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Strong's H3477 יָשָׁר (yashar)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3477 — nangai (“Nagge”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3477
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 120
Books 22

Strong's H3477 Quick Answer

Strong's H3477 יָשָׁר (yashar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yashar (yaw-shawr') adj. 1. straight {literally or figuratively} It has 120 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include just, well, straight, jasher, and meet. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
yashar (yaw-shawr') adj. 1. straight {literally or figuratively}
Usage
120 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
just, well, straight, jasher, and meet

Meaning and Definition

yashar (yaw-shawr') adj. 1. straight {literally or figuratively} [from H3474] KJV: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness). Root(s): H3474

Original Word
יָשָׁר
Transliteration
yashar
Derivation
Root: ישׁר First root strongs: 3474
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3477. 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)

upright

Usage: 1) straight, upright, correct, right 1a) straight, level 1b) right, pleasing, correct 1c) straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper 1d) uprightness, righteous, upright 1e) that which is upright (subst) Also means: ya.shar (יָשָׁר "upright" H3477I)

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How Strong's H3477 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.

just Deuteronomy 32:4 well Deuteronomy 6:18 straight Jeremiah 31:9 Jasher Joshua 10:13 convenient Jeremiah 40:4 meet 2 Kings 10:15 equity Micah 3:9 meetest 2 Kings 10:3 pleased 2 Samuel 19:6

How Strong's H3477 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 120 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3477 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 H3477 in the Old Testament

120 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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!

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3477.

Exodus 15:26 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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!
Numbers 23:27 Old Testament, 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.
Deuteronomy 6:18 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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.
Deuteronomy 32:4 Old Testament, KJV
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Joshua 9:25 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
1 Kings 22:43 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
2 Chronicles 20:32 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
2 Chronicles 26:4 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
2 Chronicles 29:34 Old Testament, KJV
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
2 Chronicles 31:20 Old Testament, KJV
And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
2 Chronicles 34:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
Ezra 8:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Nehemiah 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
Job 1:1 Old Testament, KJV
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Job 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Job 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Job 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Job 8:6 Old Testament, KJV
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Job 17:8 Old Testament, KJV
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
Job 23:7 Old Testament, KJV
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Job 33:27 Old Testament, KJV
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Psalms 7:10 Old Testament, KJV
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
Psalms 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Psalms 11:7 Old Testament, KJV
For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
Psalms 19:8 Old Testament, KJV
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalms 25:8 Old Testament, KJV
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
Psalms 32:11 Old Testament, KJV
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Psalms 33:1 Old Testament, KJV
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Psalms 33:4 Old Testament, KJV
For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
Psalms 36:10 Old Testament, KJV
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
Psalms 37:14 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
Psalms 37:37 Old Testament, KJV
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Psalms 49:14 Old Testament, KJV
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Psalms 64:10 Old Testament, KJV
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
Psalms 92:15 Old Testament, KJV
To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Psalms 94:15 Old Testament, KJV
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Psalms 97:11 Old Testament, KJV
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalms 107:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Psalms 107:42 Old Testament, KJV
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Psalms 111:1 Old Testament, KJV
Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
Psalms 111:8 Old Testament, KJV
They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
Psalms 112:2 Old Testament, KJV
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Psalms 112:4 Old Testament, KJV
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Psalms 119:137 Old Testament, KJV
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Psalms 125:4 Old Testament, KJV
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
Psalms 140:13 Old Testament, KJV
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Proverbs 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Proverbs 3:32 Old Testament, KJV
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Proverbs 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Proverbs 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Proverbs 11:6 Old Testament, KJV
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
Proverbs 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 12:6 Old Testament, KJV
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Proverbs 12:15 Old Testament, KJV
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs 14:11 Old Testament, KJV
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Proverbs 14:12 Old Testament, KJV
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 15:8 Old Testament, KJV
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 15:19 Old Testament, KJV
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Proverbs 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Proverbs 16:17 Old Testament, KJV
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Proverbs 16:25 Old Testament, KJV
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 20:11 Old Testament, KJV
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Proverbs 21:2 Old Testament, KJV
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Proverbs 21:8 Old Testament, KJV
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Proverbs 21:18 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Proverbs 21:29 Old Testament, KJV
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
Proverbs 28:10 Old Testament, KJV
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
Proverbs 29:10 Old Testament, KJV
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
Proverbs 29:27 Old Testament, KJV
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 Old Testament, KJV
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Isaiah 26:7 Old Testament, KJV
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Jeremiah 26:14 Old Testament, KJV
As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
Jeremiah 31:9 Old Testament, KJV
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jeremiah 34:15 Old Testament, KJV
And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
Jeremiah 40:4 Old Testament, KJV
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
Jeremiah 40:5 Old Testament, KJV
Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
Ezekiel 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
Ezekiel 1:23 Old Testament, KJV
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
Daniel 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.
Hosea 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Micah 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
Micah 3:9 Old Testament, KJV
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Micah 7:2 Old Testament, KJV
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Micah 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3477, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 7 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 10 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 11 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 8 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 25 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 25 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 4 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H3477 FAQ

What does yashar (יָשָׁר) mean?

Yashar (Strong's H3477) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "straight". yashar (yaw-shawr') adj. 1. straight {literally or figuratively}

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

This page currently indexes 120 linked usages for Strong's H3477 across 22 books.

Where can I study yashar (יָשָׁר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3477 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yashar (יָשָׁר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as just, well, straight, jasher, meet, and convenient. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.