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Lexicon :: Strong's H836 - 'āšēr

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אָשֵׁר
Transliteration
'āšēr
Pronunciation
aw-share'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אָשֵׁר ʼÂshêr, aw-share'; from H833, happy; Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine:—Asher

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H836 in the following manner: Asher (43x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H836 in the following manner: Asher (43x).

  1. Asher = "happy"

    1. son of Jacob and Zilpah

    2. the tribe descended from Asher

    3. a city east of Shechem in Manasseh

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָשֵׁר ʼÂshêr, aw-share'; from H833, happy; Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine:—Asher
STRONGS H836: Abbreviations
† אָשֵׁר proper name, masculine Asher (happy one, Felix, compare Phoenician אשרשלח, which however may contain (god) Asshur or Osiris, compare BaeRel 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:13; 35:26; 46:17; 49:20

Exodus

1:4

Numbers

1:13; 1:40; 1:41; 2:27; 2:27; 7:72; 10:26; 13:13; 26:44; 26:46; 26:47; 34:27

Deuteronomy

27:13; 33:24

Joshua

17:7; 17:10; 17:11; 19:24; 19:31; 19:34; 21:6; 21:30

Judges

1:31; 5:17; 6:36; 7:23

1 Kings

4:16

1 Chronicles

2:2; 6:47; 6:59; 7:30; 7:40; 12:36

2 Chronicles

30:11

Ezekiel

48:2; 48:3; 48:34

H836

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H836 matches the Hebrew אָשֵׁר ('āšēr),
which occurs 43 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:13 - And Leah said, "Happy am I! For the women will call me happy"; so she called his name Asher.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - The sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:17 - The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beri'ah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beri'ah: Heber and Mal'chi-el

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:20 - Asher's food shall be rich, and he shall yield royal dainties.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:4 - Dan and Naph'tali, Gad and Asher.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:13 - from Asher, Pa'giel the son of Ochran;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:40 - Of the people of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go forth to war:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - the number of the tribe of Asher was forty-one thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the leader of the people of Asher being Pa'giel the son of Ochran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:72

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:72 - On the eleventh day Pa'giel the son of Ochran, the leader of the men of Asher:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:26 - And over the host of the tribe of the men of Asher was Pa'giel the son of Ochran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:13 - from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:44 - The sons of Asher according to their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beri'ah, the family of the Beri'ites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:46 - And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47 - These are the families of the sons of Asher according to their number, fifty-three thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:27 - And of the tribe of the sons of Asher a leader, Ahi'hud the son of Shelo'mi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:13 - And these shall stand upon Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zeb'ulun, Dan, and Naph'tali.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:24 - And of Asher he said, "Blessed above sons be Asher; let him be the favorite of his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:7 - The territory of Manas'seh reached from Asher to Mich-me'thath, which is east of Shechem; then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tap'puah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10 - the land to the south being E'phraim's and that to the north being Manas'seh's, with the sea forming its boundary; on the north Asher is reached, and on the east Is'sachar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:11 - Also in Is'sachar and in Asher Manas'seh had Beth-she'an and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of Ta'anach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megid'do and its villages; the third is Naphath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:24 - The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher according to its families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - This is the inheritance of the tribe of Asher according to its families--these cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34 - then the boundary turns westward to Az'noth-tabor, and goes from there to Hukkok, touching Zeb'ulun at the south, and Asher on the west, and Judah on the east at the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - The Gersonites received by lot from the families of the tribe of Is'sachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naph'tali, and from the half-tribe of Manas'seh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:30 - and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:31 - Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, or of Achzib, or of Helbah, or of Aphik, or of Rehob;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:17 - Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why did he abide with the ships? Asher sat still at the coast of the sea, settling down by his landings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:35 - And he sent messengers throughout all Manas'seh; and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zeb'ulun, and Naph'tali; and they went up to meet them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:23 - And the men of Israel were called out from Naph'tali and from Asher and from all Manas'seh, and they pursued after Mid'ian.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:16 - Ba'ana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:2 - Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naph'tali, Gad, and Asher.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:62

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62 - To the Gershomites according to their families were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Is'sachar, Asher, Naph'tali, and Manas'seh in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:74

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:74 - out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:30 - The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beri'ah, and their sister Serah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 - All of these were men of Asher, heads of fathers' houses, approved, mighty warriors, chief of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies, for service in war, was twenty-six thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:36 - Of Asher forty thousand seasoned troops ready for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:11 - Only a few men of Asher, of Manas'seh, and of Zeb'ulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:2 - Adjoining the territory of Dan, from the east side to the west, Asher, one portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:3 - Adjoining the territory of Asher, from the east side to the west, Naph'tali, one portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:34 - On the west side, which is to be four thousand five hundred cubits, three gates, the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naph'tali.
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