יֹשֶׁר
yôsher · H3476 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences
Meanings
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uprightness, honesty, sincereness, integrity
State in which humans are morally and ethically right
ExamplesDeuteronomy 9:5 “It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to take possession of their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out from before you, and in order to confirm the oath which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
1 Kings 9:4 “As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and honesty, acting in accordance with everything that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My ordinances,
1 Chronicles 29:17 “Since I know, my God, that You put the heart to the test and delight in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You.
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what is right, what is just
State in which an event is morally and ethically right
ExamplesProverbs 11:24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in poverty.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- לֵבָבheart, mind 3
- הוּhis 2
- לֵבheart, mind 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָצַרto keep, to guard, to preserve 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָגַדto tell, to inform, to report 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- כָּתַבto write down, to write, to inscribe 1
- נָכָהto strike, to strike down 1
- אֵמֶרword 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 3 groups
- בin/on/with 8
- מִןfrom 2
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- מַעְגָּלpath, conduct 1
- אֵמֶרword 1
- אֹרַחpath, way 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 4 words
- תֻּמָּה tummâh · H8538 · integrity, blamelessness
- Both lexemes denote positive moral/ethical qualities in overlapping semantic space: "uprightness/rightness" and "integrity" are genuinely near-synonymous concepts (both describe moral rectitude/blamelessness).
- תֹּם tôm · H8537 · integrity, blamelessness, in full measure
- Both words denote moral and ethical rectitude and integrity, with overlapping sense; יֹשֶׁר (yôsher, H3476) emphasizes rightness and equity, while תֹּם (tôm, H8537) emphasizes integrity and completeness.
- אֶמֶת ʼemeth · H571 · faithfulness, reliability, trustworthiness
- יֹשֶׁר (yôsher, H3476) (yōšer) centers on uprightness/equity; אֶמֶת (ʼemeth, H571) ('ěmet) centers on truth/faithfulness. The overlap in "right" (moral/ethical correctness) represents genuine semantic overlap.
- צֶדֶק tsedeq · H6664 · just, accurate, righteousness
- Both words denote core concepts of moral and ethical rightness: יֹשֶׁר means equity, uprightness and what is right or fitting, and צֶדֶק means justice, righteousness and what is just or right; they are frequently interchangeable in contexts of moral evaluation and judicial integrity.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Innocent002003003015
- The noun names equity or moral uprightness, integrity of conduct free from wrongdoing, in keeping with its glossed sense "equity... upright(-ness)."
- Right002001003013
- The noun names what is right or fitting, straightness of conduct or judgment, as its core glossed sense "right" indicates.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3476. yosher י֫שֶׁר noun masculinePsa 25:21 straightness, uprightness; — ישֶׁר Pro 2:13…
י֫שֶׁר noun masculinePsa 25:21 straightness, uprightness; — ישֶׁר Pro 2:13 Pro 2:11t.; suffix יָשְׁרוֺ Job 33:23; Pro 14:2; —
1 straightness, evenness, of paths (with moral implication) Pro 2:13; Pro 4:11.
2 rightness, uprightness Pro 17:26; וָישֶׁר תֹּם Psa 25:21; of words, spoken Job 6:25, written Ecc 12:10; of the moral walk בישׁר(וׅ 1Ki 9:4; Pro 14:2; ישֶׁרלִֿבִּי Job 33:3; לבב ישׁר Deu 9:5; Psa 119:7; 1Ch 29:17: — on Psa 111:8 see יָשָׁר
4. 3. what is due, right Job 33:23; Pro 11:24.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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