יֹשֶׁר
yôsher · yo'-sher
the right
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3474 (יָשַׁר);
the right
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: equity, meet, right, upright(-ness).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest
The hand that works that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יֹשֶׁר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- or for the uprightness1 · 7%
- and in uprightness1 · 7%
- in uprightness1 · 7%
- are right1 · 7%
- shall be of the uprightness1 · 7%
- his uprightness1 · 7%
- and uprightness1 · 7%
- thee with uprightness1 · 7%
- of uprightness1 · 7%
- thee in right1 · 7%
- more than is meet1 · 7%
- in his uprightness1 · 7%
- for equity1 · 7%
- was upright1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.