יֹ֫שֶׁר
uprightness
‘uprightness’ is one of 4 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 8 times (57%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 6 times (43%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 14 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H3476 appears — 14 distinct verses across 7 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Deuteronomy 1 verse
1 Kings 1 verse
1 Chronicles 1 verse
Job 3 verses
- Job 6:25 יֹ֑שֶׁר n c ms How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
- Job 33:3 יֹֽשֶׁר n c ms cs My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
- Job 33:23 יָשְׁרֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "If there is beside him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show to man what is right for him;
Psalms 2 verses
Proverbs 5 verses
- Proverbs 2:13 יֹ֑שֶׁר n c ms Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;
- Proverbs 4:11 יֹֽשֶׁר n c ms I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
- Proverbs 11:24 מִ֝/יֹּ֗שֶׁר prep + n c ms There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
- Proverbs 14:2 בְּ֭/יָשְׁר/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, But he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
- Proverbs 17:26 יֹֽשֶׁר n c ms Also to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to flog officials for their integrity.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew noun ישר centers on the idea of “uprightness.” The lexicon spreads it across several senses; see its full sense range. It turns up in 14 verses across 7 books, an uncommon footprint. The word gravitates to Proverbs (36%), then Job and Psalms. Its earliest occurrence is Deuteronomy 9:5. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3476 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 14
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 14 distinct verses.
- 7 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 7 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #1,910
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 1,910 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 14 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 14 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 12 verses · 86%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 1 verse · 7%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 1 verse · 7%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Uprightness 6×
- American Standard Version: Uprightness 8×
- Berean Standard Bible: Uprightness 3×, Straight 2×, Upright 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Uprightness 7×, Uprightness of 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3476 across 14 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3476 across 14 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3476 across 14 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3476 across 15 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 3 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. straightness, evenness, of paths
- 2. rightness, uprightness
- 3. what is due, right
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
יֹ֫שֶׁר n.m. straightness, uprightness
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from ישר (yâshar) (H3474) — to be right.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יָשַׁר
- to be firm, strong, healthy; to be straight, right. יִישַׁר כֹּחֲךָ or חֵילְךָ ‘may thy strength (health) be firm’, a phrase of approval and thanks. Sabb. 87ᵃ, a. fr. (play on אֲשֶׁר, Ex. XXXIV, 1) י׳ כ׳ ששברת, be thanked for having broken (the tablets). Gen. R. s. 54 (play on וישרנה, I Sam. VI, 12) י׳ חילכם; a. e.—(יֵשַׁר) יִישַׁר (sub. כחך) thanks! right! Ber. 42ᵇ; Sabb. 53ᵃ; Erub. 32ᵇ; a. fr.—Cmp. אַיְשַׁר. e.g. Exodus 34:1
- to straighten, direct, to make firm. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to יֵשֶׁר, I Chr. II, 18) זה כלב שיי׳ את עצמו that is Caleb who kept himself straight (did not yield to the rest of the spies). Num. R. s. 8 (ref. to Ps. L, 23 ושם דרך) המְיַישֵּׁר אורחותיו וכ׳ he who directs his ways straight (pays regard to his doings).—Part. pass. מְיוּשָּׁר, f. מְיוּשֶּׁרֶת. Pirké d’R. El. ch. X דרכי מי׳ לפני my way is levelled before me.—Meg. 18ᵇ (ref. to יישרו, Prov. IV, 25) מְיוּשָּׁרִין הן אצל וכ׳ they remain firm with (in the memory of) &c. e.g. 1 Chronicles 2:18
יְשַׁר
- Targ. II Esth. VII, 9 יִישַׁר חילך (Var. יִשַּׁר). [Cant. R. to I, 4 ישריין, v. next w.]
- to be strengthened. Targ. Y. Deut. X, 2, v. אֲשַׁר.
יָשָׁר
- preced.) firm, sound; straight, right, upright. Gen. R. s. 49 אברהם זה י׳ מן היְשָׁרִים this Abraham is firmer than all the firm (angels); Yalk. ib. 82 אברהם זה י׳; Midr. Till. to Ps. XI, 7 קודם לִישָׁרוֹ של עולם וכ׳ before they see the Right One of the world, they (the pious) shall behold the faces of the firm (believers); a. fr.—Pl. יְשָׁרִים, יְשָׁרִין. Cant. R. to I, 4 מה ישריין רחמיך, [read as:] Yalk. ib. 982 מה ישרים וכ׳, expl. מה תקיפין וכ׳ how strong are thy mercies. Midr. Till. l. c. איזו כת … זו כת י׳ which is the highest class among those who will greet the countenance of the Divine Presence (in the hereafter)? The class of the firm believers. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXV, 14 … בתחלה ואה"כ נתן לי׳ first the secret of the Lord is communicated to those who fear him (human beings), and then to the firm ones (the angels, cmp. יְצוּקִים s. v. יָצַק); Gen. R. s. 49; a. e.—Fem. יְשָׁרָה, pl. יְשָׁרוֹת (sub בעיניו; with ref. to Deut. XII, 8) [right in the eyes of the offerer,] free-will offerings (opp. חוֹבָה). Zeb. 114ᵃ י׳ תקריבו וכ׳ free-will sacrifices you may offer (on the bamoth, v. בָּמָה), but no obligatory offerings; ib. 117ᵇ. Ib. י׳ נינהו they belong to the class of free-will offerings. Ib. 118ᵃ; a. fr.—סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר the Book Yashar, a lost book (Josh. X, 13; II Sam. I, 18). Ab. Zar. 25ᵃ. Y. Sot. I, end, 17ᶜ e.g. Deuteronomy 12:8
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 11 distinct written forms H3476 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יֹֽשֶׁר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Proverbs 4:11 | 3 |
| יֹ֑שֶׁר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Job 6:25 | 2 |
| בְּ/יֹ֣שֶׁר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Psalms 119:7 | 1 |
| בְּ/יֹ֤שֶׁר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | 1 Chronicles 29:17 | 1 |
| בְּ֭/יָשְׁר/וֹ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Proverbs 14:2 | 1 |
| וָ/יֹ֥שֶׁר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Psalms 25:21 | 1 |
| וּ/בְ/יֹ֔שֶׁר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Kings 9:4 | 1 |
| וּ/בְ/יֹ֨שֶׁר֙ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Deuteronomy 9:5 | 1 |
| יָשְׁרֽ/וֹ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Job 33:23 | 1 |
| יֹ֖שֶׁר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Ecclesiastes 12:10 | 1 |
| מִ֝/יֹּ֗שֶׁר | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Proverbs 11:24 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3476, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 13 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 14 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Deuteronomy 9:5
- 1 Kings 9:4
- 1 Chronicles 29:17
- Job 6:25
- Psalms 119:7
- Proverbs 2:13
- Ecclesiastes 12:10
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
