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Strong's H3474 יָשַׁר (yashar)

Yashar means “make” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3474 — moros in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3474
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 25
Books 12

Strong's H3474 Quick Answer

Strong's H3474 יָשַׁר (yashar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yashar (yaw-shar') v. 1. to be straight or even 2. (figuratively) to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous It has 25 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include straight, right, direct, directeth, and make. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
yashar (yaw-shar') v. 1. to be straight or even 2. (figuratively) to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
Usage
25 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
straight, right, direct, directeth, and make

Meaning and Definition

yashar (yaw-shar') v. 1. to be straight or even 2. (figuratively) to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous [a primitive root] KJV: direct, fit, seem good (meet), + please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).

Original Word
יָשַׁר
Transliteration
yashar
Derivation
Root: ישׁר
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3474. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to smooth

Usage: 1) to be right, be straight, be level, be upright, be just, be lawful, be smooth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go straight 1a2) to be pleasing, be agreeable, be right (fig.) 1a3) to be straightforward, be upright 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make right, make smooth, make straight 1b2) to lead, direct, lead straight along 1b3) to esteem right, approve 1c) (Pual) to be made level, be laid smoothly out 1d) (Hiphil) to make straight, look straight

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How Strong's H3474 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render yashar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

straight 1 Samuel 6:12 direct Proverbs 3:6 right 1 Chronicles 13:4 directeth Job 37:3 make Jeremiah 18:4 seemed Jeremiah 27:5

How Strong's H3474 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 25 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3474 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3474 in the Old Testament

25 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3474.

Judges 14:3 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
1 Samuel 6:12 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
1 Samuel 18:26 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
1 Kings 6:35 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
2 Chronicles 32:30 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
Psalms 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Psalms 119:128 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Proverbs 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 4:25 Old Testament, KJV
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Proverbs 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Proverbs 11:5 Old Testament, KJV
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 15:21 Old Testament, KJV
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Isaiah 40:3 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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.
Jeremiah 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
Habakkuk 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3474, grouped by book.

Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3474 FAQ

What does yashar (יָשַׁר) mean?

Yashar (Strong's H3474) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "make". yashar (yaw-shar') v. 1. to be straight or even 2. (figuratively) to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous

How many times is yashar (יָשַׁר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's H3474 across 12 books.

Where can I study yashar (יָשַׁר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3474 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yashar (יָשַׁר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as straight, right, direct, directeth, make, and seemed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.