Definition

to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper

Etymology

or אָשֵׁר; a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• (call
• be) bless(-ed
• happy)
• go
• guide
• lead
• relieve

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.