Strong H836אָשֵׁר
Asher
- Transliteration
- 'âshêr
- Pronunciation
- aw-share'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
From H833; happy;
{Asher} a son of {Jacob} and the tribe descended from {him} with its territory; also a place in Palestine: - Asher.
{Asher} a son of {Jacob} and the tribe descended from {him} with its territory; also a place in Palestine: - Asher.
Meaning of the name
Asher = "happy"
Detailed definition
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(?);
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(?);
In the biblical story
Asher
Son of Jacob and Zilpah, founder of the tribe of Asher
Asher was the eighth son of Jacob, born to Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, and became the founder of the tribe of Asher (Gen 30:13; 35:26; 46:17; 49:20; Exo 1:4; Num 1:13, 40-41; 2:27; 7:72; 10:26; 13:13; 26:44-47; 34:27; Deu 27:13; 33:24; Jos 17:7, 10-11; 19:24, 31, 34; 21:6, 30; Jdg 1:31; 5:17; 6:35; 7:23; 2 Sam 2:9; 1 Ki 4:16; 1 Chr 2:2; 6:62, 74; 7:30, 40; 12:36; 2 Chr 30:11; Ezk 48:2-3, 34; Luke 2:36; Rev 7:6).
In the Bible
Strong H836 appears in 41 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- asher41
First verses
- Genesis 30:13And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
- Genesis 35:26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan–aram.
- Genesis 46:17And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
- Genesis 49:20Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
- Exodus 1:4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
- Numbers 1:13Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
- Numbers 1:40Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
- Numbers 1:41Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
- Numbers 2:27And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
- Numbers 7:72On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:
- Numbers 10:26And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.
- Numbers 13:13Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
- Numbers 26:44Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
- Numbers 26:46And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
- Numbers 26:47These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
- Numbers 34:27And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
- Deuteronomy 27:13And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
- Deuteronomy 33:24And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
- Joshua 17:7And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En–tappuah.
- Joshua 17:10Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.