Lexical Definition

‎יֹשֶׁר‎ yôsher (yo'-sher) uprightness ^H:N-M
from ‎יָשַׁר‎

equity, meet, right, upright(-ness).

• the right

1) straightness, uprightness
1a) straightness, evenness (moral implications)
1b) rightness, uprightness
1c) what is right, what is due

See Greek: ἁπλότης · εὐθύτης · καθαρός · ὀρθός · ὁσιότης

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎י֫שֶׁר‎ noun masculine^{Ps 25:21} straightness, uprightness; — ‎ישֶׁר‎ Prov 2:13 + 11 t.; suffix ‎יָשְׁרוֺ‎ Job 33:23; Prov 14:2 —

1. straightness, evenness, of paths (with moral implication) Prov 2:13; Prov 4:11.

2. rightness, uprightness Prov 17:26 ‎תֹּם וָישֶׁר‎ Ps 25:21 of words, spoken Job 6:25, written Eccl 12:10 of the moral walk ‎בישׁר(וׅ‎ 1Kgs 9:4; Prov 14:2 ‎ישֶׁרלִֿבִּי‎ Job 33:3 ‎ישׁר לבב‎ Deut 9:5; Ps 119:7; 1Chr 29:17: — on Ps 111:8 see ‎יָשָׁר‎

4. 3. what is due, right Job 33:23; Prov 11:24.

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