מֵישָׁר meshar

Hebrew word for “uprightness” · Strong’s H4339 · used 19 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

1) evenness, uprightness, straightness, equity; 1a) evenness, level, smoothness; 1b) uprightness, equity; 1c) rightly (as adv)

How it is translated

Glosses given for meshar in context, with how often each is used:

• uprightnesses 15
• smoothnesses 2
• will be uprightnesses 1
• level paths 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Proverbs 23 (2), 1 Chronicles 29 (1), Psalms 9 (1), Psalms 17 (1), Psalms 58 (1), Psalms 75 (1), Psalms 96 (1), Psalms 98 (1), Psalms 99 (1), Proverbs 1 (1)

Forms

• מישׁרים 11
• במישׁרים 4
• ומישׁרים 3
• למישׁרים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with meshar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• צֶדֶק tsedeq “righteousness” 6
• תֵּבֵל tevel “world” 3
• שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 4
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 4
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 5
• יַיִן yayin “wine” 3
• שָׂפָה saphah “lips” 3
• מַעְגָּל magal “track” 2
• דִּין din “to judge” 2
• דּוֹד dod “beloved” 2
• אֲנִי ani “I” 3
• צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 2

Key verses

The verses using meshar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Chronicles 29:17 — I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all…
• Psalms 9:8 — And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
• Psalms 58:1 — [To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David.] Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
• Psalms 96:10 — Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
• Psalms 98:9 — Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
• Psalms 99:4 — The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
• Proverbs 8:6 — Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
• Song of Solomon 1:4 — Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the…
• Song of Solomon 7:9 — And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
• Isaiah 26:7 — The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
• Isaiah 33:15 — He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth…
• Isaiah 45:19 — I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.