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Lexicon :: Strong's H3474 - yāšar

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יָשַׁר
Transliteration
yāšar
Pronunciation
yaw-shar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 930

Strong’s Definitions

יָשַׁר yâshar, yaw-shar'; a primitive root; to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous:—direct, fit, seem good (meet), please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H3474 in the following manner: please (6x), straight (5x), direct (4x), right (3x), well (2x), fitted (1x), good (1x), make straight (1x), meet (1x), upright (1x), uprightly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H3474 in the following manner: please (6x), straight (5x), direct (4x), right (3x), well (2x), fitted (1x), good (1x), make straight (1x), meet (1x), upright (1x), uprightly (1x).

  1. to be right, be straight, be level, be upright, be just, be lawful, be smooth

    1. (Qal)

      1. to go straight

      2. to be pleasing, be agreeable, be right (fig.)

      3. to be straightforward, be upright

    2. (Piel)

      1. to make right, make smooth, make straight

      2. to lead, direct, lead straight along

      3. to esteem right, approve

    3. (Pual) to be made level, be laid smoothly out

    4. (Hiphil) to make straight, look straight

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָשַׁר yâshar, yaw-shar'; a primitive root; to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous:—direct, fit, seem good (meet), please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).
STRONGS H3474: Abbreviations
† יָשַׁר verb be smooth, straight, right (Late Hebrew id., and derivatives; Arabic bdb044805 be gentle, tractable easy, II. make easy; bdb044806 manageable, easy, but Sabean ותֿר, הותֿר, אהל יתֿרן OsZMG 1865, 270 CISiv, 29, 2; Assyrian Išâu, be or go straight, right, mêšêru, justice, mêšêriš, righteously, DlHWB 310) —
Qal Perfect יָשַׁר Jeremiah 18:4 + 2 times; 3rd person feminine יָֽֽֽשְׁרָה Judges 14:3; Habakkuk 2:4; 3rd person masculine plural יָֽשְׁרוּ 1 Kings 9:12; Imperfect יִישַׁר Numbers 23:27 + 2 times; יִשַׁר 1 Samuel 18:20, 26; 3rd person feminine singularתִּישַׁר Judges 14:7; 3rd person feminine plural יִשַּׁרְנָה 1 Samuel 6:12 (Ges§ 47, n. 3; 71) —
1. go straight, בַּדֶּרֶךְ in the way 1 Samuel 6:12.
2. figurative, be pleasing, agreeable, right (בְּעֵינֵי in the eyes of); said of a woman Judges 14:3, 7; a man Jeremiah 27:5; of matters and things (הַדָּבָר) 1 Samuel 18:20, 26; 2 Samuel 17:4; 1 Chronicles 13:4; 2 Chronicles 30:4; of cities 1 Kings 9:12; a place בְּעֵינֵי הָאֱלֹהִים Numbers 23:27 (E); with כַּאֲשֶׁר Jeremiah 18:4.
3. in ethical sense, straightforward, upright; בּוֺ נַפְשׁו לֹא־יָֽשְׁרָה Habakkuk 2:4 his soul is not upright in him (opposed to צֻפְּלָה swollen).
Pi. Perfect I יִשָּׁ֑רְתִּ׳ Psalm 119:128 (יִשְׁרֵהוּ Job 37:3, 3rd person masculine suffix Thes; but < Ew Di Hi De Da, Imperfect from שָׁרָה); Imperfect יְיַשֵּׁר Proverbs 3:6; יְיַשֶּׁרֿ Proverbs 15:21; suffix וַיְיַשְּׁרֵם (Masoretes abbreviated וַיַּשְּׁרֵם) 2 Chronicles 32:30; 3rd person feminine singular תְּיַשֵּׁר Proverbs 11:4; 1st person singular אֲיַשֵּׁר Isaiah 45:13; אֲיַשֵּׁר Isaiah 45:2 Qr (Kt Hiph. אוֺשִׁר Ges§ 70, 2 doubtless copyist's error); Imperative plural יַשְּׁרוּ Isaiah 40:3; Participle plural מְיַשְּׁרִים Proverbs 9:15; —
1. make smooth, straight, accusative מְסִלָּה Isaiah 40:3; הֲדוּרִים Isaiah 45:2; figurative, with דֶּרֶךְ make smooth or straight, i.e. free from obstacles, successful Isaiah 45:13; Proverbs 11:5, אֹרַח Proverbs 3:5; in ethical sense, הַמְיַשְּׁרִים אָרְחוֺתָם Proverbs 9:15 those making straight their paths, going straightforward on their paths; יְיַשֶּׁרלָֿ֑כֶת Proverbs 15:21 maketh straight his going, goeth straightforwards.
2. lead straight along direct, waters of an aqueduct 2 Chronicles 32:30; (of the thunder Job 37:3 according to some; but see rather שָׁרָה)
3. esteem right, approve Psalm 119:128 (read כל פקודיך לי יִשָּׁ֑רְתִּי).
Pu. Participle זָהָב מְיֻשָּׁר 1 Kings 6:35 gold made level, laid smoothly out, upon the graven work.
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person plural נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ יַיְשִׁרוּ עַפְעַפֶּיךָ Proverbs 4:25 let thine eyelids look straight before thee; Imperative הַיְ֯שַׁר דַּרְכֶּךָ make thy way even Psalm 5:9 Qr (Kt הוֺשַׁר; see Ges70 (2)).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

