אָשֵׁר
ʼÂshêr · aw-share'
happy; Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H833 (אָשַׁר),
happy; Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine
- happy
- Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory
- also, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Asher
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 אָשֵׁר 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
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of asher24 · 56%
- and asher4 · 9%
- asher2 · 5%
- and of asher2 · 5%
- out of asher1 · 2%
- let asher1 · 2%
- was from asher1 · 2%
- in asher1 · 2%
- and in asher1 · 2%
- to asher1 · 2%
- neither did asher1 · 2%
- unto asher1 · 2%
- and out of asher1 · 2%
- was in asher1 · 2%
- portion for asher1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.