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Lexicon :: Strong's H3477 - yāšār

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יָשָׁר
Transliteration
yāšār
Pronunciation
yaw-shawr'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 930a

Strong’s Definitions

יָשָׁר yâshâr, yaw-shawr'; from H3474; straight (literally or figuratively):—convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 119x

The KJV translates Strong's H3477 in the following manner: right (53x), upright (42x), righteous (9x), straight (3x), convenient (2x), Jasher (2x), equity (1x), just (1x), meet (1x), meetest (1x), upright ones (1x), uprightly (1x), uprightness (1x), well (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 119x
The KJV translates Strong's H3477 in the following manner: right (53x), upright (42x), righteous (9x), straight (3x), convenient (2x), Jasher (2x), equity (1x), just (1x), meet (1x), meetest (1x), upright ones (1x), uprightly (1x), uprightness (1x), well (1x).

  1. straight, upright, correct, right

    1. straight, level

    2. right, pleasing, correct

    3. straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper

    4. uprightness, righteous, upright

    5. that which is upright (subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָשָׁר yâshâr, yaw-shawr'; from H3474; straight (literally or figuratively):—convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
STRONGS H3477: Abbreviations
† יָשָׁר adjective straight, right; — י׳ 1 Samuel 29:6 + 70 times; construct יְשַׁר Proverbs 29:27; feminine יְשָׁרָה Ezekiel 1:7 + 4 times; plural יְשָׁרִים Numbers 23:10 + 31 times; construct יִשְׁרֵי Psalm 7:11 + 8 times; feminine יְשָׁרוֺת Ezekiel 1:23 (strike out Co); —
1. straight, level, of a way Isaiah 26:7; Jeremiah 31:9; Psalm 107:7; Ezra 8:21; foot Ezekiel 1:7; wings Ezekiel 1:23 (? see above)
2. right, pleasing:
a. to God, הַיָּשָׁר בעיני that which is right, pleasing in the eyes of, agreeable to (either construct before י׳, or with suffixes referring to him), especially in Deuteronomic writers, Exodus 15:26 (R), Deuteronomy 12:25; Deuteronomy 13:19; Deuteronomy 21:9; 1 Kings 11:33, 38; 1 Kings 14:8; 1 Kings 15:5, 11; 1 Kings 22:43 2 Chronicles 20:32, 2 Kings 10:30; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 15:3, 34; 2 Kings 16:2; 2 Kings 18:3; 2 Kings 22:3 2 Chronicles 24:2; 25:2; 26:4; 27:2; 28:1; 29:2; 34:2; Jeremiah 34:15; הישׁר והטוב בעיני י׳ Deuteronomy 6:18; הטוב והישׁר בעיני י׳ Deuteronomy 12:28; 2 Chronicles 14:1; הטוב והישׁר והאמת לפני י׳ 2 Chronicles 31:20.
b. to man, (ה)ישׁר בעיני Deuteronomy 12:8; Judges 17:6; Judges 21:25; 2 Samuel 19:7; Jeremiah 40:5; Proverbs 12:15; Proverbs 21:2; (ה)טוב ו(ה)ישׁר בעיני Joshua 9:25 (D), Jeremiah 26:14; Jeremiah 40:4; יֵשׁ דֶּרֶךְ יָשָׁר לִפְנֵיאִֿישׁ Proverbs 14:12 there is a way which is pleasing before a man = Proverbs 16:25.
3. straightforward, just upright:
a. of God, צַדִּיק וְיָשָׁר הוא Deuteronomy 32:4 (song); טוב וישׁר י׳ Psalm 25:8; ישׁר י׳ Psalm 92:16; his ways Hosea 14:10; his משׁפטים Nehemiah 9:13; Psalm 119:137; פִּקּוּדִים Psalm 19:9; דָּבָר Psalm 33:4; the words of divine wisdom Proverbs 8:9.
b. of man, God made him upright Ecclesiastes 7:29; but יָשָׁר בָּאָדָם אָ֑יִן Micah 7:2 an upright man among men there is none and yet Job is תָּם וְיָשָׁר Job 1:1 (see Da), Job 1:8; Job 2:3, compare Psalm 37:37; זַךְ וישׁר Job 8:6; so earlier of David as an uprightman 1 Samuel 29:6; of man's doings || זַךְ Proverbs 20:11, compare Proverbs 21:8; of his way of life || טובה 1 Samuel 12:23; יְשַׁרדֶּֿרֶךְ Proverbs 29:27; יִשְׁרֵיּדֶֿרֶךְ Psalm 37:14; of his heart, mind, and will, יִשְׁרֵי לֵבָב upright of heart 2 Chronicles 29:34; יִשְׁרֵילֵֿב Psalm 7:11; Psalm 11:2; Psalm 32:11; Psalm 36:11; Psalm 64:11; Psalm 94:15; Psalm 97:11; יְשָׁרִים בְּלִבּוֺתָם Psalm 125:4.
c. as a noun,
(1) with reference to things, יָשָׁר הֶעֱוֵיתִי the right I have perverted Job 33:27; הַיְשָׁרָה יְעַקֵּ֑שׁוּ Micah 3:9 pervert the right (literally twist that which is straight); דֹּבֵר יְשָׁרִים speaketh right things Proverbs 16:13, compare 2 Kings 10:15.
(2) more commonly of men, in singular (ה)יָשָׁר Micah 2:7; Micah 7:4; 2 Kings 10:3; Proverbs 21:29; Job 23:7; collective, Psalm 11:7; also in סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר book of the upright Joshua 10:13; 2 Samuel 1:18 (compare 1 Kings 8:53 Greek Version of the LXX; DrIntr. 182), a collection of ancient national poetry; in plural יְשָׁרִים the upright, of pious Israel Numbers 23:10 (song E); elsewhere of the upright among the people of God as distinguished from the wicked, in Wisdom Literature. Job 4:7; Job 17:8; Proverbs 2:7, 21; Proverbs 3:32; Proverbs 11:3, 6, 11; Proverbs 12:6; Proverbs 14:9, 11; Proverbs 15:8, 19; Proverbs 16:17; Proverbs 21:18; Proverbs 28:10; Proverbs 29:10, in late Psalm 33:1; Psalm 49:15; Psalm 107:42; Psalm 111:1; Psalm 112:2; Psalm 112:4; Psalm 140:14 and Daniel 11:17.
4. abstract, uprightness, בֶּאֱמֶת וְיָשָׁר Psalm 111:8 (Thes), but read rather ישֶׁר with Hi Ri Bae, after Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum Jerome.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:26

