Word

כָּשֵׁר

kâshêr · H3787 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to be right, to be proper

State in which a matter is considered to be the appropriate thing to do

Examples
Esther 8:5 Then she said, “If it pleases the king and if I have found favor before him, and the matter seems proper to the king and I am pleasing in his sight, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to eliminate the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.
to succeed, to bring success

To effectively accomplish a desired outcome or bring about prosperous results

Examples
Ecclesiastes 11:6 Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether one or the other will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.
Ecclesiastes 10:10 If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of bringing success.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1
חׇכְמָהwisdom 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יִתְרוֹןadvantage 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for+ פָּנִיםface, presence, before 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 2 words

יָשַׁר yâshar · H3474 · to make straight, to make smooth, to make level: ישׁר (yâshar, H3474) (occurring frequently, with a broad gloss covering directness, fitness, and uprightness) and the target term ('direct, be right, prosper,' occurring only rarely) share genuine semantic overlap in the sense of being 'direct' or 'right.' The target term's rarity means the evidence, while real, is modest.
צָלַח tsâlach · H6743 · to rush (upon), to come (over), to possess, grip, take control, to be useful: The target term is rare (three occurrences), but its core sense overlaps with the common 'prosper' usage of צָלַח (tsâlach, H6743); both can denote success or prosperity and are plausibly substitutable.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Right002001003013: This word describes being right, straight, or fitting, so it belongs among words for what is right or correct.
Succeed002003003020: The same word describes an undertaking prospering or succeeding, so it also belongs among words for success.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

כָּשֵׁרkâshêr · H3787כִּשְׁרוֹן kishrôwn · H3788 · achievement, success, skill · 3×כּוֹשָׁרָה kôwshârâh · H3574 · safety, prosperity · 1×כִּישׁוֹר kîyshôwr · H3601 · spindle · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3787. kasher כָּשֵׁר verb be advantageous, proper, suitable, succeed, late Aramaic (Late…

H3787. kasher
כָּשֵׁר verb be advantageous, proper, suitable, succeed, late Aramaic (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּשָׁר, ); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular הַמֶּלֶךְ לִפְנֵי הַדָּבָר וְכָשֵׁר Est 8:5 and the thing be proper in the view of the king; Imperfect יִכְשָׁר֨ Ecc 11:6 thou knowest not whether this shall succeed, or this.
Hiph`il Infinitive construct חָכְמָה הַכְשֵׁיר וְיִתְרוֺן Ecc 10:10 an advantage for giving success is wisdom.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Right1 occurrence Succeed2 occurrences

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