יָשָׁר (yāšār) is
a Hebrew adjective
meaning straight. It appears
119 times
in 22 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3477).
Also rendered
upright
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 930a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 930a)straight, right; level; pleasing; straightforward, just, upright; uprightness; convenient, equity, Jasher, meet, pleased well right, pleased well righteous, uprightly
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
יָשָׁרadjective: straight, right
1.straight, level
2.right, pleasing
3.straightforward, just, upright
4.abstract, uprightness
Strong's H3477יָשָׁר: straight (literally or figuratively) KJV:convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 930: יָשַׁרyāšar — be smooth, straight, right; go straight, be pleasing, agreeable, straightforward, upright; make smooth, lead straight along, direct, esteem right, approve; gold made level, laid smoothly out, upon the graven work; even, be, make…