Numbers

23:10; 23:10

Deuteronomy

6:18; 12:8; 12:25; 12:28; 21:9; 32:4

Joshua

9:25; 10:13

Judges

17:6; 21:25

1 Samuel

12:23; 29:6; 29:6

2 Samuel

1:18; 19:7

1 Kings

8:53; 11:33; 11:38; 14:8; 15:5; 15:11; 22:43

2 Kings

10:3; 10:15; 10:30; 12:3; 14:3; 15:3; 15:34; 16:2; 18:3; 22:3

2 Chronicles

14:1; 20:32; 24:2; 25:2; 26:4; 27:2; 28:1; 29:2; 29:34; 31:20; 34:2

Ezra

8:21

Nehemiah

9:13

Job

1:1; 1:8; 2:3; 4:7; 8:6; 17:8; 23:7; 33:27

Psalms

7:11; 7:11; 11:2; 11:7; 19:9; 25:8; 32:11; 33:1; 33:4; 36:11; 37:14; 37:37; 49:15; 94:15; 97:11; 107:7; 107:42; 111:1; 111:8; 112:2; 112:4; 119:137; 125:4

Proverbs

2:7; 2:21; 3:32; 8:9; 11:3; 11:6; 11:11; 12:6; 12:15; 14:9; 14:11; 14:12; 15:8; 15:19; 16:13; 16:17; 16:25; 20:11; 21:2; 21:8; 21:18; 21:29; 28:10; 29:10; 29:27; 29:27

Ecclesiastes

7:29

Isaiah

26:7

Jeremiah

26:14; 31:9; 34:15; 40:4; 40:5

Ezekiel

1:7; 1:7; 1:23; 1:23

Daniel

11:17

Micah

2:7; 3:9; 7:2; 7:4

H3477

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Strong's Number H3477 matches the Hebrew יָשָׁר (yāšār),
which occurs 119 times in 119 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Pro 21:29–Mic 7:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:29 - A wicked H7563 man H376 [fn]displays H5810 a bold H5810 face, H6440
But as for the upright, H3477 he makes H3559 his way H1870 sure. H3559

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:10 - He who leads H7686 the upright H3477 astray H7686 in an evil H7451 way H1870
Will himself H1931 fall H5307 into his own pit, H7816
But the blameless H8549 will inherit H5157 good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:10 - Men H376 of bloodshed H1818 hate H8130 the blameless, H8535
But the upright H3477 [fn]are concerned H1245 for his life. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:27 - An unjust H5766 man H376 is abominable H8441 to the righteous, H6662
And he who H3477 is upright H3477 in the way H1870 is abominable H8441 to the wicked. H7563

