Strong's Lexicon

H3787

H3787 — כָּשֵׁר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkasherverb-stemOccurrences: 3TWOT: 1052

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3787
Word:	כָּשֵׁר
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root properly, to be straight or right
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	kasher
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kaw-share'
Meaning:	1. (by implication) to be acceptable 2. (also) to succeed or prosper
KJV Renderings:	direct, be right, prosper.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4235

כָּשֵׁר verb be advantageous, proper, suitable, succeed, late Aramaic (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּשָׁר, [untranscribed source text 2675]); —

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

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

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כשר (h-sh)

Esther 8:5

KJV: And 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:devised: Heb. the devicewhich he…: or, who wrote

EHCC: and the thing (seem) riyht before the

Ecclesiastes 10:10

KJV: If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

EHCC: wisdom (is) profitable to direct.