אַשְׂרִיאֵלʼAsrîyʼêl
proper name, masculine: a Manassite (Numbers 26:31; Joshua 17:2; 1 Chronicles 7:14)
Pronunciation: as-ree-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H844
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 26:31 The Asrielites, named after their ancestor Asriel. The Shechemites, named after their ancestor Shechem.
- Joshua 17:2 So the allotment on the west side of the Jordan was for the remaining families within the clans of the tribe of Manasseh: Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These clans represent the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph.
- 1 Chronicles 7:14 The descendants of Manasseh through his Aramean concubine included Asriel. She also bore Makir, the father of Gilead.
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).