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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 BoxNum 23:10 - quis dinumerare possit pulverem Iacob et nosse numerum stirpis Israhel moriatur anima mea morte iustorum et fiant novissima mea horum similia

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - et fac quod placitum est et bonum in conspectu Domini ut bene sit tibi et ingressus possideas terram optimam de qua iuravit Dominus patribus tuis

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:8 - non facietis ibi quae nos hic facimus hodie singuli quod sibi rectum videtur

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:25 - ut sit tibi bene et filiis tuis post te cum feceris quod placet in conspectu Domini

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28 - observa et audi omnia quae ego praecipio tibi ut bene sit tibi et filiis tuis post te in sempiternum cum feceris quod bonum est et placitum in conspectu Domini Dei tui

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - quando audieris vocem Domini Dei tui custodiens omnia praecepta eius quae ego praecipio tibi hodie ut facias quod placitum est in conspectu Domini Dei tui

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - tu autem alienus eris ab innocentis cruore qui fusus est cum feceris quod praecepit Dominus

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 - Dei perfecta sunt opera et omnes viae eius iudicia Deus fidelis et absque ulla iniquitate iustus et rectus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:25 - nunc autem in manu tua sumus quod tibi bonum et rectum videtur fac nobis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 - steteruntque sol et luna donec ulcisceretur se gens de inimicis suis nonne scriptum est hoc in libro Iustorum stetit itaque sol in medio caeli et non festinavit occumbere spatio unius diei

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:6 - in diebus illis non erat rex in Israhel sed unusquisque quod sibi rectum videbatur hoc faciebat

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:25 - [Vulgate verse 25 combined with 21:24]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - absit autem a me hoc peccatum in Domino ut cessem orare pro vobis et docebo vos viam bonam et rectam

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 - vocavit ergo Achis David et ait ei vivit Dominus quia rectus es tu et bonus in conspectu meo et exitus tuus et introitus tuus mecum est in castris et non inveni in te quicquam mali ex die qua venisti ad me usque ad diem hanc sed satrapis non places

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:18 - et praecepit ut docerent filios Iuda arcum sicut scriptum est in libro Iustorum

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38 - si igitur audieris omnia quae praecepero tibi et ambulaveris in viis meis et feceris quod rectum est coram me custodiens mandata mea et praecepta mea sicut fecit David servus meus ero tecum et aedificabo tibi domum fidelem quomodo aedificavi David et tradam tibi Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:11 - et fecit Asa rectum ante conspectum Domini sicut David pater eius

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - et ambulavit in omni via Asa patris sui et non declinavit ex ea fecitque quod rectum est in conspectu Domini [Vulgate 22:44] verumtamen excelsa non abstulit adhuc enim populus sacrificabat et adolebat incensum in excelsis

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:15 - cumque abisset inde invenit Ionadab filium Rechab in occursum sibi et benedixit ei et ait ad eum numquid est cor tuum rectum sicut cor meum cum corde tuo et ait Ionadab est si est inquit da manum tuam qui dedit manum suam at ille levavit eum ad se in curru

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:30 - dixit autem Dominus ad Hieu quia studiose fecisti quod rectum erat et placebat in oculis meis et omnia quae erant in corde meo fecisti contra domum Ahab filii tui usque ad quartam generationem sedebunt super thronum Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:2 - fecitque Ioas rectum coram Domino cunctis diebus quibus docuit eum Ioiada sacerdos

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:3 - et fecit rectum coram Domino verumtamen non ut David pater eius iuxta omnia quae fecit Ioas pater suus fecit

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:3 - fecitque quod erat placitum coram Domino iuxta omnia quae fecit Amasias pater eius

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:34 - fecitque quod erat placitum coram Domino iuxta omnia quae fecerat Ozias pater suus operatus est

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - viginti annorum erat Ahaz cum regnare coepisset et sedecim annis regnavit in Hierusalem non fecit quod erat placitum in conspectu Domini Dei sui sicut David pater eius

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:3 - fecitque quod erat bonum coram Domino iuxta omnia quae fecerat David pater suus

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:2 - fecitque quod placitum erat coram Domino et ambulavit per omnes vias David patris sui non declinavit ad dextram sive ad sinistram

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:32 - et ambulavit in via patris sui Asa nec declinavit ab ea faciens quae placita erant coram Domino

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:2 - fecitque quod bonum est coram Domino cunctis diebus Ioiadae sacerdotis

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:2 - fecitque bonum in conspectu Domini verumtamen non in corde perfecto

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:4 - fecitque quod erat rectum in oculis Domini iuxta omnia quae fecerat Amasias pater eius

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:2 - fecitque quod rectum erat coram Domino iuxta omnia quae fecerat Ozias pater suus excepto quod non est ingressus templum Domini et adhuc populus delinquebat

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:2 - fecitque quod erat placitum in conspectu Domini iuxta omnia quae fecerat David pater eius

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - sacerdotes vero pauci erant nec poterant sufficere ut pelles holocaustorum detraherent unde et Levitae fratres eorum adiuverunt eos donec impleretur opus et sanctificarentur antistites Levitae quippe faciliori ritu sanctificantur quam sacerdotes

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 - vir erat in terra Hus nomine Iob et erat vir ille simplex et rectus ac timens Deum et recedens a malo

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - dixitque Dominus ad eum numquid considerasti servum meum Iob quod non sit ei similis in terra homo simplex et rectus et timens Deum ac recedens a malo

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - et dixit Dominus ad Satan numquid considerasti servum meum Iob quod non sit ei similis in terra vir simplex et rectus timens Deum ac recedens a malo et adhuc retinens innocentiam tu autem commovisti me adversus eum ut adfligerem illum frustra

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