Ashar אָשַׁר
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| אָשַׁר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ashar |
| Strong's number | H833 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to bless |
| Occurrences | 16 in 15 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (5) |
Ashar (Hebrew אָשַׁר, Strong's H833) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to bless”. It occurs 16 times in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to go straight, walk, go on, advance, make progress
1a)(Qal) to go straight on, make progress
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to go straight on, advance
1b2) to lead on (causative)
1b3) to set right, righten
1b4) to pronounce happy, call blessed
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be advanced, be led on
1c2) to be made happy, be blessed
1a)(Qal) to go straight on, make progress
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to go straight on, advance
1b2) to lead on (causative)
1b3) to set right, righten
1b4) to pronounce happy, call blessed
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be advanced, be led on
1c2) to be made happy, be blessed
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | blessed (7), happy (2), go (2), guide (1), relieve (1), lead (1), leaders (1), led (1), call (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | walk (2), call her blessed (2), call me happy (1), called me blessed (1), he will bless him (1), may they call him blessed (1), are blessed (1), guide (1), correct (1), your guides (1), those who guide (1), those they mislead (1), and 2 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Ashar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 30:13And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
Job
- Job 29:11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
Psalms
- Psalm 41:2The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.
- Psalm 72:17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
- Proverbs 4:14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
- Proverbs 9:6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
- Proverbs 23:19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
- Proverbs 31:28Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 6:9My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
- Isaiah 3:12As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
- Isaiah 9:16For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
Malachi
- Malachi 3:12And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Malachi 3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).