H3476

יֹ֫שֶׁר

yo.sherH:N-M

uprightness

1) straightness, uprightness 1a) straightness, evenness (moral implications) 1b) rightness, uprightness 1c) what is right, what is due

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

י֫שֶׁר noun masculine^{Ps 25:21} straightness, uprightness; — ישֶׁר Prov 2:13 + 11 t.; suffix יָשְׁרוֺ Job 33:23; Prov 14:2 —

1. straightness, evenness, of paths (with moral implication) Prov 2:13; Prov 4:11.

2. rightness, uprightness Prov 17:26 תֹּם וָישֶׁר Ps 25:21 of words, spoken Job 6:25, written Eccl 12:10 of the moral walk בישׁר(וׅ 1Kgs 9:4; Prov 14:2 ישֶׁרלִֿבִּי Job 33:3 ישׁר לבב Deut 9:5; Ps 119:7; 1Chr 29:17: — on Ps 111:8 see יָשָׁר

4. 3. what is due, right Job 33:23; Prov 11:24.

11 occurrences

Deuteronomy (1), I Kings (1), I Chronicles (1), Job (2), Psalms (2), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (1)