יָשָׁר

Strong’s Definition

straight (literally or figuratively)

Etymology & Derivation

from H3474 (יָשַׁר);

KJV Usage

convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.straight, upright, correct, right
• 2.straight, level
• 3.right, pleasing, correct
• 4.straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper
• 5.uprightness, righteous, upright
• 6.that which is upright (subst)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yâshâr; Pronunciation: yaw-shawr'