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:29 - “Behold, H7200 I have found H4672 only H905 this, H2088 that God H430 made H6213 men H120 upright, H3477 but they have sought H1245 out many H7227 devices.” H2810

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:7 - The way H734 of the righteous H6662 is smooth; H4339
O Upright H3477 One, H3477 make H6424 the path H4570 of the righteous H6662 level. H6424

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:14 - “But as for me, behold, H2009 I am in your hands; H3027 do H6213 with me as is good H2896 and right H3477 in your sight. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9 - “With weeping H1065 they will come, H935
And by supplication H8469 I will lead H2986 them;
I will make them walk H1980 by streams H5158 of waters, H4325
On a straight H3477 path H1870 in which they will not stumble; H3782
For I am H1961 a father H1 to Israel, H3478
And Ephraim H669 is My firstborn.” H1060

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:15 - “Although recently H3117 you had turned H7725 and done H6213 what H3477 is right H3477 in My sight, H5869 each H376 man H376 proclaiming H7121 [fn]release H1865 to his neighbor, H7453 and you had made H3772 a covenant H1285 before H6440 Me in the house H1004 which H834 is called H7121 by My name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - “But now, H6258 behold, H2009 I am freeing H6605 you today H3117 from the chains H246 which H834 are on your hands. H3027 If H518 [fn]you would prefer H7489 H5869 to come H935 with me to Babylon, H894 come H935 along, and I will [fn]look H7760 H5869 after H5921 you; but if H518 [fn]you would prefer H7489 H5869 not to come H935 with me to Babylon, H894 [fn]never H2308 mind. H2308 Look, H7200 the whole H3605 land H776 is before H6440 you; go H1980 wherever H8033 it seems good H2896 and right H3477 for you to go.” H1980

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - As [fn]Jeremiah was still H5750 not going H7725 back, H7725 [fn]he said, “Go H7725 on back H7725 then to Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam, H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan, H8227 whom H834 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 has appointed H6485 over the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 and stay H3427 with him among H8432 the people; H5971 or H176 else go H1980 anywhere H3605 it seems right H3477 for you to go.” H1980 So the captain H7227 of the bodyguard H2876 gave H5414 him a ration H737 and a gift H4864 and let H7971 him go. H7971

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:7 - Their legs H7272 were straight H3477 and [fn]their feet H7272 were like a calf’s H5695 hoof, H3709 H7272 and they gleamed H5340 like burnished H7044 bronze. H5178

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - Under H8478 the expanse H7549 their wings H3671 were stretched out straight, H3477 one H802 toward H413 the other; H269 each H376 one H376 also had two H8147 wings covering H3680 its body H1472 on the one H376 side H1992 and on the other. H2008

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:17 - “He will set H7760 his face H6440 to come H935 with the power H8633 of his whole H3605 kingdom, H4438 [fn]bringing with him [fn]a proposal H3477 of peace H3477 which he will put H6213 into effect; H6213 he will also give H5414 him the daughter H1323 of women H802 to ruin H7843 it. But she will not take H5975 a stand H5975 for him or be [fn]on his side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:9 - Whoever H4310 is wise, H2450 let him understand H995 these H428 things; H428
Whoever is discerning, H995 let him know H3045 them.
For the ways H1870 of the LORD H3068 are right, H3477
And the righteous H6662 will walk H1980 in them,
But transgressors H6586 will stumble H3782 in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:7 - “Is it being said, H559 O house H1004 of Jacob: H3290
‘Is the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 impatient? H7114
Are these H428 His doings?’ H4611
Do not My words H1697 do H3190 good H3190
To the one walking H1980 uprightly? H3477

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9 - Now H4994 hear H8085 this, H2088 heads H7218 of the house H1004 of Jacob H3290
And rulers H7101 of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478
Who abhor H8581 justice H4941
And twist H6140 everything H3605 that is straight, H3477

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:2 - The [fn]godly H2623 person H2623 has perished H6 from the land, H776
And there H369 is no H369 upright H3477 person among men. H120
All H3605 of them lie H693 in wait H693 for bloodshed; H1818
Each H376 of them hunts H6679 the other H251 with a net. H2764

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:4 - The best H2896 of them is like a briar, H2312
The most upright H3477 like a thorn H4534 hedge. H4534
The day H3117 when you post your watchmen, H6822
Your punishment H6486 will come. H935
Then H6258 their confusion H3998 will occur. H1961

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