מֵישָׁר
mêyshâr · H4339 · Hebrew · 19 occurrences
Meanings
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smooth, smoothness
State in which an object or area is shaped in such a way that people and liquids can move without obstacles; associated with security and prosperity
ExamplesProverbs 23:31 Do not look at wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly;
Song of Solomon 7:9 Song of Solomon 7:9: And your mouth like the best wine!” “It goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who are asleep.
Isaiah 26:7 The way of the righteous is smooth; O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.
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peace, agreement
Literally: smoothness; hence: state in which two parties suspend their conflict
ExamplesDaniel 11:6 And after some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the king of the North to reach an agreement. But she will not keep her position of power, nor will he remain with his power, but she will be given up, along with those who brought her in and the one who fathered her as well as he who supported her in those times.
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fairness, equity, uprightness
Literally: smoothness; hence: state in which an event is morally and ethically right
Examples1 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.
Psalm 9:8 And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples fairly.
Psalm 17:2 Let my judgment come forth from Your presence; Let Your eyes look with integrity.
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
What is done to itIt is the object
7 occurrences in 7 groups
- דָבַרto speak, to say 1
- חָזָהto see, to look at 1
- כּוּןto establish, to prepare 1
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
- נָגַדto tell, to inform, to report 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מִפְתָּחspoken words 1
- אֹרַחpath, way 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 7
- לto/for 2
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 1 word
- אֶמֶת ʼemeth · H571 · faithfulness, reliability, trustworthiness
- Both words denote abstract qualities of moral or ethical correctness (righteousness, equity, truth, faithfulness), in the area of rightness. The target term emphasizes equity, uprightness and the connotation of a level path, while אֶמֶת (ʼemeth, H571) emphasizes truth, faithfulness and reliability, but both can express right conduct or state.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Shape002001001052
- The fact-packet data assigns this word the Shape domain, likely reflecting its literal sense of levelness or straightness underlying its figurative "uprightness," though the sampled citations (1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalm 9:8; 17:2) all illustrate the moral sense of integrity rather than physical straightness.
- Reconcile002003002020
- The fact-packet data also assigns the Reconcile domain, plausibly reflecting the sense of fair dealing or equitable judgment that restores right relations, though no sampled citation directly illustrates this beyond the general uprightness sense.
- Right002001003013
- מֵישָׁר most directly denotes moral uprightness, equity, or integrity, as in David's delight that God "put the heart to the test and delight in uprightness" (1 Chronicles 29:17) and the psalmist's plea for judgment to "come forth... with integrity" (Psalm 17:2).
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4339. meshar [מֵישָׁר] noun masculine evenness, uprightness, equity; — only plural:…
[מֵישָׁר] noun masculine evenness, uprightness, equity; — only plural: מֵשָׁרִים Pro 1:3; elsewhere מֵישָׁרִים Isa 26:7 Isa 26:17t.; —
1 evenness, level Isa 26:7, of path of righteous (in the future), figurative for free from difficulties; smoothness, of the flow of wine, ׳בְּמ Pro 23:31; ׳למ Cant 7:10.
2 in ethical sense, uprightness, equity, as taught in the school of wisdom Pro 8:6, || צֶדֶק Pro 1:3; Pro 2:9; of government ׳(ב)מ Psa 9:9; Psa 58:2; Psa 75:3; Psa 96:10; Psa 99:4; of speech Isa 33:15; Pro 23:16; of Yahweh's promises Isa 45:19; מ ׳רצה 1Ch 29:17 have pleasure in equity; מ ׳עשׂה Dan 11:6 make an equitable arrangement.
3 adverb rightly, with חזה Psa 17:2; אהב Son 1:4.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 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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