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ya.shar H3474

יָשַׁר (ya.shar) means “to smooth” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

יָשַׁר Hebrew · H3474 25 tagged occurrences in 25 verses

Pronunciation guide: yaw-shar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3474

יָשַׁר · ya.shar · to smooth

1) to be right, be straight, be level, be upright, be just, be lawful, be smooth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go straight 1a2) to be pleasing, be agreeable, be right (fig.) 1a3) to be straightforward, be upright 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make right, make smooth, make straight 1b2) to lead, direct, lead straight along 1b3) to esteem right, approve 1c) (Pual) to be made level, be laid smoothly out 1d) (Hiphil) to make straight, look straight

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous

KJV glosses: direct, fit, seem good (meet), [phrase] please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).

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How translators render H3474

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
pleased 2
a straight path 1
and channeled 1
and i will make 1
and level 1
best 1
directs 1
good 1
hammered evenly 1
headed straight 1
i admire 1
i please 1
is pleasing 1
it will please 1
make a straight 1
make straight 1
pleased with 1
right 1
she was pleasing 1
straight 1
upright 1
was pleased 1
who make 1
will make 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
pleased 3
straight 2
and brought it straight 1
and i will direct 1
and she pleased 1
fitted 1
good 1
he directeth 1
her for me for she pleaseth me well 1
him and he shall direct 1
him and they pleased 1
is not upright 1
it pleased 1
look straight 1
make straight 1
meet 1
peradventure it will please 1
right 1
shall direct 1
thee and make 1
took the straight 1
uprightly 1
was right 1
who go right 1

Verses containing H3474

Page 1 of 1. 25 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Numbers 23:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”

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  2. Judges 14:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

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  3. Judges 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Samson continued on his way down and spoke to the woman, because she was pleasing to his eyes.

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  4. 1 Samuel 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.

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  5. 1 Samuel 18:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.

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  6. 1 Samuel 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

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  7. 2 Samuel 17:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

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  8. 1 Kings 6:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.

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  9. 1 Kings 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.

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  10. 1 Chronicles 13:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.

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  11. 2 Chronicles 30:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This plan pleased the king and the whole assembly.

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  12. 2 Chronicles 32:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

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  13. Psalms 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.9

  14. Psalms 119:128 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.

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  15. Proverbs 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

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  16. Proverbs 4:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

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  17. Proverbs 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.

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  18. Proverbs 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

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  19. Proverbs 15:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.

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  20. Isaiah 40:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

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  21. Isaiah 45:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

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  22. Isaiah 45:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”

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  23. Jeremiah 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.

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  24. Jeremiah 27:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.

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  25. Habakkuk 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—

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