ἐπιδιορθ-όω G1930
to set in order, arrange, correct what is deficient
A compound verb meaning to set straight, arrange properly, or correct deficiencies. Titus 1:5 has Paul instructing Titus: 'I left you in Crete so that you might set in order (ἐπιδιορθώσῃ) what remains and appoint elders.' The term suggests completing unfinished reforms or correcting organizational problems. This is administrative work, establishing proper church structure where it was lacking.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Paul commissions Titus to complete church organization in Crete. The Spanish 'ordenes' and the context of appointing elders show this is about establishing proper order. Titus must address 'what remains'—the unfinished business of installing qualified leadership in every town. The verb implies both correction of existing problems and completion of partially done work, bringing Cretan churches to full institutional maturity. 1×
AR["تُرَتِّبَ"]·ben["সংশোধন-কর"]·DE["in-Ordnung-bringen"]·EN["you-might-set-in-order"]·FR["ἐπιδιορθώσῃ"]·heb["תְּתַקֵּן"]·HI["थेएक-करे,"]·ID["kamu-atur,"]·IT["epidiorthōsē"]·jav["panjenengan-dandosi,"]·KO["바로잡도록"]·PT["corrigisses,"]·RU["довершил"]·ES["ordenes"]·SW["uyarekebishe"]·TR["düzeltebilesin,"]·urd["درست-کرے"]
Related Senses
G0846 1. third-person pronoun reference (5552×)H???? 1. (4670×)H6213a 1. do, perform, act (2383×)G4160 1. do, act, perform (473×)H5221 1. Hifil: to strike in battle, smite enemies (362×)H0899b 1. garment, article of clothing (216×)H6213a 2. make, construct, fabricate (148×)H3772 1. cut a covenant / make a pact (97×)H5060 1. touch physically (Qal) (96×)H3615 1. complete a task (Piel) (85×)H3772 2. cut off / destroy (Hifil causative) (81×)H3920 1. capture, seize (Qal) (76×)H???? 12. (76×)H3772 3. be cut off / be eliminated (Niphal) (74×)H6213a 3. be done, be made (Niphal) (73×)G4160 2. make, construct, create (62×)H3847 1. Qal: put on, wear (60×)H8210 1. pour out (liquid/libation) (59×)G2440 1. garment or clothing (general) (54×)H4191 4. kill / put to death (Hifil causative) (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐπιδιορθ-όω, correct afterwards, Refs 2nd c.BC+ —middle, ἐ. τὰ λείποντα to have deficiencies set right also, complete unfinished reforms, NT.Tit.1.5; simply, correct, Refs 5th c.AD+