אֶשֶׁרʼesher
happiness, blessedness (1 Kings 10:8; 2 Chronicles 9:7; Job 5:17; Psalms 119:1; Proverbs 20:7)
Pronunciation: eh'-sher · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H835
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 45 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 33:29 How blessed you are, O Israel! Who else is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your protecting shield and your triumphant sword! Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will stomp on their backs!”
- 1 Kings 10:8 How happy your people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom!
- 2 Chronicles 9:7 How happy your people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom!
- Job 5:17 “But consider the joy of those corrected by God! Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.
- Psalms 1:1 Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers.
- Psalms 2:12 Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities— for his anger flares up in an instant. But what joy for all who take refuge in him!
See every passage
- Deuteronomy 33:29
- 1 Kings 10:8
- 2 Chronicles 9:7
- Job 5:17
- Psalms 1:1, 2:12, 32:1, 32:2, 33:12, 34:8, 40:4, 41:1, 65:4, 84:4, 84:5, 84:12, 89:15, 94:12, 106:3, 112:1, 119:1, 119:2, 127:5, 128:1, 128:2, 137:8, 137:9, 144:15, 146:5
- Proverbs 3:13, 8:32, 8:34, 14:21, 16:20, 20:7, 28:14, 29:18
- Ecclesiastes 10:17
- Isaiah 30:18, 32:20, 56:2
- Daniel 12:12
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).