H3474 יָשַׁר

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 28 KJV occurrences

יָשַׁר

yâshar · yaw-shar'

Definition

to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous

KJV Renderings

direct, fit, seem good (meet), [phrase] please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

Sample KJV Verses (8 of 28)

Numbers 23:27¶ And 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.
Judges 14:7And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
2 Samuel 17:4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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.
Psalms 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Proverbs 4:25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Isaiah 40:3¶ The 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.
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.