Yâshâr (H3477) — Meaning of the Hebrew word Yâshâr in English — Strong's Lexicon

Occurrences

Yâshâr occurs 119 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (7), Joshua (2), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (6), 2 Kings (10), 2 Chronicles (11), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (8), Psalms (25), Proverbs (25), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (5), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (1), Hosea (1), Micah (4)

Exodus 15:26 — And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right (וְהַיָּשָׁ֤ר) in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Numbers 23:10 — Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous (יְשָׁרִ֔ים), and let my last end be like his!
Deuteronomy 6:18 — And thou shalt do that which is right (הַיָּשָׁ֥ר) and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
Deuteronomy 12:8 — Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right (הַיָּשָׁ֥ר) in his own eyes.
Deuteronomy 12:25 — Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the sight of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 12:28 — Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right (וְהַיָּשָׁ֔ר) in the sight of the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 13:18 — When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right (הַיָּשָׁ֔ר) in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 21:9 — So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the sight of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right (וְיָשָׁ֖ר) is he.
Joshua 9:25 — And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right (וְכַיָּשָׁ֧ר) unto thee to do unto us, do.
Joshua 10:13 — And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher (הַיָּשָׁ֑ר)? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Judges 17:6 — In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֥ר) in his own eyes.
Judges 21:25 — In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֥ר) in his own eyes.
1 Samuel 12:23 — Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right (וְהַיְשָׁרָֽה) way:
1 Samuel 29:6 — Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright (יָשָׁ֣ר), and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
2 Samuel 1:18 — (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher (הַיָּשָֽׁר).)
2 Samuel 19:6 — In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well (יָשָׁ֥ר).
1 Kings 11:33 — Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right (הַיָּשָׁ֧ר) in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
1 Kings 11:38 — And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right (הַיָּשָׁ֤ר) in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
1 Kings 14:8 — And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֥ר) in mine eyes;
1 Kings 15:5 — Because David did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
1 Kings 15:11 — And Asa did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
1 Kings 22:43 — And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
2 Kings 10:3 — Look even out the best and meetest (וְהַיָּשָׁר֙) of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.
2 Kings 10:15 — And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right (יָשָׁ֗ר), as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
2 Kings 10:30 — And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right (הַיָּשָׁר֙) in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
2 Kings 12:2 — And Jehoash did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֛ר) in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
2 Kings 14:3 — And he did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁר֙) in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
2 Kings 15:3 — And he did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
2 Kings 15:34 — And he did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
2 Kings 16:2 — Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֗ר) in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
2 Kings 18:3 — And he did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
2 Kings 22:2 — And he did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
2 Chronicles 14:2 — And Asa did that which was good and right (וְהַיָּשָׁ֔ר) in the eyes of the LORD his God:
2 Chronicles 20:32 — And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the sight of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 24:2 — And Joash did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
2 Chronicles 25:2 — And he did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
2 Chronicles 26:4 — And he did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
2 Chronicles 27:2 — And he did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֜ר) in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
2 Chronicles 28:1 — Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֛ר) in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:
2 Chronicles 29:2 — And he did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
2 Chronicles 29:34 — But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright (יִשְׁרֵ֣י) in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
2 Chronicles 31:20 — And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right (וְהַיָּשָׁר֙) and truth before the LORD his God.
2 Chronicles 34:2 — And he did that which was right (הַיָּשָׁ֖ר) in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
Ezra 8:21 — Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right (יְשָׁרָ֔ה) way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Nehemiah 9:13 — Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right (יְשָׁרִים֙) judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
Job 1:1 — There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright (וְיָשָׁ֛ר), and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Job 1:8 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright (וְיָשָׁ֛ר) man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Job 2:3 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright (וְיָשָׁ֛ר) man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Job 4:7 — Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous (יְשָׁרִ֥ים) cut off?

Yâshâr — H3477

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