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Strong's Number H3474

יָשַׁר

yashar · yaw-shar'

Transliteration:

yashar{yaw-shar'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

930

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous

Usage in the KJV:

please 1, straight 5, direct 3, right 3, well 2, fitted 1, good 1, make straight 1, meet 1, upright 1, uprightly 1

Total: 26
Occurs 25 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to be right, be straight, be level, be upright, be just, be lawful, be smooth
1. (Qal)
  1. to go straight
  2. to be pleasing, be agreeable, be right (fig.)
  3. to be straightforward, be upright
2. (Piel)
  1. to make right, make smooth, make straight
  2. to lead, direct, lead straight along
  3. to esteem right, approve
3. (Pual) to be made level, be laid smoothly out
4. (Hiphil) to make straight, look straight