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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - And He said, “If you will earnestly listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and do what is right H3477 in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, Yahweh, am your healer.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:10 -

“Who can number the dust of Jacob,

Or count the fourth part of Israel?

Let [fn]me die the death of the upright H3477,

And let my end be like his!”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - “And you shall do what is right H3477 and good in the sight of Yahweh, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to give your fathers,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:8 -

“You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right H3477 in his own eyes;

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:25 - “You shall not eat it, so that it may be well with you and your sons after you, for you will be doing what H3477 is H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28 -

“Be careful to listen to all these words which I command you, so that it may be well with you and your sons after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - [fn]if you will listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, [fn]keeping all His commandments which I am commanding you today, [fn]and doing what H3477 is H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - “So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what H3477 is H3477 right H3477 in the eyes of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 -

“The Rock! His work is [fn]perfect,

For all His ways are [fn]just;

A God of faithfulness and without injustice,

Righteous and upright H3477 is He.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:25 - “So now, behold, we are in your hands; do as it seems good and right H3477 in your sight to do to us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 -

So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped,

Until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies.

Is it not written in the book of Jashar H3477? And the sun stood in the middle of the sky and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:6 - In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in his own eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:25 -

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in his own eyes.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - “Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and upright H3477 way.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 -

Then Achish called David and said to him, “As Yahweh lives, you have been upright H3477, and your going out and your coming in with me in the camp are pleasing in my sight; for I have not found evil in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight of the lords.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:18 - and he told them to teach the sons of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar H3477.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - by loving those who hate you, and by hating those who love you. For you have informed all of us today that [fn]princes and servants are nothing to you; for I know this day that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, surely then it would be right in your eyes.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - because they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways to do what H3477 is H3477 right H3477 in My sight and to keep My statutes and My judgments, as his father David did.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38 - ‘Then it will be, that if you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, and do what H3477 is H3477 right H3477 in My sight to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then I will be with you and build you an enduring house as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:8 - and tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you—yet you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who walked after Me with all his heart, to do only that which H3477 was right H3477 in My sight;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:5 - because David did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:11 - And Asa did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh, like David his father.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn away from it, doing what is right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - look for the best and [fn]fittest H3477 of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:15 -

Then he went from there and found Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he [fn]blessed him and said to him, “Is your heart right H3477, as my heart is with your heart?” And Jehonadab [fn]answered, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give me your hand.” And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:30 - And Yahweh said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in doing what H3477 is H3477 right H3477 in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in My heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:2 - And Jehoash did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:3 - And he did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:3 - And he did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:34 - And he did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh his God, as David his father had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:3 - And he did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:2 - And he did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh and walked in all the way of his father David and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:2 -

[fn]And Asa did what H3477 was good and right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh his God,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:32 - And he walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn away from it, doing what H3477 is H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:2 - And Joash did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:2 - And he did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh, yet not with a whole heart.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:4 - And he did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:2 - And he did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; however he did not enter the temple of Yahweh. But the people continued acting corruptly.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1 -

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh, as David his father had done.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:2 - And he did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - But the priests were too few, so that they were unable to skin all the burnt offerings; therefore their brothers the Levites helped them until the work was completed and until the other priests had set themselves apart as holy. For the Levites were more upright H3477 of heart to set themselves apart as holy than the priests.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:20 -

Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah; and he did what was good, right H3477, and true before Yahweh his God.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2 - And he did what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight of Yahweh and walked in the ways of his father David and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 -

Then I called for a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a [fn]direct H3477 journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 -

“Then You came down on Mount Sinai,

And spoke with them from heaven;

You gave them upright H3477 judgments and true laws,

Good statutes and commandments.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 -

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright H3477, fearing God, and turning away from evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - Then Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you set your heart upon My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright H3477 man, [fn]fearing God and turning away from evil.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you set your heart upon My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright H3477 man, [fn]fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity. So you incited Me against him to swallow him up in vain.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:7 -

“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?

Or where were the upright H3477 wiped out?


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