אָשַׁר ashar

Hebrew word for “to bless” · Strong’s H833 · used 16 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

1) to go straight, walk, go on, advance, make progress;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ashar in context, with how often each is used:

• called blessed 4
• advance 2
• guides 2
• will call happy 1
• will be called blessed 1
• may they call blessed 1
• guide 1
• set right 1
• those who were guided by 1
• will call blessed 1
• calling blessed 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Malachi 3 (2), Genesis 30 (1), Job 29 (1), Psalms 41 (1), Psalms 72 (1), Proverbs 3 (1), Proverbs 4 (1), Proverbs 9 (1), Proverbs 23 (1), Proverbs 31 (1)

Forms

• ואשׁר 2
• ואשׁרו 2
• ויאשׁרוה 2
• אשׁרוני 1
• ותאשׁרני 1
• יאשׁרוהו 1
• מאשׁר 1
• תאשׁר 1
• אשׁרו 1
• מאשׁריך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ashar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 4
• תָּעָה taah “to go astray” 2
• בָּלַע bala “to swallow up” 2
• אֹרַח orach “way” 2
• הָלַל halal “to boast” 2
• חָיָה chayah “to live” 2
• בַּת bat “daughter” 2
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 2
• אַל al “not” 2
• שֵׁם shem “name” 2
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 2
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 2

Key verses

The verses using ashar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 30:13 — And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
• Job 29:11 — When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
• Psalms 72:17 — His 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.
• Proverbs 3:18 — She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
• Proverbs 4:14 — Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
• Proverbs 9:6 — Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
• Song of Solomon 6:9 — My 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,…
• Isaiah 1:17 — Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
• Isaiah 3:12 — As 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…
• Isaiah 9:16 — For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
• Malachi 3:12 — And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Malachi 3:15 — And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.