1) to be right, be straight, be level, be upright, be just, be lawful, be smooth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go straight 1a2) to be pleasing, be agreeable, be right (fig.) 1a3) to be straightforward, be upright 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make right, make smooth, make straight 1b2) to lead, direct, lead straight along 1b3) to esteem right, approve 1c) (Pual) to be made level, be laid smoothly out 1d) (Hiphil) to make straight, look straight
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H3474 — יָשַׁר
ya.shar · to smooth · Hebrew/Aramaic
25 tagged verse occurrences
Numbers 23:27 · יִישַׁר֙“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”Judges 14:3 · יָשְׁרָ֥הBut his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”Judges 14:7 · וַתִּישַׁ֖רThen Samson continued on his way down and spoke to the woman, because she was pleasing to his eyes.1 Samuel 6:12 · וַיִשַּׁ֨רְנָהAnd the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.1 Samuel 18:20 · וַיִּשַׁ֥רNow Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.1 Samuel 18:26 · וַיִּשַׁ֤רWhen the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,2 Samuel 17:4 · וַיִּישַׁ֥רThis proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.1 Kings 6:35 · מְיֻשָּׁ֖רHe carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.1 Kings 9:12 · יָשְׁר֖וּSo Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.1 Chronicles 13:4 · יָשַׁ֥רAnd because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.2 Chronicles 30:4 · וַיִּישַׁ֥רThis plan pleased the king and the whole assembly.2 Chronicles 32:30 · וַֽיַּישְּׁרֵ֥םIt was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.Psalm 5:8 · הַיְשַׁ֖רLead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.Psalm 119:128 · יִשָּׁ֑רְתִּיTherefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.Proverbs 3:6 · יְיַשֵּׁ֥רin all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.Proverbs 4:25 · יַיְשִׁ֥רוּLet your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.Proverbs 9:15 · הַֽ֝מְיַשְּׁרִ֗יםcalling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.Proverbs 11:5 · תְּיַשֵּׁ֣רThe righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.Proverbs 15:21 · יְיַשֶׁר־Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.Isaiah 40:3 · יַשְּׁרוּ֙A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.Isaiah 45:2 · אֲיַשֵּׁ֑ר“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.Isaiah 45:13 · אֲיַשֵּׁ֑רI will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”Jeremiah 18:4 · יָשַׁ֛רBut the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.Jeremiah 27:5 · יָשַׁ֥רBy My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.Habakkuk 2:4 · יָשְׁרָ֥הLook at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—