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)
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H3477 — יָשָׁר
ya.shar · upright · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Exodus 15:26 · וְהַיָּשָׁ֤רand He saith, ‘If thou dost really hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and dost that which is right in His eyes, and hast hearkened to His commands, and kept all His statutes: none of the sickness which I laid on the Egyptians do I lay on thee, for I, Jehovah, am healing thee.Numbers 23:10 · יְשָׁרִ֔יםWho hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!’Deuteronomy 6:18 · הַיָּשָׁ֥רand thou hast done that which is right and good in the eyes of Jehovah, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast gone in and possessed the good land which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers,Deuteronomy 12:8 · הַיָּשָׁ֥ר‘Ye do not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, each anything that is right in his own eyes,Deuteronomy 12:25 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רthou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.Deuteronomy 12:28 · וְהַיָּשָׁ֔רObserve, and thou hast obeyed all these words which I am commanding thee, in order that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee—to the age, when thou dost that which is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.Deuteronomy 13:18 · הַיָּשָׁ֔רwhen thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commands which I am commanding thee to-day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.Deuteronomy 21:9 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רand thou dost put away the innocent blood out of thy midst, for thou dost that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.Deuteronomy 32:4 · וְיָשָׁ֖רThe Rock!—perfect is His work, For all His ways are just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright is He.Joshua 9:25 · וְכַיָּשָׁ֧רand now, lo, we are in thy hand, as it is good, and as it is right in thine eyes to do to us—do.’Joshua 10:13 · הַיָּשָׁ֑רand the sun standeth still, and the moon hath stood—till the nation taketh vengeance on its enemies; is it not written on the Book of the Upright, ‘and the sun standeth in the midst of the heavens, and hath not hasted to go in—as a perfect day?’Judges 17:6 · הַיָּשָׁ֥רin those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.Judges 21:25 · הַיָּשָׁ֥רIn those days there is no king in Israel; each doth that which is right in his own eyes.1 Samuel 12:23 · וְהַיְשָׁרָֽה׃‘I, also, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way;1 Samuel 29:6 · יָשָׁ֣רAnd Achish calleth unto David, and saith unto him, ‘Jehovah liveth, surely thou art upright, and good in mine eyes is thy going out, and thy coming in, with me in the camp, for I have not found in thee evil from the day of thy coming in unto me till this day; and in the eyes of the princes thou art not good;2 Samuel 1:18 · הַיָּשָֽׁר׃and he saith to teach the sons of Judah ‘The Bow;’ lo, it is written on the book of the Upright:—2 Samuel 19:6 · יָשָׁ֥רto love thine enemies, and to hate those loving thee, for thou hast declared to-day that thou hast no princes and servants, for I have known to-day that if Absalom were alive, and all of us to-day dead, that then it were right in thine eyes.1 Kings 11:33 · הַיָּשָׁ֧רBecause they have forsaken Me, and bow themselves to Ashtoreth, goddess of the Zidonians, to Chemosh god of Moab, and to Milcom god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways, to do that which is right in Mine eyes, and My statutes and My judgments, like David his father.1 Kings 11:38 · הַיָּשָׁ֤רand it hath been, if thou dost hear all that I command thee, and hast walked in My ways, and done that which is right in Mine eyes, to keep My statutes and My commands, as did David My servant, that I have been with thee, and have built for thee a stedfast house, as I built for David, and have given to thee Israel,1 Kings 14:8 · הַיָּשָׁ֥רand rend the kingdom from the house of David, and give it to thee,—and thou hast not been as My servant David who kept My commands, and who walked after Me with all his heart, to do only that which is right in Mine eyes,1 Kings 15:5 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רin that David did that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from all that He commanded him all days of his life—only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite;1 Kings 15:11 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רAnd Asa doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father,1 Kings 22:43 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רAnd he walketh in all the way of Asa his father, he hath not turned aside from it, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah; only the high places have not turned aside, yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.2 Kings 10:3 · וְהַיָּשָׁר֙and ye have seen the best and the uprightest of the sons of your lord, and have set him on the throne of his father, and fight ye for the house of your lord.’2 Kings 10:15 · יָשָׁ֗רAnd he goeth thence, and findeth Jehonadab son of Rechab—to meet him, and blesseth him, and saith unto him, ‘Is thy heart right, as my heart is with thy heart?’ and Jehonadab saith, ‘It is;’—‘Then it is; give thy hand;’ and he giveth his hand, and he causeth him to come up into him into the chariot,2 Kings 10:30 · הַיָּשָׁר֙And Jehovah saith unto Jehu, ‘Because that thou hast done well, to do that which is right in Mine eyes—according to all that is in My heart thou hast done to the house of Ahab—the sons of the fourth generation do sit for thee on the throne of Israel.’2 Kings 12:2 · הַיָּשָׁ֛רand Jehoash doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days in which Jehoiada the priest directed him,2 Kings 14:3 · הַיָּשָׁר֙and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like David his father, according to all that Joash his father did he hath done,2 Kings 15:3 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רand he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Amaziah his father did,2 Kings 15:34 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רand he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did he hath done.2 Kings 16:2 · הַיָּשָׁ֗רA son of twenty years is Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father,2 Kings 18:3 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רAnd he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did,2 Kings 22:2 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רand he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in all the way of David his father, and hath not turned aside—right or left.2 Chronicles 14:2 · וְהַיָּשָׁ֔רAnd Asa doth that which is good, and that which is right, in the eyes of Jehovah his God,2 Chronicles 20:32 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רAnd he walketh in the way of his father Asa, and hath not turned aside from it, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.2 Chronicles 24:2 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רAnd Joash doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.2 Chronicles 25:2 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רand he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah—only, not with a perfect heart.2 Chronicles 26:4 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רAnd he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Amaziah his father did,2 Chronicles 27:2 · הַיָּשָׁ֜רAnd he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did; only, he hath not come in unto the temple of Jehovah; and again are the people doing corruptly.2 Chronicles 28:1 · הַיָּשָׁ֛רA son of twenty years is Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, as David his father,2 Chronicles 29:2 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רand he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did.2 Chronicles 29:34 · יִשְׁרֵ֣יOnly, the priests have become few, and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings, and their brethren the Levites strengthen them till the completion of the work, and till the priests sanctify themselves, for the Levites are more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.2 Chronicles 31:20 · וְהַיָּשָׁר֙And Hezekiah doth thus in all Judah, and doth that which is good, and that which is right, and that which is true, before Jehovah his God;2 Chronicles 34:2 · הַיָּשָׁ֖רand he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in the ways of David his father, and hath not turned aside—right or left.Ezra 8:21 · יְשָׁרָ֔הAnd I proclaim there a fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a right way for us, and for our infants, and for all our substance,Nehemiah 9:13 · יְשָׁרִים֙‘And on mount Sinai Thou hast come down, even to speak with them from the heavens, and Thou dost give to them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commands.Job 1:1 · וְיָשָׁ֛רA man there hath been in the land of Uz—Job his name—and that man hath been perfect and upright—both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.Job 1:8 · וְיָשָׁ֛רAnd Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, ‘Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?’Job 2:3 · וְיָשָׁ֛רAnd Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, ‘Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!’Job 4:7 · יְשָׁרִ֥יםRemember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?Job 8:6 · וְיָשָׁ֗רIf pure and upright thou art, Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.Job 17:8 · יְשָׁרִ֣יםAstonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.Job 23:7 · יָ֭שָׁרThere the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.Job 33:27 · וְיָשָׁ֥רHe looketh on men, and saith, ‘I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.Psalm 7:10 · יִשְׁרֵי־My shield is on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!Psalm 11:2 · לְיִשְׁרֵי־For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.Psalm 11:7 · יָ֝שָׁ֗רFor righteous is Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!’Psalm 19:8 · יְ֭שָׁרִיםThe precepts of Jehovah are upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes,Psalm 25:8 · וְיָשָׁ֥רGood and upright is Jehovah, Therefore He directeth sinners in the way.Psalm 32:11 · יִשְׁרֵי־Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous, And sing, all ye upright of heart!Psalm 33:1 · לַ֝יְשָׁרִ֗יםSing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise is comely.Psalm 33:4 · יָשָׁ֥רFor upright is the word of Jehovah, And all His work is in faithfulness.Psalm 36:10 · לְיִשְׁרֵי־Draw out Thy kindness to those knowing Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright of heart.Psalm 37:14 · יִשְׁרֵי־A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.Psalm 37:37 · יָשָׁ֑רObserve the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each is peace.Psalm 49:14 · יְשָׁרִ֨ים׀As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.Psalm 64:10 · יִשְׁרֵי־The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!Psalm 92:15 · יָשָׁ֣רTo declare that upright is Jehovah my rock, And there is no perverseness in Him!Psalm 94:15 · יִשְׁרֵי־For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,Psalm 97:11 · וּֽלְיִשְׁרֵי־Light is sown for the righteous, And for the upright of heart—joy.Psalm 107:7 · יְשָׁרָ֑הAnd causeth them to tread in a right way, To go unto a city of habitation.Psalm 107:42 · יְשָׁרִ֣יםThe upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.Psalm 111:1 · יְשָׁרִ֣יםPraise ye Jah! I thank Jehovah with the whole heart, In the secret meeting of the upright, And of the company.Psalm 111:8 · וְיָשָֽׁר׃They are sustained for ever to the age. They are made in truth and uprightness.Psalm 112:2 · יְשָׁרִ֣יםMighty in the earth is his seed, The generation of the upright is blessed.Psalm 112:4 · לַיְשָׁרִ֑יםLight hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous.Psalm 119:137 · וְ֝יָשָׁ֗רTzade. Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, And upright are Thy judgments.Psalm 125:4 · וְ֝לִֽישָׁרִ֗יםDo good, O Jehovah, to the good, And to the upright in their hearts.Psalm 140:13 · יְ֝שָׁרִ֗יםOnly—the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!Proverbs 2:7 · לַ֭יְשָׁרִיםEven to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.Proverbs 2:21 · יְשָׁרִ֥יםFor the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,Proverbs 3:32 · יְשָׁרִ֥יםFor an abomination to Jehovah is the perverted, And with the upright is His secret counsel.Proverbs 8:9 · וִֽ֝ישָׁרִ֗יםAll of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.Proverbs 11:3 · יְשָׁרִ֣יםThe integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.Proverbs 11:6 · יְ֭שָׁרִיםThe righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.Proverbs 11:11 · יְ֭שָׁרִיםBy the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.Proverbs 12:6 · יְ֝שָׁרִ֗יםThe words of the wicked are: ‘Lay wait for blood,’ And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.Proverbs 12:15 · יָשָׁ֣רThe way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.Proverbs 14:9 · יְשָׁרִ֣יםFools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright—a pleasing thing.Proverbs 14:11 · יְשָׁרִ֣יםThe house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.Proverbs 14:12 · יָ֭שָׁרThere is a way—right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.Proverbs 15:8 · יְשָׁרִ֣יםThe sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright is His delight.Proverbs 15:19 · יְשָׁרִ֣יםThe way of the slothful is as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.Proverbs 16:13 · יְשָׁרִ֣יםThe delight of kings are righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,Proverbs 16:17 · יְ֭שָׁרִיםA highway of the upright is, ‘Turn from evil,’ Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.Proverbs 16:25 · יָ֭שָׁרThere is a way right before a man, And its latter end—ways of death.Proverbs 20:11 · יָשָׁ֣רEven by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.Proverbs 21:2 · יָשָׁ֣רEvery way of a man is right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.Proverbs 21:8 · יָשָׁ֥רFroward is the way of a man who is vile, And the pure—upright is his work.Proverbs 21:18 · יְשָׁרִ֣יםThe wicked is an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.Proverbs 21:29 · וְ֝יָשָׁ֗רA wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright—he prepareth his way.Proverbs 28:10 · יְשָׁרִ֨ים׀Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.Proverbs 29:10 · וִֽ֝ישָׁרִ֗יםMen of blood hate the perfect, And the upright seek his soul.Proverbs 29:27 · יְשַׁר־An abomination to the righteous is the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked is the upright in the way!Ecclesiastes 7:29 · יָשָׁ֑רSee, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they—they have sought out many devices.Isaiah 26:7 · יָשָׁ֕רThe path for the righteous is uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.Jeremiah 26:14 · וְכַיָּשָׁ֖רAnd I, lo, I am in your hand, do to me as is good and as is right in your eyes;Jeremiah 31:9 · יָשָׁ֔רWith weeping they come in, And with supplications I bring them, I cause them to go unto streams of waters, In a right way—they stumble not in it, For I have been to Israel for a father, And Ephraim—My first-born is he.Jeremiah 34:15 · הַיָּשָׁר֙‘And ye turn back, ye to-day, and ye do that which is right in Mine eyes, to proclaim liberty each to his neighbour, and ye make a covenant before Me in the house over which My name is called.Jeremiah 40:4 · הַיָּשָׁ֧רAnd now, lo, I have loosed thee to-day from the chains that are on thy hand; if good in thine eyes to come with me to Babylon, come, and I keep mine eye upon thee: and if evil in thine eyes to come with me to Babylon, forbear; see, all the land is before thee, whither it be good, and whither it be right in thine eyes to go—go.’—Jeremiah 40:5 · הַיָּשָׁ֧רand while he doth not reply—‘Or turn back unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath appointed over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him in the midst of the people, or whithersoever it is right in thine eyes to go—go.’ And the chief of the executioners giveth to him for the way, and a gift, and sendeth him away,Daniel 11:17 · וִישָׁרִ֥יםAnd he setteth his face to go in with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he hath wrought, and the daughter of women he giveth to him, to corrupt her; and she doth not stand, nor is for him.Hosea 14:9 · יְשָׁרִ֞יםWho is wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!Micah 2:7 · הַיָּשָׁ֥רDoth the house of Jacob say, ‘Hath the Spirit of Jehovah been shortened? Are these His doings?’ Do not My words benefit the people that is walking uprightly?Micah 3:9 · הַיְשָׁרָ֖הHear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.Micah 7:2 · וְיָשָׁ֥רPerished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men—there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt with a net.Micah 7:4 · יָשָׁ֖רTheir best one is as a brier, The upright one—than a thorn-hedge, The day of thy watchmen—Thy visitation—hath come. Now is their perplexity.