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יָשָׁר

ya.shar

upright

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Strong’s H3477Adjective119 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

right40

upright people25

upright10

people upright of7

is upright5

are upright4

straight4

an upright person3

In the text

Deuteronomy 6:18הַיָּשָׁר
Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,
2 Kings 10:3וְהַיָּשָׁר
select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
2 Chronicles 14:2וְהַיָּשָׁר
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
Job 1:1וְיָשָׁר
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
Psalm 25:8וְיָשָׁר
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
Proverbs 2:7לַיְשָׁרִים
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

Brown-Driver-Briggs

יָשָׁר adj. straight, right

1. straight, level

2. right, pleasing

3. straightforward, just, upright

4. abstr., uprightness

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.