כָּשֵׁר
ka.sher
“to succeed”
Definition
by implication, to be acceptable; also to succeed or prosper
a primitive root properly, to be straight or right;
- 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
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
כָּשֵׁר appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened,more strength must be exerted,but skill produces success.
Sow your seed in the morning,and do not rest your hands in the evening,for you do not know which will succeed,whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
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