23:27; 23:27

Judges

14:3; 14:3; 14:7; 14:7

1 Samuel

6:12; 6:12; 18:20; 18:20; 18:26; 18:26

2 Samuel

17:4

1 Kings

6:35; 9:12; 9:12

1 Chronicles

13:4

2 Chronicles

30:4; 32:30; 32:30

Job

37:3; 37:3

Psalms

5:9; 119:128; 119:128

Proverbs

3:5; 3:6; 4:25; 9:15; 9:15; 11:4; 11:5; 15:21; 15:21

Isaiah

40:3; 40:3; 45:2; 45:2; 45:13; 45:13

Jeremiah

18:4; 18:4; 27:5

Habakkuk

2:4; 2:4

H3474

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Strong's Number H3474 matches the Hebrew יָשַׁר (yāšar),
which occurs 26 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - Then Balak H1111 said H559 to Balaam, H1109 “Please H4994 come, H1980 I will take H3947 you to another H312 place; H4725 perhaps H194 it will be [fn]agreeable H3474 with God H430 that you curse H6895 them for me from there.” H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3 - Then his father H1 and his mother H517 said H559 to him, “Is there H369 no H369 woman H802 among the daughters H1323 of your [fn]relatives, H251 or among all H3605 [fn]our people, H5971 that you go H1980 to take H3947 a wife H802 from the uncircumcised H6189 Philistines?” H6430 But Samson H8123 said H559 to his father, H1 “Get H3947 her for me, for she [fn]looks H3474 H5869 good H3474 to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:7 - So he went H3381 down H3381 and talked H1696 to the woman; H802 and she [fn]looked H3474 H5869 good H3474 to Samson. H8123

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the cows H6510 took H3474 the straight H3474 way H1870 in the [fn]direction H1870 of Beth-shemesh; H1053 they went H1980 along the highway, H4546 lowing H1600 as they went, H1980 and did not turn H5493 aside H5493 to the right H3225 or to the left. H8040 And the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 followed H1980 H310 them to the border H1366 of Beth-shemesh. H1053

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:20 - Now Michal, H4324 Saul’s H7586 daughter, H1323 loved H157 David. H1732 When they told H5046 Saul, H7586 the thing H1697 was agreeable H3474 [fn]to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26 - When his servants H5650 told H5046 David H1732 these H428 words, H1697 [fn]it pleased H3474 H5869 David H1732 to become H2859 the king’s H4428 son-in-law. H2859 [fn]Before the days H3117 had expired H4390

