H3477G
יָשָׁר
upright
1) straight, upright, correct, right 1a) straight, level 1b) right, pleasing, correct 1c) straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper 1d) uprightness, righteous, upright 1e) that which is upright (subst) Also means: ya.shar (יָשָׁר "upright" H3477I)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
יָשָׁר adjective straight, right; — ׳י 1Sam 29:6 + 70 t.; construct יְשַׁר Prov 29:27 feminine יְשָׁרָה Ezek 1:7 + 4 t.; plural יְשָׁרִים Num 23:10 + 31 t.; construct יִשְׁרֵי Ps 7:11 + 8 t.; feminine יְשָׁרוֺת Ezek 1:23 (strike out Co); —
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, Exod 15:26 (R), Deut 12:25; Deut 13:19; Deut 21:9; 1Kgs 11:33; 1Kgs 11:38; 1Kgs 14:8; 1Kgs 15:5; 1Kgs 15:11; 1Kgs 22:43 = 2Chr 20:32, 2Kgs 10:30; 2Kgs 12:3; 2Kgs 14:3; 2Kgs 15:3; 2Kgs 15:34; 2Kgs 16:2; 2Kgs 18:3; 2Kgs 22:3 = 2Chr 24:2; 2Chr 25:2; 2Chr 26:4; 2Chr 27:2; 2Chr 28:1; 2Chr 29:2; 2Chr 34:2; Jer 34:15 ׳הישׁר והטוב בעיני י Deut 6:18 ׳הטוב והישׁר בעיני י Deut 12:28; 2Chr 14:1 ׳הטוב והישׁר והאמת לפני י 2Chr 31:20.
b. to man, (ה)ישׁר בעיני Deut 12:8; Judg 17:6; Judg 21:25; 2Sam 19:7; Jer 40:5; Prov 12:15; Prov 21:2 (ה)טוב ו(ה)ישׁר בעיני Josh 9:25 (D), Jer 26:14; Jer 40:4 יֵשׁ דֶּרֶךְ יָשָׁר לִפְנֵיאִֿישׁ Prov 14:12 there is a way which is pleasing before a man = Prov 16:25.
a. of God, צַדִּיק וְיָשָׁר הוא Deut 32:4 (song); ׳טוב וישׁר י Ps 25:8 ׳ישׁר י Ps 92:16 his ways Hos 14:10 his משׁפטים Neh 9:13; Ps 119:137 פִּקּוּדִים Ps 19:9 דָּבָר Ps 33:4 the words of divine wisdom Prov 8:9.
b. of man, God made him upright Eccl 7:29 but יָשָׁר בָּאָדָם אָ֑יִן Mic 7:2 an upright man among men there is none and yet Job is תָּם וְיָשָׁר Job 1:1 (see Da), vJob 1:8; Job 2:3, compare Ps 37:37 זַךְ וישׁר Job 8:6 so earlier of David as an uprightman 1Sam 29:6 of man's doings || זַךְ Prov 20:11, compare Prov 21:8 of his way of life || טובה 1Sam 12:23 יְשַׁרדֶּֿרֶךְ Prov 29:27 יִשְׁרֵיּדֶֿרֶךְ Ps 37:14 of his heart, mind, and will, יִשְׁרֵי לֵבָב upright of heart 2Chr 29:34 יִשְׁרֵילֵֿב Ps 7:11; Ps 11:2; Ps 32:11; Ps 36:11; Ps 64:11; Ps 94:15; Ps 97:11 יְשָׁרִים בְּלִבּוֺתָם Ps 125:4.
c. as a noun, (1) with reference to things, יָשָׁר הֶעֱוֵיתִי the right I have perverted Job 33:27 הַיְשָׁרָה יְעַקֵּ֑שׁוּ Mic 3:9 pervert the right (literally twist that which is straight); דֹּבֵר יְשָׁרִים speaketh right things Prov 16:13, compare 2Kgs 10:15. (2) more commonly of men, in singular (ה)יָשָׁר Mic 2:7; Mic 7:4; 2Kgs 10:3; Prov 21:29; Job 23:7 collective, Ps 11:7 also in סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר book of the upright Josh 10:13; 2Sam 1:18 (compare 1Kgs 8:53 ᵐ5; DrIntr. 182), a collection of ancient national poetry; in plural יְשָׁרִים the upright, of pious Israel Num 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; Prov 2:7; Prov 2:21; Prov 3:32; Prov 11:3; Prov 11:6; Prov 11:11; Prov 12:6; Prov 14:9; Prov 14:11; Prov 15:8; Prov 15:19; Prov 16:17; Prov 21:18; Prov 28:10; Prov 29:10, in late Ps 33:1; Ps 49:15; Ps 107:42; Ps 111:1; Ps 112:2; Ps 112:4; Ps 140:14 and Dan 11:17.
92 occurrences
Exodus (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (6), Joshua (1), Judges (2), I Samuel (1), I Kings (6), II Kings (9), II Chronicles (10), Nehemiah (1), Job (8), Psalms (12), Proverbs (23), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (1), Daniel (1), Micah (3)
- Exodus 15:26
- Numbers 23:10
- Deuteronomy 6:18
- Deuteronomy 12:8
- Deuteronomy 12:25
- Deuteronomy 12:28
- Deuteronomy 21:9
- Deuteronomy 32:4
- Joshua 9:25
- Judges 17:6
- Judges 21:25
- I Samuel 29:6
- I Kings 11:33
- I Kings 11:38
- I Kings 14:8
- I Kings 15:5
- I Kings 15:11
- I Kings 22:43
- II Kings 10:3
- II Kings 10:15
- II Kings 10:30
- II Kings 14:3
- II Kings 15:3
- II Kings 15:34
- II Kings 16:2
- II Kings 18:3
- II Kings 22:2
- II Chronicles 20:32
- II Chronicles 24:2
- II Chronicles 25:2
- II Chronicles 26:4
- II Chronicles 27:2
- II Chronicles 28:1
- II Chronicles 29:2
- II Chronicles 29:34
- II Chronicles 31:20
- II Chronicles 34:2
- Nehemiah 9:13
- Job 1:1
- Job 1:8
- Job 2:3
- Job 4:7
- Job 8:6
- Job 17:8
- Job 23:7
- Job 33:27
- Psalms 11:7
- Psalms 25:8
- Psalms 33:1
- Psalms 33:4
- Psalms 37:37
- Psalms 107:7
- Psalms 107:42
- Psalms 111:1
- Psalms 112:2
- Psalms 112:4
- Psalms 119:137
- Psalms 125:4
- Proverbs 2:7
- Proverbs 2:21
- Proverbs 3:32
- Proverbs 8:9
- Proverbs 11:3
- Proverbs 11:6
- Proverbs 11:11
- Proverbs 12:6
- Proverbs 12:15
- Proverbs 14:9
- Proverbs 14:11
- Proverbs 14:12
- Proverbs 15:8
- Proverbs 15:19
- Proverbs 16:13
- Proverbs 16:17
- Proverbs 16:25
- Proverbs 20:11
- Proverbs 21:2
- Proverbs 21:8
- Proverbs 21:18
- Proverbs 21:29
- Proverbs 29:10
- Ecclesiastes 7:29
- Isaiah 26:7
- Jeremiah 26:14
- Jeremiah 34:15
- Jeremiah 40:4
- Jeremiah 40:5
- Ezekiel 1:7
- Daniel 11:17
- Micah 2:7
- Micah 7:2
- Micah 7:4