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Strong's #3787 - כָּשֵׁר

Transliteration
kâshêr
Phonetics
kaw-share'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
Verb
TWOT
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כִּשְׁרוֹן
Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to succeed, please, be suitable, be proper, be advantageous, be right and proper to

1a) (Qal) to please, be proper

1b) (Hiphil) to give success

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 4748 ‑ στοιχέω (stoy‑kheh'‑o);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (3)
Esther 1
Ecclesiastes 2
NAS (4)
Esther 1
Ecclesiastes 3
HCS (3)
Esther 1
Ecclesiastes 2
BSB (3)
Esther 1
Ecclesiastes 2
ESV (3)
Esther 1
Ecclesiastes 2
WEB (3)
Esther 1
Ecclesiastes 2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2294) rsk (כסהר KShR) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Prosperity: [from: rs- being straight]

V) rsk (כסהר KShR) - Prosper: KJV (3): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) right, prosper, direct - Strongs: H3787 (כָּשֵׁר)

gf1) ersfk (כוסהרה KWShRH) - Prosperity: KJV (1): chains - Strongs: H3574 (כּוֹשָׁרָה)

ecm) rfsik (כיסהור KYShWR) - Spindle: For keeping the twine straight. KJV (1): spindle - Strongs: H3601 (כִּישׁוֹר)

ejm) nfrsik (כיסהרונ KYShRWN) - Success: KJV (3): good, right, equity - Strongs: H3788 (כִּשְׁרוֹן)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 כָּשֵׁר verb be advantageous, proper, suitable, succeed, late Aramaic (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּשָׁר, ); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular וְכָשֵׁר הַדָּבָר לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ Esther 8:5 and the thing be proper in the view of the king; Imperfect יִכְשָׁר֨ Ecclesiastes 11:6 thou knowest not whether this shall succeed, or this.

Hiph`il Infinitive construct וְיִתְרוֺן הַכְשֵׁיר חָכְמָה Ecclesiastes 10:10 an advantage for giving success is wisdom.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

כָּשֵׁר fut. יִכְשַׁר

(1)  to be right, like the cognate roots אָשַׁר, יָשַׁר; followed by לִפְנֵי Esther 8:5, וְכָשֵׁר הַדָּבָר לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ “and (if) it be right before the king,” i.e. if it please the king. (Ch. id.)

(2) to prosper, to succeed; hence used of a seed, to sprout (Syr. id.), Ecclesiastes 11:6.

Hiphil, to cause to prosper, Ecclesiastes 10:10.

Hence כִּישׁוֹר, כּוֹשָׁרָה, and


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List of Word Forms
הַכְשֵׁ֖יר הכשיר וְכָשֵׁ֤ר וכשר יִכְשָׁר֙ יכשר hachSheir haḵ·šêr haḵšêr vechaSher wə·ḵā·šêr wəḵāšêr yichShar yiḵ·šār yiḵšār
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