כָּשֵׁר
kâshêr · kaw-share'
by implication, to be acceptable; also to succeed or prosper
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root properly, to be straight or right;
by implication, to be acceptable; also to succeed or prosper
- by implication, to be acceptable
- also, to succeed or prosper
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: direct, be right, prosper.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- 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 open hand that covers › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest
The open hand that covers that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּשֵׁר 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- seem right1 · 33%
- to direct1 · 33%
- shall prosper1 · 33%
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.