אָשֻׁר
ʼâshur · aw-shoor'
a step
Lexicon
Derivation: or אַשֻּׁר; from H833 (אָשַׁר) in the sense of going;
a step
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: going, step.
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 אָשֻׁר 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- my goings2 · 22%
- his steps1 · 11%
- if my step1 · 11%
- us in our steps1 · 11%
- none of his steps1 · 11%
- neither have our steps1 · 11%
- my steps1 · 11%
- to his going1 · 11%
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.