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Strong's #836 - אָשֵׁר

Transliteration
ʼÂshêr
Phonetics
aw-share'
Origin
from (H833)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Asher = “happy”

1) son of Jacob and Zilpah

2) the tribe descended from Asher

3) a city east of Shechem in Manasseh

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 768 ‑ Ἀσήρ (as‑ayr');  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (43)
Genesis 4
Exodus 1
Numbers 12
Deuteronomy 3
Joshua 8
Judges 4
1 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 6
2 Chronicles 1
Ezekiel 3
NAS (43)
Genesis 4
Exodus 1
Numbers 12
Deuteronomy 3
Joshua 8
Judges 4
1 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 6
2 Chronicles 1
Ezekiel 3
HCS (43)
Genesis 4
Exodus 1
Numbers 12
Deuteronomy 3
Joshua 8
Judges 4
1 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 6
2 Chronicles 1
Ezekiel 3
BSB (43)
Genesis 4
Exodus 1
Numbers 12
Deuteronomy 3
Joshua 8
Judges 4
1 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 6
2 Chronicles 1
Ezekiel 3
ESV (40)
Genesis 4
Numbers 12
Deuteronomy 3
Joshua 7
Judges 4
1 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 5
2 Chronicles 1
Ezekiel 3
WEB (43)
Genesis 4
Exodus 1
Numbers 12
Deuteronomy 3
Joshua 8
Judges 4
1 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 6
2 Chronicles 1
Ezekiel 3
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 אָשֵׁר proper name, masculine Asher ( happy one, Felix, compare Phoenician אשרשלח, which however may contain (god) Asshur or Osiris, compare Bae Rel 161).

1 son of Jacob and Zilpah Genesis 30:13; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 46:17; Exodus 1:4; Numbers 26:46; 1 Chronicles 2:2.

2 the tribe Genesis 49:20; Numbers 1:13; Deuteronomy 27:13; Deuteronomy 33:24 (twice in verse); Joshua 17:10,11; Joshua 19:34; Judges 1:31; Judges 5:17; Judges 6:36; Judges 7:23; 1 Kings 4:16; 1 Chronicles 12:36; 2 Chronicles 30:11; Ezekiel 48:2,3,34; בְּנֵי אָשֵׁר Numbers 1:40; Numbers 2:27; Numbers 7:72; Numbers 10:26; Numbers 26:44,47; Numbers 34:27; Joshua 19:24,31; 1 Chronicles 7:30,40; מַטֵּה אָשֵׁר Numbers 1:41; Numbers 2:27; Numbers 13:13; Joshua 21:6,30; 1 Chronicles 6:47; 1 Chronicles 6:59.

3. proper name, of a location city east of Shechem Joshua 17:7.


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

אָשֵׁר comp. pr.n. אָשֵׁר).

(1) to be straight, right, i.q. יָשַׁר especially used of a straight way, hence also of what is upright, erect, whence comes the signification of firmness and strength, in the Talmud.

(2) to go straight on, and generally to go, Proverbs 9:6.

(3) to be successful, to prosper, to be fortunate, compare the kindred roots יָשַׁר No. 3, כָּשֵׁר and עָשַׁר.

Piel אִשֵּׁר

(1) to guide, or lead straight, Proverbs 23:19; Isaiah 1:17, אַשְּׁרוּ חָמוֹץ “lead the oppressor right,” into the right way, (unless, comparing Pual No. 2, we render with the ancient versions, ῥύσασθε ἀδικούμενον. Vulg. subvenite oppresso, pr. make the oppressed happy), and generally to lead, Isaiah 3:12, 9:15.

(2) intrans. to go on, Proverbs 4:14.

(3) to pronounce happy, or fortunate, Genesis 30:13 Ps: 72:17 Proverbs 31:28; Song of Solomon 6:9; Job 29:11.

Pual אֻשַּׁר and אוּשַּׁר

(1) to be led, Isaiah 9:15.

(2) to be made fortunate, Psalms 41:3; Proverbs 3:18.

Derivative nouns are אָשֵׁר, אֲשֵׁרָה, אֶשֶׁר, אשֶׁר, אֲשׁוּר, אַשּׁוּר, תְּאַשּׁוּר, אֻשַּׁרְנָא.

אָשֵׁר (“fortunate,” “happy,” compare Genesis 20:13), [Asher], pr.n.

(1) of a son of Jacob and his concubine Zilpah (Genesis 30:13, 35:26 ), ancestor of the tribe of the same name (Numbers 1:40, 41 ), whose boundaries are described as on the northern border of the holy land, -Josh. 19:2431. The Gentile noun is אֲשֵׁרִי Judges 1:32.

(2) a town to the east of Shechem, Joshua 17:17.


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List of Word Forms
אָ֠שֵׁר אָשֵֽׁר׃ אָשֵׁ֑ר אָשֵׁ֔ר אָשֵׁ֖ר אָשֵׁ֗ר אָשֵׁ֜ר אָשֵׁ֥ר אָשֵׁר֙ אָשֵׁר֮ אשר אשר׃ בְּאָשֵׁ֖ר בְּאָשֵׁ֤ר באשר וְאָשֵֽׁר׃ וְאָשֵׁ֑ר וְאָשֵׁ֔ר וּבְאָשֵׁ֗ר וּבְאָשֵׁר֙ וּלְאָשֵׁ֣ר וּמֵאָשֵׁ֗ר ואשר ואשר׃ ובאשר ולאשר ומאשר לְאָשֵׁ֕ר לאשר מֵֽאָשֵׁ֔ר מֵאָשֵׁ֖ר מֵאָשֵׁ֥ר מאשר ’ā·šêr ’āšêr aSher bə’āšêr bə·’ā·šêr beaSher lə’āšêr lə·’ā·šêr leaSher mê’āšêr mê·’ā·šêr meaSher ū·ḇə·’ā·šêr ū·lə·’ā·šêr ū·mê·’ā·šêr ūḇə’āšêr ūlə’āšêr uleaSher ūmê’āšêr umeaSher uveaSher veaSher wə’āšêr wə·’ā·šêr
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