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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

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Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be H3474 right H3474 in the eyes of God that you curse them for me from there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3 - But his father and his mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your [fn]relatives, or among all [fn]our people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Take her for me, for she is H3474 right H3474 in my eyes.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:7 - So he went down and spoke to the woman; and she was H3474 right H3474 in the eyes of Samson.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the cows took H3474 the straight H3474 way in the [fn]direction of Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left. And the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth-shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:20 -

And Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. So they told Saul, and the thing was H3474 right H3474 in his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26 - Then his servants told David these words, and it was H3474 right H3474 in the eyes of David to become the king’s son-in-law. [fn]So before the days had expired,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:4 - And the word was H3474 right H3474 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 - And he carved on it cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly H3474 applied H3474 on the engraved work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12 - So Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they were not right H3474 in his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:4 - Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was H3474 right H3474 in the eyes of all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:4 - Thus the thing was H3474 right H3474 in the eyes of the king and in the eyes of all the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - And it was Hezekiah who stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed H3474 them to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 -

“Under the whole heaven He lets it loose,

And His [fn]lightning to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:8 -

O Yahweh, lead me in Your righteousness because of [fn]my foes;

Make H3474 Your way [fn]straight H3474 before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:128

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:128 -

Therefore I deem H3474 all Your precepts concerning everything to be right H3474,

I hate every false way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:6 -

In all your ways [fn]acknowledge Him,

And He will make H3474 your paths straight H3474.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25 -

Let your eyes look directly ahead

And even let your eyelids be fixed H3474 straight H3474 in front of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15 -

To call to those who pass by that way,

Who are making H3474 their paths straight H3474:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:5 -

The righteousness of the blameless will make H3474 his way straight H3474,

But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:21 -

Folly is gladness to him who lacks a heart of wisdom,

But a man of discernment walks straight H3474.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 -

A voice [fn]is calling,

“Prepare the way for Yahweh in the wilderness;

Make H3474 smooth H3474 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 make H3474 the [fn]rough places smooth H3474;

I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:13

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“I have awakened him in righteousness,

And I will make H3474 all his ways smooth H3474;

He will build My city and will let My exiles go,

Without any payment or reward,” says Yahweh of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:4 - But the vessel that he was making of clay was ruined in the hand of the potter, so he turned around and made it into another vessel, according to what was H3474 right H3474 in the eyes of the potter to make.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5 - “I have made the earth, the men, and the animals which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to the one who is H3474 right H3474 in My eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:4 -

“Behold, as for the proud one,

His soul is H3474 not right H3474 within him;

But the righteous will live by his [fn]faith.

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