Kâshêr — H3787

Definition

verb

by implication, to be acceptable; also to succeed or prosper

1. to succeed, please, be suitable, be proper, be advantageous, be right and proper to
1. (Qal) to please, be proper
2. (Hiphil) to give success

Usually translated as

direct, be right, prosper

Origin

a primitive root properly, to be straight or right

Greek equivalents

• stoichéō (G4748)

Occurrences

Kâshêr occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Esther (1), Ecclesiastes (2)

• Esther 8:5 — And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right (וְכָשֵׁ֤ר) before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
• Ecclesiastes 10:10 — If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct (הַכְשֵׁ֖ר).
• Ecclesiastes 11:6 — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper (יִכְשָׁר֙), either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.