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יָשַׁר H3474
H3474 is the Hebrew word יָשַׁר, transliterated yâshar and said yaw-shar'. The King James Version most often renders it pleased.
What it means
to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 21 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: direct, fit, seem good (meet), [phrase] please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).
Verses using יָשַׁר
All 23 verses, quoted in full.
Numbers 23:27 · KJV
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 14:3 · KJV
Then 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.
Judges 14:7 · KJV
And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
1 Samuel 6:12 · KJV
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, 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 Bethshemesh.
1 Samuel 18:20 · KJV
And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
1 Samuel 18:26 · KJV
And 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.
2 Samuel 17:4 · KJV
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
1 Kings 6:35 · KJV
And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
1 Kings 9:12 · KJV
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
1 Chronicles 13:4 · KJV
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
2 Chronicles 30:4 · KJV
And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
2 Chronicles 32:30 · KJV
This 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.
Job 37:3 · KJV
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
Psalm 5:8 · KJV
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Psalm 119:128 · KJV
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Proverbs 3:6 · KJV
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 9:15 · KJV
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Proverbs 11:5 · KJV
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Isaiah 40:3 · KJV
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 45:2 · KJV
I 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:
Isaiah 45:13 · KJV
I 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.
Jeremiah 18:4 · KJV
And 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.
Habakkuk 2:4 · KJV
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3474 mean?
H3474 is the Hebrew word יָשַׁר (yâshar), meaning to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous.
How is H3474 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it pleased (6 times), straight (3 times), direct (3 times), peradventure it will please (1 time), pleaseth me well (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3474 appear in the Bible?
יָשַׁר (yâshar) is tagged in 23 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3474 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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