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:4 - So the [fn]plan H1697 pleased H5869 H3474 Absalom H53 and all H3605 the elders H2205 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:35 - He carved H7049 on it cherubim, H3742 palm H8561 trees, H8561 and open H6362 flowers; H6731 and he overlaid H6823 them with gold H2091 evenly H3474 applied H3474 on the engraved H2707 work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12 - So Hiram H2438 came H3318 out from Tyre H6865 to see H7200 the cities H5892 which H834 Solomon H8010 had given H5414 him, and they [fn]did not please H3474 H5869 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:4 - Then all H3605 the assembly H6951 said H559 that they would do H6213 so, H3651 for the thing H1697 was right H3474 in the eyes H5869 of all H3605 the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:4 - Thus the thing H1697 was right H3474 in the sight H5869 of the king H4428 and [fn]all H3605 the assembly. H6951

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - It was Hezekiah H2396 who stopped H5640 the upper H5945 outlet H4161 of the waters H4325 of Gihon H1521 and directed H3474 them to the west H4628 side H4628 of the city H5892 of David. H1732 And Hezekiah H2396 prospered H6743 in all H3605 that he did. H4639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 - “Under H8478 the whole H3605 heaven H8064 He lets H8281 it loose, H8281
And His [fn]lightning H216 to the ends H3671 of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:8 - O LORD, H3068 lead H5148 me in Your righteousness H6666 because H4616 of [fn]my foes; H8324
Make H3474 Your way H1870 [fn]straight H3474 before H6440 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:128

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:128 - Therefore H5921 H3651 I esteem H3474 right H3474 all H3605 Your precepts H6490 concerning everything, H3605
I hate H8130 every H3605 false H8267 way. H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:6 - In all H3605 your ways H1870 acknowledge H3045 Him,
And He will make H3474 your paths H734 straight. H3474

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25 - Let your eyes H5869 look H5027 directly H5227 ahead H5227
And let your [fn]gaze H6079 be fixed H3474 straight H3474 in front H5048 of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15 - Calling H7121 to those who pass H5674 by,
Who are making H3474 their paths H734 straight: H3474

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:5 - The righteousness H6666 of the blameless H8549 will smooth H3474 his way, H1870
But the wicked H7563 will fall H5307 by his own wickedness. H7564

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:21 - Folly H200 is joy H8057 to him who H2638 lacks H2638 [fn]sense, H3820
But a man H376 of understanding H8394 walks H1980 straight. H3474

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - A voice H6963 [fn]is calling, H7121
“Clear H6437 the way H1870 for the LORD H3068 in the wilderness; H4057
Make H3474 smooth H3474 in the desert H6160 a highway H4546 for our God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:2 - “I will go H1980 before H6440 you and make H3474 the [fn]rough H1921 places H1921 smooth; H3474
I will shatter H7665 the doors H1817 of bronze H5154 and cut H1438 through H1438 their iron H1270 bars. H1280

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:13 - “I have aroused H5782 him in righteousness H6664
And I will make H3474 all H3605 his ways H1870 smooth; H3474
He will build H1129 My city H5892 and will let H7971 My exiles H1546 go H7971 free, H7971
Without H3808 any payment H4242 or reward,” H7810 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:4 - But the vessel H3627 that he was making H6213 of clay H2563 was spoiled H7843 in the hand H3027 of the potter; H3335 so he remade H7725 H6213 it into another H312 vessel, H3627 as it pleased H5869 H3474 the potter H3335 to make. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5 - “I have made H6213 the earth, H776 the men H120 and the beasts H929 which H834 are on the face H6440 of the earth H776 by My great H1419 power H3581 and by My outstretched H5186 arm, H2220 and I will give H5414 it to the one who H834 is [fn]pleasing H3474 in My sight. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:4 - “Behold, H2009 as for the proud H6075 one,
His soul H5315 is not right H3474 within him;
But the righteous H6662 will live H2421 by his [fn]faith. H530
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