ʼÂshêrîy — H843

Definition

adjective

an Asherite (collectively) or descendant of Asher

1. Asherites = "happy"
2. those descended from Asher

Usually translated as

Asherites

Origin

patronymic from H836

• Derived from ʼÂshêr (H836)

Occurrences

ʼÂshêrîy occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), 2 Samuel (1)

• Judges 1:32 — But the Asherites (הָאָ֣שֵׁרִ֔י) dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
• 2 Samuel 2:9 — And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.