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יָשָׁר H3477

H3477 is the Hebrew word יָשָׁר, transliterated yâshâr and said yaw-shawr'. The King James Version most often renders it right.

Word: יָשָׁרTransliteration: yâshârSaid: yaw-shawr'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 107 verses

What it means

straight (literally or figuratively).

Where it comes from

from H3474 (יָשַׁר).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 98 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

right 45×upright 33×righteous 6×straight 3×jasher 2×seemeth right 2×most upright 2×whatsoever is right 1×hast been upright 1×pleased thee well 1×only which was right 1×meetest 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).

Verses using יָשָׁר

The first 40 of 107 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 15:26 · KJV

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

Numbers 23:10 · KJV

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

Deuteronomy 6:18 · KJV

And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,

Deuteronomy 12:8 · KJV

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

Deuteronomy 12:25 · KJV

Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 12:28 · KJV

Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 13:18 · KJV

When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 21:9 · KJV

So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

Joshua 9:25 · KJV

And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

Joshua 10:13 · KJV

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

Judges 17:6 · KJV

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Judges 21:25 · KJV

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

1 Samuel 12:23 · KJV

Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

1 Samuel 29:6 · KJV

Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

2 Samuel 1:18 · KJV

(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

2 Samuel 19:6 · KJV

In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

1 Kings 11:33 · KJV

Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

1 Kings 11:38 · KJV

And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

1 Kings 14:8 · KJV

And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;

1 Kings 15:5 · KJV

Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 15:11 · KJV

And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

1 Kings 22:43 · KJV

And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

2 Kings 10:3 · KJV

Look even out the best and meetest of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.

2 Kings 10:15 · KJV

And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

2 Kings 10:30 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

2 Kings 12:2 · KJV

And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

2 Kings 14:3 · KJV

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

2 Kings 15:3 · KJV

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

2 Kings 15:34 · KJV

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

2 Kings 16:2 · KJV

Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

2 Kings 18:3 · KJV

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

2 Kings 22:2 · KJV

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

2 Chronicles 14:2 · KJV

And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:

2 Chronicles 20:32 · KJV

And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 24:2 · KJV

And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

2 Chronicles 25:2 · KJV

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

2 Chronicles 26:4 · KJV

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

2 Chronicles 27:2 · KJV

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.

2 Chronicles 28:1 · KJV

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

2 Chronicles 29:2 · KJV

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3477 mean?

H3477 is the Hebrew word יָשָׁר (yâshâr), meaning straight (literally or figuratively).

How is H3477 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it right (45 times), upright (33 times), righteous (6 times), straight (3 times), jasher (2 times), among others.

How many times does H3477 appear in the Bible?

יָשָׁר (yâshâr) is tagged in 107 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3477 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3474 (יָשַׁר).

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