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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

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - And Balac said to Balaam, Come and I will remove thee to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3 - And his father and his mother said to him, Are there no daughters of thy brethren, and is there not a woman of all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Sampson said to his father, Take her for me, for she is right in my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:7 - And they went down and spoke to the woman, [fn]and she was pleasing in the eyes of Sampson.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the cows went straight on the way to the way of Bæthsamys, they went along one track; and laboured, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after it as far as the coasts of Bæthsamys.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:20 - And Melchol the daughter of Saul loved David; and it was told Saul, and the thing was pleasing in his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26 - And the servants of Saul report these words to David, and David was well pleased to become the son-in-law to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:4 - And the saying was right in the eyes of Abessalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:35 - being carved with cherubs, and there were palm-trees and open flower-leaves, and it was overlaid with gold gilt upon the engraving.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12 - So Chiram departed from Tyre, and went into Galilee to see the cities which Solomon gave to him; and they pleased him not. And he said,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:4 - And all the congregation said that they would do thus; for the saying was right in the eyes of all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:4 - And the proposal pleased the king and the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - The same Ezekias stopped up the course of the water of Gion above, and brought the water down straight south of the city of David. And Ezekias prospered in all his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 - His dominion is under the whole heaven, and his light is at the extremities of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:8 - (LXX 5:9) Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make my way plain before thy face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:128

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:128 - (LXX 118:128) Therefore I directed myself according to all thy commandments: I have hated every unjust way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:6 - In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly [fn]direct thy paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25 - Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids assent to just things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15 - calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:5 - Righteousness [fn]traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:21 - The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - [fn] The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight the paths of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:2 - I will go before thee, and will level mountains: I will break to pieces brazen doors, and will burst iron bars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:13 - I have raised him up to be a king with righteousness, and all his ways are right: he shall build my city, and shall turn the captivity of my people, not [fn]for ransoms, nor for rewards, saith the Lord of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:4 - And the vessel which he was making with his hands fell: so he made it again another vessel, as it seemed good to him to make it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5 - (LXX 34:5) I have made the earth by my great power, and with my high arm, and I will give it to whomsoever it shall seem good in mine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:4 - If he should draw back, my soul has no pleasure in him: but the just shall live by my faith.
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