Uprightness
מֵישָׁרStrong’s H4339meshar (me-shar)
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Meshar is the Hebrew word usually translated “uprightness”, “smoothness” and “level paths”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
“And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.”
Meaning
- Evenness, uprightness, straightness, equityevenness, level, smoothness · uprightness, equity · rightly (as adv)
How it's translated
- uprightness 10
- and uprightness 3
- with uprightness 3
- with smoothness 1
- to smoothness 1
- level paths 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 7
- Proverbs 5
- Isaiah 3
- Song of Solomon 2
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Daniel 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
- Psalms 9:8And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
- Psalms 17:2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
- Psalms 58:1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
- Psalms 75:2When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
- Psalms 96:10Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Hebrew dictionary
מֵישָׁר meshar · uprightness
1) evenness, uprightness, straightness, equity 1a) evenness, level, smoothness 1b) uprightness, equity 1c) rightly (as adv)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “uprightness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UPRIGHTNESS, noun
- Perpendicular erection.
- Honesty; integrity in principle or practice; conformity to rectitude and justice in social dealings.
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.