אָשַׁר
ʼâshar · aw-shar'
to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper
Lexicon
Derivation: or אָשֵׁר; a primitive root;
to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper
- to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy)
- figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָשַׁר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and go2 · 12%
- will call me blessed1 · 6%
- me, then it blessed1 · 6%
- and he shall be blessed1 · 6%
- shall call him blessed1 · 6%
- upon her: and happy1 · 6%
- and guide1 · 6%
- and call her blessed1 · 6%
- her, and blessed1 · 6%
- relieve1 · 6%
- they which lead1 · 6%
- for the leaders1 · 6%
- and they that are led1 · 6%
- shall call you blessed1 · 6%
- and now we call1 · 6%
- happy1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.