אָשֵׁרʼÂshêr
proper name, masculine: Asher
Pronunciation: aw-share' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H836
Meanings
1. son of Jacob and Zilpah (Genesis 30:13; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 46:17)
2. the tribe (Genesis 49:20; Numbers 1:13; Deuteronomy 27:13)
3. city east of Shechem (Joshua 17:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 43 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 30:13 And Leah named him Asher, for she said, “What joy is mine! Now the other women will celebrate with me.”
- Genesis 35:26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and Asher. These are the names of the sons who were born to Jacob at Paddan-aram.
- Genesis 46:17 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malkiel.
- Genesis 49:20 “Asher will dine on rich foods and produce food fit for kings.
- Exodus 1:4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
- Numbers 1:13 Asher Pagiel son of Ocran
See every passage
- Genesis 30:13, 35:26, 46:17, 49:20
- Exodus 1:4
- Numbers 1:13, 1:40, 1:41, 2:27, 7:72, 10:26, 13:13, 26:44, 26:46, 26:47, 34:27
- Deuteronomy 27:13, 33:24
- Joshua 17:7, 17:10, 17:11, 19:24, 19:31, 19:34, 21:6, 21:30
- Judges 1:31, 5:17, 6:35, 7:23
- 1 Kings 4:16
- 1 Chronicles 2:2, 6:62, 6:74, 7:30, 7:40, 12:36
- 2 Chronicles 30:11
- Ezekiel 48:2, 48:3, 48:34
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).