אֶשֶׁר esher
Hebrew word for “blessed” · Strong’s H835 · used 45 times in 42 verses
Meaning
1) happiness, blessedness; 1a) often used as interjection; 1b) blessed are
How it is translated
Glosses given for esher in context, with how often each is used:
- how blessed! 38
- how blessed are! 3
- how blessed is he 3
- how blessed are 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 26 | 1.3 | |
| Proverbs | 8 | 1.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Daniel | 1 | 0.2 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 84 (3), Psalms 32 (2), Psalms 119 (2), Psalms 128 (2), Psalms 137 (2), Proverbs 8 (2), Deuteronomy 33 (1), 1 Kings 10 (1), 2 Chronicles 9 (1), Job 5 (1)
Forms
- אשׁרי 36
- אשׁריך 3
- ואשׁרי 2
- אשׁריו 2
- אשׁרהו 1
- אשׁריכם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with esher more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אָדָם adam “man” 7
- גָּבֶר gaver “great man” 4
- שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 5
- דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 5
- תָּמִיד tamid “continually” 3
- חׇכְמָה chokhmah “wisdom” 3
- אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 4
- חָכָה chakhah “to wait” 2
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 5
- תּוֹרָה torah “instruction” 3
- עֵזֶר ezer “helper” 2
- חָסָה chasah “to seek refuge” 2
Key verses
The verses using esher that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies…
- Psalms 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
- Psalms 2:12 — Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
- Psalms 32:1 — [A Psalm of David, Maschil.] Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
- Psalms 41:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
- Psalms 106:3 — Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
- Psalms 112:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- Psalms 119:1 — Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
- Psalms 128:1 — [A Song of degrees.] Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
- Psalms 137:8 — O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
- Psalms 146:5 — Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
- Isaiah 30:18 — And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of…
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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.