Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4339
מֵישָׁר
mesharmay-shawr'
uprightness
19 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mêyshâr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4339is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4339
evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially)
The King James renders it: agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
meshar is rendered "uprightness". It stands 19 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
1 Chronicles 29:17וּמֵישָׁרִ֖ים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's nineteen uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- uprightnesses10
- and uprightnesses3
- with uprightnesses3
- level paths1
- to smoothnesses1
- with smoothnesses1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מֵישָׁרִֽים׃4
- בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃3
- מֵישָׁרִ֥ים2
- מֵישָׁרִ֑ים2
- מֵֽישָׁרִ֑ים2
- בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃1
- וּמֵישָׁרִ֖ים1
- וּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗ים1
- וּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃1
- לְמֵישָׁרִ֑ים1
- מֵישָׁרִ֖ים1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural11HNcmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural5HR/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural3HC/Ncmpa
1 Chronicles
one use
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
- וּמֵישָׁרִ֖יםumeisharimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and uprightnesses
Psalms
seven uses
He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
- בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃bemeisharimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with uprightnesses
May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
- מֵישָׁרִֽים׃meisharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: uprightnesses
Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
- מֵישָׁרִ֥יםmeisharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: uprightnesses
“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.
- מֵישָׁרִ֥יםmeisharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: uprightnesses
Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
- בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃bemeisharimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with uprightnesses
before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
- בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃bemeisharimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with uprightnesses
The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- מֵישָׁרִ֑יםmeisharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: uprightnesses
Proverbs
five uses
and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
- וּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃umeisharimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and uprightnesses
Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
- וּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗יםumeisharimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and uprightnesses
Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
- מֵישָׁרִֽים׃meisharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: uprightnesses
My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
- מֵישָׁרִֽים׃meisharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: uprightnesses
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
- בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃bemeisharimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with smoothnesses
Song of Solomon
two uses
Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
- מֵישָׁרִ֖יםmeisharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: uprightnesses
and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
- לְמֵישָׁרִ֑יםlemeisharimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to smoothnesses
Isaiah
three uses
The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
- מֵֽישָׁרִ֑יםmeisharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: level paths
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
- מֵֽישָׁרִ֑יםmeisharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: uprightnesses
I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
- מֵישָׁרִֽים׃meisharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: uprightnesses
Daniel
one use
After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.
- מֵישָׁרִ֑יםmeisharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: uprightnesses
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.