Upright
יָשָׁרStrong’s H3477yashar (ya-shar)
Appears in 119 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yashar is the Hebrew word usually translated “upright”, “right” and “straight”. It appears in 119 verses of the Old Testament.
“He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.”
Meaning
- Straight, upright, correct, rightstraight, level · right, pleasing, correct · straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper · uprightness, righteous, upright · that which is upright (subst)
- A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.10.13
How it's translated
- upright 34
- the right 31
- and upright 12
- right 6
- straight 6
- and the right 5
- upright of 5
- and according to the right 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 25
- Proverbs 25
- 2 Chronicles 11
- 2 Kings 10
- Job 8
- Deuteronomy 7
22 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 15:26And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
- Numbers 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
- Deuteronomy 6:18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
- Deuteronomy 12:8Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
- Deuteronomy 12:25Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 12:28Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
All 119 verses, by book
- Exodus 1
- 15:26
- Numbers 1
- 23:10
- Ezra 1
- 8:21
- Nehemiah 1
- 9:13
- Psalms 25
- 7:1011:211:719:825:832:1133:133:436:1037:1437:3749:1464:1092:1594:1597:11107:7107:42111:1111:8112:2112:4119:137125:4140:13
- Proverbs 25
- 2:72:213:328:911:311:611:1112:612:1514:914:1114:1215:815:1916:1316:1716:2520:1121:221:821:1821:2928:1029:1029:27
- Ecclesiastes 1
- 7:29
- Isaiah 1
- 26:7
- Daniel 1
- 11:17
- Hosea 1
- 14:9
Hebrew dictionary
יָשָׁר yashar · upright
1) straight, upright, correct, right 1a) straight, level 1b) right, pleasing, correct 1c) straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper 1d) uprightness, righteous, upright 1e) that which is upright (subst) Also means: ya.shar (יָשָׁר "upright" H3477I)
יָשָׁר yashar · Jashar
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.10.13
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “upright” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UPRIGHT, adjective
upri'te or up'rite. [up and right. This word is marked in books with the accent on the first syllable. But it is frequently pronounced with the accent on the second, and the accent on the first syllable of its derivatives is inadmissible.]
- Erect; perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; as an upright tree; an upright post.
- Erected; pricked up; shooting directly from the body.
- Honest; just; adhering to rectitude in all social intercourse; not deviating from correct moral principles; as an upright man. Job 1:1
- Conformable to moral rectitude.
All definitions and other forms of “upright”
UP'RIGHT, noun
- In architecture, a representation or draught of the front of a building; called also an elevation, or orthography.
- Something standing erect or perpendicular.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.