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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 28 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - And Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3 - But his father and mother said to him, “Is there not a woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:7 - Then he went down and talked with the woman, and she was right in Samson’s eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh along one highway, lowing as they went. They turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:20 - Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26 - And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the time had expired,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:4 - And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:35 - On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12 - But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, they did not please him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:4 - All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:4 - and the plan seemed right to the king and all the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - This same Hezekiah closed the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 - Under the whole heaven he lets it go,
and his lightning to the corners of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:8 - Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness
because of my enemies;
make your way straight before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:128

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:128 - Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right;
I hate every false way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:6 - In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25 - Let your eyes look directly forward,
and your gaze be straight before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15 - calling to those who pass by,
who are going straight on their way,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:5 - The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight,
but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:21 - Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense,
but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - A voice cries:[fn]
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD;
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:2 - “I will go before you
and level the exalted places,[fn]
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:13 - I have stirred him up in righteousness,
and I will make all his ways level;
he shall build my city
and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:4 - And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5 - “It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever it seems right to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:4 - “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but the righteous shall live by his faith.[fn]
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