H3476 H3476
Uprightness, rectitude, moral straightness; integrity of heart and conduct before God and others.
Derived from the root yashar ('to be straight'), yosher names the quality of living in moral alignment -- straight paths, straight speech, a straight heart. Proverbs holds it up as a guiding principle: the upright walk in straightness (Prov 2:13; 4:11), while those who abandon it turn to crooked ways. Solomon asks God to evaluate him according to 'the uprightness of my heart' (1 Kgs 9:4), and David praises God who 'tests the heart and delights in uprightness' (1 Chr 29:17). Job insists his words spring 'from the uprightness of my heart' (Job 33:3). French 'droiture' and Spanish 'rectitud' preserve the spatial metaphor of moral straightness.
Senses
1. uprightness, rectitude — Moral straightness and integrity of character. Paired with tom ('blamelessness') in Psalm 25:21 and associated with the heart's disposition in Deuteronomy 9:5, 1 Kings 9:4, and 1 Chronicles 29:17. Applied to speech in Job 6:25 and Ecclesiastes 12:10. Proverbs contrasts it with crooked paths (2:13; 4:11). Job 33:23 extends the sense to what is ethically due. 14×
AR["استِقامَةُ", "استِقامَتَهُ", "الاسْتِقامَةِ", "الاسْتِقَامَةِ", "الِاسْتِقَامَةِ", "بِ-اسْتِقَامَةِ", "بِاسْتِقَامَةِ", "عَنِ-الإسْتِقامَةِ", "في-اسْتِقامَتِهِ", "وَ-بِـ-اسْتِقَامَةٍ", "وَاسْتِقَامَةٌ", "وَبِاسْتِقَامَةِ", "يُوشِير"]·ben["-সরলতায়", "এবং-সততায়", "এবং-সরলতা", "এবং-সরলতায়", "তার-সঠিকতা", "তার-সততায়", "ন্যায়ের-চেয়ে-বেশি", "সঠিকতা-", "সততায়", "সততার", "সরল", "সরলতা", "সৎতার"]·DE["[בישר]", "[בישרו]", "[ישרו]", "aufrichtig", "mit-uprightness-von", "und-in-uprightness", "und-uprightness", "und-weil-von-uprightness-von", "von-aufrichtig"]·EN["and-because-of-uprightness-of", "and-in-uprightness", "and-uprightness", "his-uprightness", "in-his-uprightness", "in-uprightness-of", "uprightly", "uprightness", "uprightness-of", "what-is-right", "with-uprightness-of"]·FR["[בישר]", "dans-droiture", "dans-son-droiture-lui", "de-droiture", "droiture", "et-dans-droiture", "et-droiture", "et-parce-que-de-uprightness-de", "son-droiture-lui"]·heb["ב-יושר", "ב-יושרו", "ב-ישר", "ו-ב-יושר", "ו-יושר", "וּ-בְ-יֹשֶׁר", "יושר", "יושרו", "מ-יושר"]·HI["-में-सच्चाई", "और-सीधाई", "और-सीधाई-में", "और-सीधाई-से", "खराई-के", "सीधाई", "सीधाई-के", "सीधाई-में", "सीधाई-से", "सीधेपन", "सीधेपन-उसका"]·ID["Ketulusan-", "dalam-ketulusannya", "dan-dalam-kejujuran", "dan-karena-ketulusan", "dari-yang-benar", "dengan-ketulusan", "kebenarannya", "kejujuran", "ketulusan", "lurus", "yang-jujur"]·IT["[בישר]", "da-rettitudine", "e-in-uprightness", "e-perche-di-uprightness-di", "e-retto", "in-rettitudine-suo", "in-retto", "rettitudine", "rettitudine-suo"]·jav["Leres-ipun", "ing-kaikhlas", "kaleresan", "kang-leres", "kanthi-jujur", "kanthi-kaleresan", "lan-amargi-lempengipun", "lan-srana-leres", "leres", "leres-ipun", "saha-leres", "saking-kang-bener"]·KO["곧음", "그-의-정직함-으로", "그리고-에-정직함으로", "그리고-정직함-이", "그리고-정직함으로", "그의-올바름을", "마땅함-에서", "에-정직함", "올바른", "올바름이", "정직-의", "정직함-에", "정직함-으로"]·PT["Retidão-de", "com-retidão", "e-em-retidão", "e-pela-retidão-de-", "e-retidão", "em-retidão-dele", "mais-que-reto", "na-retidão-de", "retidão", "sua-retidão"]·RU["в-правоте", "в-прямоте", "в-прямоте-своей", "и-в-праведности", "и-за-прямоту", "и-правда", "от-справедливости", "правды", "праведность-его", "прямотою -", "прямоту", "прямые,", "прямым.", "честность-"]·ES["Rectitud-de-", "con-rectitud-de", "de-lo-recto", "en-rectitud-de", "en-rectitud-su", "ni-por-la-rectitud-de", "rectitud", "su-rectitud", "y-en-rectitud", "y-rectitud"]·SW["kwa-haki", "kwa-unyofu", "kwa-unyofu-wa", "na-kwa-unyofu", "na-kwa-unyofu-wa", "na-unyofu", "ukweli", "unyofu", "unyofu-wake"]·TR["Doğruluğu-", "aşırı-", "dogruluk", "doğrulukla", "doğruluun", "doğruluğun", "doğruluğunda-onun", "doğruluğunu", "doğruluğuyla", "dürüstlük", "ve-doğruluk", "ve-doğrulukla", "ve-dürüstlüğüyle"]·urd["اس کی سیدھائی", "اور-سیدھائی", "اور-سیدھائی-سے", "راستی", "سیدھائی", "سیدھائی-اپنی-میں", "سیدھائی-سے", "سیدھائی-کے", "سیدھی", "سیدھے-سے", "صداقت-کے-ساتھ"]
Related Senses
H2896a 1. good (quality or moral) (305×)H7563 1. wicked person (259×)H7451c 1. moral evil or wickedness (234×)H5771 1. iniquity, sin, wrongdoing (222×)H6662 1. righteous person (substantive) (195×)G0266 1. sin, failure, transgression (173×)H2403b 1. sin, transgression (170×)H2617a 1. Covenant faithfulness, steadfast love (167×)H2398 1. Qal: to sin, commit sin (165×)H6666 1. righteousness, moral uprightness (145×)G5485 1. grace, divine favor (141×)H7451a 1. morally evil, wicked (129×)H2403b 2. sin-offering, sacrifice for sin (120×)G2570 1. good, right, excellent (98×)H6588 1. transgression, offense against God (88×)G0018 1. good (moral quality) (85×)H2896b 1. good, what is good (85×)H7451b 1. evil, wickedness (moral) (83×)H7451a 2. evil, harm, calamity (80×)G1342 1. righteous, upright (of persons) (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† י֫שֶׁר n.m. ψ 25:21 straightness, uprightness;—יֹשֶׁר Pr 2:13 + 11 times; sf. יָשָׁרוֹ Jb 33:23 Pr 14:2;— 1. straightness, evenness, of paths (with moral implication) Pr 2:13; 4:11. 2. rightness, uprightness Pr 17:26; תֹּם וָיֹשֶׁר ψ 25:21; of words, spoken Jb 6:25, written Ec 12:10; of the moral walk בישׁר(ו) 1 K 9:4 Pr 14:2; יֹשֶׁר־לִבִּי Jb 33:3; ישׁר לבב Dt 9:5 ψ 119:7 1 Ch 29:17:—on ψ 111:8 v. יָשָׁר 4. 3. what is due, right Jb 33:23 Pr 11:24.