Yashar יָשַׁר
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| יָשַׁר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yashar |
| Strong's number | H3474 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to smooth |
| Occurrences | 25 in 25 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (5) |
Yashar (Hebrew יָשַׁר, Strong's H3474) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to smooth”. It occurs 25 times in 25 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to be right, be straight, be level, be upright, be just, be lawful, be smooth
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go straight
1a2) to be pleasing, be agreeable, be right (fig.)
1a3) to be straightforward, be upright
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to make right, make smooth, make straight
1b2) to lead, direct, lead straight along
1b3) to esteem right, approve
1c) (Pual) to be made level, be laid smoothly out
1d) (Hiphil) to make straight, look straight
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go straight
1a2) to be pleasing, be agreeable, be right (fig.)
1a3) to be straightforward, be upright
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to make right, make smooth, make straight
1b2) to lead, direct, lead straight along
1b3) to esteem right, approve
1c) (Pual) to be made level, be laid smoothly out
1d) (Hiphil) to make straight, look straight
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | pleased (6), straight (6), right (3), direct (3), well (2), please (1), fitted (1), directeth (1), uprightly (1), make (1), good (1), meet (1), and 1 other rendering |
|---|---|
| BSB | pleased (3), it will please (1), is pleasing (1), headed straight (1), was pleased (1), good (1), hammered evenly (1), right (1), channeled (1), make straight (1), i admire (1), will make (1), and 10 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Yashar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 23:27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”
Judges
- Judges 14:3Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”
- Judges 14:7And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.Then Samson continued on his way down and spoke to the woman, because she was pleasing to his eyes.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 6:12And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth–shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth–shemesh.And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
- 1 Samuel 18:20And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
- 1 Samuel 18:26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 17:4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 6:35And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
- 1 Kings 9:12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 13:4And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 30:4And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.This proposal pleased the king and the whole assembly.
- 2 Chronicles 32:30This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
Psalms
- Psalm 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
- Psalm 119:128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 3:6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- Proverbs 4:25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
- Proverbs 9:15To call passengers who go right on their ways:calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
- Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
- Proverbs 15:21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 40:3The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- Isaiah 45:2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
- Isaiah 45:13I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 18:4And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.
- Jeremiah 27:5I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 2:4Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright— but the righteous will live by faith—
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).