מֵישָׁר
mêyshâr · may-shawr'
evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3474 (יָשַׁר);
evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially)
- evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord
- also, straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense
- often adverbially)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מֵישָׁר 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- uprightly3 · 16%
- and equity2 · 11%
- as for me, in the uprightness1 · 5%
- in uprightness1 · 5%
- the things that are equal1 · 5%
- righteously1 · 5%
- with equity1 · 5%
- equity1 · 5%
- shall be right things1 · 5%
- right things1 · 5%
- itself aright1 · 5%
- the upright1 · 5%
- down sweetly1 · 5%
- is uprightness1 · 5%
- things that are right1 · 5%
- an agreement1 · 5%
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.