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HebrewH0836Proper Noun (Masculine)

אָשֵׁר

a.sher

38Occurrences
H0836Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

happy; Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine

from H833 (אָשַׁר),

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Israel (H3478) and Zilpah (H2153); brother of: Gad (H1410); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Imnah (H3232), Ishvah (H3438), Ishvi (H3440), Beriah (H1283) and Serah (H8294); also translated "pine" or "cypress wood" at (?); Ashurite at (?); § Asher = "happy" 1) son of Jacob and Zilpah 2) the tribe descended from ) a city east of Shechem in Manasseh

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אָשֵׁר appears 38 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
11
Joshua
8
Genesis
4
Judges
4
1 Chronicles
3
Ezk
3
Deuteronomy
2
1 Kings
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:2BSB

Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Exodus 1:4BSB

Dan and Naphtali;Gad and Asher.

Genesis 49:20BSB

Asher’s food will be rich;he shall provide royal delicacies.

Joshua 17:11BSB

Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.

Numbers 1:40BSB

From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.