Yashar יָשָׁר

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Yashar
יָשָׁר
Transliterationyashar
Strong's numberH3477 (H3477G, H3477I, H3477H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechadjective
Glossupright
Occurrences119 in 119 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (25)

Yashar (Hebrew יָשָׁר, Strong's H3477) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “upright”. It occurs 119 times in 119 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H3477G: upright

1) straight, upright, correct, right
1a) straight, level
1b) right, pleasing, correct
1c) straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper
1d) uprightness, righteous, upright
1e) that which is upright (subst)
Also means: ya.shar (יָשָׁר "upright" H3477I)

H3477I: upright

1) straight, upright, correct, right
1a) straight, level
1b) right, pleasing, correct
1c) straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper
1d) uprightness, righteous, upright
1e) that which is upright (subst)

H3477H: Jashar

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.10.13

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVright (53), upright (42), righteous (9), straight (3), jasher (2), convenient (2), well (1), meetest (1), uprightness (1), just (1), meet (1), ones (1), and 2 other renderings
BSBupright (47), right (23), what is right (8), what was right (5), seems right (4), is upright (3), jashar (2), are right (2), righteous (1), have been upright (1), it would have pleased you (1), most worthy (1), and 21 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Yashar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Micah

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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