of the paths of the Lord, Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4; in Luke 3:5 of the rectification of the crooked, with reference to moral transformation; in Acts 9:11 , the name of a street in Damascus, still one of the principal thoroughfares. See Right.
used of height, denotes "upright," Acts 14:10; of line of direction, figuratively, said of paths of righteousness, Hebrews 12:13 .
akin to A, No. 1, is used of the directing of a ship by the steersman, James 3:4 (see Governor , B, Note); metaphorically, of making "straight" the way of the Lord, John 1:23 .
"to set up, make straight:" see Lift , No. 6.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( superl.) Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
(2): ( a.) A variant of Strait, a.
(3): ( superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber.
(4): ( superl.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve.
(5): ( superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
(6): ( superl.) Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.
(7): ( superl.) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot.
(8): ( adv.) In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.
(9): ( n.) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.
(10): ( v. t.) To straighten.
King James Dictionary [3]
Straight a. L., formed from the root of reach, stretch, right. It is customary to write straight, for direct or right, and strait, for narrow, but this is a practice wholly arbitrary, both being the same word. Strait we use in the sense in which it is used in the south of Europe. Both sense proceed from stretching, straining.
1. Right, in a mathematical sense direct passing from one point to another by the nearest course not deviating or crooked as a straight line a straight course a straight piece of timber. 2. Narrow close tight as a straight garment. See strait, as it is generally written. 3. Upright according with justice and rectitude not deviating from truth or fairness.
STRAIGHT, adv. Immediately directly in the shortest time.
I know thy generous temper well fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, it straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze.
