Meshar מֵישָׁר

Meshar (Hebrew מֵישָׁר, Strong's H4339) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “uprightness”. It occurs 19 times in 19 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Verses

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

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 29:17
  I 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.

Psalms

• Psalm 9:8
  And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
• Psalm 17:2
  Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
• Psalm 58:1
  Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
• Psalm 75:2
  When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.
• Psalm 96:10
  Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
• Psalm 98:9
  Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
• Psalm 99:4
  The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:3
  To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
• Proverbs 2:9
  Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
• Proverbs 8:6
  Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
• Proverbs 23:16
  Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
• Proverbs 23:31
  Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 1:4
  Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
• Song of Solomon 7:9
  And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 26:7
  The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
• Isaiah 33:15
  He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
• Isaiah 45:19
  I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

Daniel

• Daniel 11:6
  And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.

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).