Lexical Summary Asher: "happy one", a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, also perhaps a city in Palestine Original Word: אָשֵׁרTransliteration: Asher Phonetic Spelling: (aw-share') Part of Speech: Proper Name Short Definition: "happy one", a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, also perhaps a city in Palestine Meaning: Asher -- "happy one", a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, also perhaps a city in Palestine Strong's Concordance Asher From 'ashar, happy; Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine -- Asher see HEBREW 'ashar Brown-Driver-Briggs H836. Asher 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; 35:26; 46:17; Exodus 1:4; Numbers 26:46; 1 Chronicles 2:2. 2 the tribe Genesis 49:20; Numbers 1:13; Deuteronomy 27:13; 33:24 (twice in verse); Joshua 17:10-11, 19:34; Judges 1:31; 5:17; 6:36; 7:23; 1 Kings 4:16; 1 Chronicles 12:36; 2 Chronicles 30:11; Ezekiel 48:2-3, 34; אָשֵׁר בְּנֵי Numbers 1:40; 2:27; 7:72; 10:26; 26:44, 47; 34:27; Joshua 19:24, 31; 1 Chronicles 7:30, 40; אָשֵׁר מַטֵּה Numbers 1:41; 2:27; 13:13; Joshua 21:6, 30; 1 Chronicles 6:47; 6:59. 3. proper name, of a location city east of Shechem Joshua 17:7. |
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