asher · Asher

What it means

asher (אָשֵׁר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Asher”.

A son of Jacob and Zilpah; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name sounds like "happy".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×4
• Exodus×1
• Numbers×12
• Deuteronomy×3
• Joshua×8
• Judges×4
• 1 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×6
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Ezekiel×3

• Genesis 30:13

  Leah said, “Happy am I! For the daughters will call me happy.” So she called his name Asher.

• Genesis 35:26

  The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s slave woman: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

• Genesis 46:17

  The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

• Genesis 49:20

  From Asher rich will be his bread, and he will provide delicacies fit for a king.

• Exodus 1:4

  Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

• Numbers 1:13

  from Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran;

• Numbers 1:40

  Of the sons of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone who went out to the army:

• Numbers 1:41

  those of them counted from the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.

• Numbers 2:27

  Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher; and the chief of the sons of Asher is Pagiel son of Ochran,

• Numbers 7:72

  On the eleventh day, the chief of the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran:

• Numbers 10:26

  And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Asher was Pagiel son of Ochran.

• Numbers 13:13

  of the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;

• Numbers 26:44

  The sons of Asher by their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

• Numbers 26:46

  The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

• Numbers 26:47

  These are the families of the sons of Asher, according to those of them counted: fifty-three thousand four hundred.

• Numbers 34:27

  of the tribe of the sons of Asher, a chief, Ahihud son of Shelomi;

• Deuteronomy 27:13

  And these shall stand for the curse on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

• Deuteronomy 33:24

  And of Asher he said, “Most blessed of sons be Asher; let him be the favored one of his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.

• Joshua 17:7

  And the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath, which is east of Shechem; and the border went to the south, to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

• Joshua 17:10

  The south was Ephraim’s and the north Manasseh’s, and the sea was its border; and they reached Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

• Joshua 17:11

  And in Issachar and in Asher Manasseh had Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns: the three heights.

• Joshua 19:24

  And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families.

• Joshua 19:31

  This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families: these cities with their villages.

• Joshua 19:34

  and the border turned back westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from there to Hukkok, and touched Zebulun on the south, and touched Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrise.

• Joshua 21:6

  And the sons of Gershon received by lot thirteen cities from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

• Joshua 21:30

  And from the tribe of Asher: Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,

• Judges 1:31

  Asher did not dispossess the inhabitants of Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon, or Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob.

• Judges 5:17

  Gilead dwelt beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why did he reside as an alien by the ships? Asher sat at the shore of the seas, and by his inlets he dwelt.

• Judges 6:35

  He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and it too was summoned after him; and he sent messengers to Asher, to Zebulun, and to Naphtali, and they came up to meet them.

• Judges 7:23

  The men of Israel were summoned from Naphtali, from Asher, and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after Midian.

• 1 Kings 4:16

  Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth;

• 1 Chronicles 2:2

  Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

• 1 Chronicles 6:62

  And to the sons of Gershom, by their families, from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, fell thirteen cities.

• 1 Chronicles 6:74

  and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,

• 1 Chronicles 7:30

  The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

• 1 Chronicles 7:40

  All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, chosen, mighty men of valor, heads of the chiefs; and their genealogical record in the army, for the war: their number, twenty-six thousand men.

• 1 Chronicles 12:36

  and of Asher, those going out to the army, to get ready for war, forty thousand;

• 2 Chronicles 30:11

  Only some men of Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

• Ezekiel 48:2

  And beside the border of Dan, from the side of the east to the side of the sea: Asher, one.

• Ezekiel 48:3

  And beside the border of Asher, from the side of the east to the side of the sea: Naphtali, one.

And 3 more times.