ʼÂshêr — H836

H836 · Hebrew — אשר

Pronunciation: aw-share'

Definition

locative proper noun

happy; Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine

  1. Asher = "happy"
  2. son of Jacob and Zilpah
  3. the tribe descended from Asher
  4. a city east of Shechem in Manasseh

Usually translated as

Asher

Origin

from H833,

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʼÂshêr occurs 43 times in 41 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Exodus (1), Numbers (11), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (8), Judges (4), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (6), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezekiel (3)

Strong's Lexicon — A