Yosher יֹ֫שֶׁר
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| יֹ֫שֶׁר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yosher |
| Strong's number | H3476 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | uprightness |
| Occurrences | 14 in 14 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (5) |
Yosher (Hebrew יֹ֫שֶׁר, Strong's H3476) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “uprightness”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) straightness, uprightness
1a) straightness, evenness (moral implications)
1b) rightness, uprightness
1c) what is right, what is due
1a) straightness, evenness (moral implications)
1b) rightness, uprightness
1c) what is right, what is due
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | uprightness (9), right (2), meet (1), equity (1), upright (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | uprightness (4), upright (2), straight (2), honest (1), are from an upright (1), what is right for him (1), what is right (1), his honesty (1), accurate (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Yosher, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 9:5Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 9:4And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
Job
- Job 6:25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
- Job 33:3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
- Job 33:23If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
Psalms
- Psalm 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
- Psalm 119:7I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 2:13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
- Proverbs 4:11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
- Proverbs 11:24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
- Proverbs 14:2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.
- Proverbs 17:26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 12:10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.
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).