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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 1 / 3 (Exo 15:26–Job 4:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - and said, If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and do things pleasing before him, and wilt hearken to his commands, and keep all his ordinances, no disease which I have brought upon the Egyptians will I bring upon thee, for I am the Lord thy God that heals thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:10 - Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - And thou shalt do that which is pleasing and good before the Lord thy God, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and inherit the good land, which the Lord sware to your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:8 - Ye shall not do altogether as we do here to-day, every man that which is pleasing in his own sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:25 - Thou shalt not eat it, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee, if thou shalt do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28 - Beware and hearken, and thou shalt do all the commands which I charge thee, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons for ever, if thou shalt do that which is pleasing and good before the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - (LXX 13:19) if thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments, all that I charge thee this day, to do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - And thou shalt take away innocent blood from among you, if thou shouldest do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 - As for God, his works are true, and all his ways are [fn]judgment: God is faithful, and there is no unrighteousness in him; just and holy is the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:25 - And now, behold, we are in your power; do to us as it is pleasing to you, and as it seems good to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 - And the sun and the moon stood still, until God executed vengeance on their enemies; and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the end of [fn]one day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:6 - And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:25 - And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - And far be it from me to sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will serve the Lord, and shew you the good and the right way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 - And Anchus called David, and said to him, As the Lord lives, thou art right and approved in my eyes, and so is thy going out and thy coming in with me in the army, and I have not found any evil to charge against thee from the day that thou camest to me until this day: but thou art not approved in the eyes of the lords.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:18 - And he [fn]gave orders to teach it the sons of Juda: behold, it is written in the book of [fn]Right.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - (LXX 19:7) forasmuch as thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee; and thou hast this day declared, that thy princes and thy servants are nothing in thy sight: for I know this day, that if Abessalom were alive, and all of us dead to-day, then it would have been right in thy sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - Because he forsook me, and sacrificed to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, and to Chamos, and to the idols of Moab, and to [fn]their king the [fn]abomination of the children of Ammon, and he walked not in my ways, to do that which was right before me, as David his father did.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38 - And it shall come to pass, if thou wilt keep all the commandments that I shall give thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right before me, to keep my ordinances and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:5 - Forasmuch as David did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: he turned not from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:11 - And Asa did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - And he walked in all the way of Asa his father: he turned not from it, even from doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord. (LXX 22:44) Only he took not away any of the high places: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - do ye accordingly look out the best and [fn]fittest among your master's sons, and set him on the throne of his father, and fight for the house of your master.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:15 - And he went thence and found Jonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he [fn]saluted him, and Ju said to him, Is thy heart right with my heart, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jonadab said, It is. And Ju said, If it is then, give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him [fn]into the chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:30 - And the Lord said to Ju, Because of all thy deeds wherein thou hast acted well in doing that which was right in my eyes, according to all things which thou hast done to the house of Achaab as they were in my heart, thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:2 - (LXX 12:3) And Joas did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days that Jodae the priest instructed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:3 - And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not as David his father: he did according to all things that his father Joas did.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:3 - And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all things that Amessias his father did.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:34 - And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all things that his father Azarias did.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - Twenty years old was Achaz when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the Lord his God faithfully, as David his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:3 - And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David did.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:2 - And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father; he turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:2 - (LXX 14:1) And he did that which was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:32 - And he walked in the ways of his father Asa, and turned not aside from doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:2 - And Joas did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jodae the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:2 - And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:4 - And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his father did.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:2 - And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Ozias did: but he went not into the temple of the Lord. And still the people corrupted themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1 - Achaz was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:2 - And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - But the priests were few, and could not flay the whole-burnt-offering, so their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was finished, and until the priests had purified themselves: for the Levites more zealously purified themselves than the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:20 - And Ezekias did so through all Juda, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2 - And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father David, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - And I proclaimed there a fast, at the river Aüe, that we should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 - Also thou camest down upon mount Sina, and thou spakest to them out of heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and laws of truth, ordinances, and good commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 - There was a certain man in the land of Ausis, whose name was Job; and that man was true, blameless, righteous, and godly, abstaining from everything evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - And the Lord said to him, Hast thou diligently considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a man blameless, true, godly, abstaining from everything evil?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And the Lord said to the devil, Hast thou then observed my servant Job, that there is none of men upon the earth like him, a harmless, true, blameless, godly man, abstaining from all evil? and he yet cleaves to innocence, whereas thou hast told me to destroy his substance without cause?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:7 - Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?

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