Quick Definition
Asher
Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
happy; Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine
Derivation: from H833 (אָשַׁר),
KJV Usage: Asher
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָשֵׁר (a.sher) — Asher. A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.13; 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 Ezk.27.6(?); Ashurite at 2Sa.2.9(?); § Asher = "happy" 1) son of Jacob and Zilpah 2) the tribe descended from Asher 3) a city east of Shechem in Manasseh
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
name · אשׁר · אָשֵׁרִי
Names of People | Names of Groups | Names of Locations
Asher = man, tribe, and territory; ◄ eighth son of Jacob and second son of Zilpah, slave of Leah; ► founder of one of the tribes of Israel
GEN 30:13 · GEN 35:26 · GEN 46:17 · GEN 49:20 · EXO 1:4 · NUM 1:13 · NUM 1:40 · NUM 1:41 · NUM 2:27 · NUM 2:27 · NUM 7:72 · NUM 10:26 · NUM 13:13 · NUM 26:44 · NUM 26:46 · NUM 26:47 · NUM 34:27 · DEU 27:13 · DEU 33:24 · DEU 33:24 · JOS 17:7 · JOS 17:10 · JOS 17:11 · JOS 19:24 · JOS 19:31 · JOS 19:34 · JOS 21:6 · JOS 21:30 · JDG 1:31 · JDG 5:17 · JDG 6:35 · JDG 7:23 · 1KI 4:16 · 1CH 2:2 · 1CH 6:47 · 1CH 6:59 · 1CH 7:30 · 1CH 7:40 · 1CH 12:37 · 2CH 30:11 · EZK 48:2 · EZK 48:3 · EZK 48:34
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Names of Constructions
Collocation: שַׁעַר אָשֵׁר
Asher Gate = one of the gates of the new Jerusalem, according to the vision of Ezekiel
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָשֵׁר n.pr.m. Asher (happy one, Felix) son of Jacob and Zilpah
the tribe
n.pr.loc. city E. of Shechem
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