H0836

אָשֵׁר

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Asher

A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.13; son of: Israel (H3478) and Zilpah (H2153); brother of: Gad (H1410); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Imnah (H3232), Ishvah (H3438), Ishvi (H3440), Beriah (H1283) and Serah (H8294); also translated "pine" or "cypress wood" at Ezk.27.6(?); Ashurite at 2Sa.2.9(?); § Asher = "happy" 1) son of Jacob and Zilpah 2) the tribe descended from Asher 3) a city east of Shechem in Manasseh

The KJV translates H0836 in the following manner:

Asher (86x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

אָשֵׁר proper name, masculine Asher (happy one, Felix, compare Phoenician אשרשלח, which however may contain (god) Asshur or Osiris, compare Bae^{Rel 161}).

1. son of Jacob and Zilpah Gen 30:13; Gen 35:26; Gen 46:17; Exod 1:4; Num 26:46; 1Chr 2:2.

2. the tribe Gen 49:20; Num 1:13; Deut 27:13; Deut 33:24 (twice in verse); Josh 17:10; Josh 17:11; Josh 19:34; Judg 1:31; Judg 5:17; Judg 6:36; Judg 7:23; 1Kgs 4:16; 1Chr 12:36; 2Chr 30:11; Ezek 48:2; Ezek 48:3; Ezek 48:34 בְּנֵי אָשֵׁר Num 1:40; Num 2:27; Num 7:72; Num 10:26; Num 26:44; Num 26:47; Num 34:27; Josh 19:24; Josh 19:31; 1Chr 7:30; 1Chr 7:40 מַטֵּה אָשֵׁר Num 1:41; Num 2:27; Num 13:13; Josh 21:6; Josh 21:30; 1Chr 6:47; 1Chr 6:59.

3. proper name, of a location city east of Shechem Josh 17:7.

35 occurrences

Genesis (3), Numbers (11), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (8), Judges (4), I Kings (1), I Chronicles (2), II Chronicles (1), Ezekiel (3)