Strong's Hebrew · H836

H836 ʼÂshêr

אָשֵׁר

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Asher

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ʼÂshêr appears 43 times in Scripture, including Genesis 30:13 and Exodus 1:4. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

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

In the King James Version

Asher

Derivation

from H833 (אָשַׁר), happy;

Appears 43 times in Scripture

Numbers 1:41

“those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.”

Genesis 49:20

“Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.”

Genesis 46:17

“The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.”

Exodus 1:4

“Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.”

Genesis 30:13

“Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.”

Genesis 35:26

“And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.”

Numbers 1:40

“From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,”

Numbers 10:26

“Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,”

Numbers 2:27

“The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ocran,”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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