Strong H3787כָּשֵׁר
to succeed
- Transliteration
- kâshêr
- Pronunciation
- kaw-share'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root properly to be straight or right; by implication to be acceptable; also to succeed or proser: - {direct} be {right} prosper.
Detailed definition
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
1a) (Qal) to please, be proper
1b) (Hiphil) to give success
In the Bible
Strong H3787 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- direct1
- prosper1
- right1
First verses
- Esther 8:5And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
- Ecclesiastes 10:10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
- Ecclesiastes 11:6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.