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Hebrew verb · H833

אָשַׁר

asharaw-shar'

to bless

16 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʼâshar

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H833is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 7 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 16
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H833

to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper

The King James renders it: (call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

ashar is rendered "to bless". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.

  • Five of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 30:13Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
  • The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.

The first use

Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

Genesis 30:13אִשְּׁר֖וּנִי

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Five of the word's sixteen uses are in Proverbs.

The other 32 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and they called blessed her2
  • and advance1
  • and guide1
  • and he will be called blessed1
  • and it called blessed me1
  • and they will call blessed1
  • and were guided by him1
  • called blessed1
  • calling blessed1
  • guides1
  • guides your1
  • may they call blessed him1

and 3 more, 16 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

אָשַׁםashambe guiltyUses35

The words it stands beside

All 16, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

16 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • אַשְּׁר֣וּ1
  • אִשְּׁר֖וּנִי1
  • וְאַשֵּׁ֖ר1
  • וְאֻשַּׁ֣ר1
  • וְ֝אִשְׁר֗וּ1
  • וְאִשְּׁר֥וּ1
  • וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֑וּהָ1
  • וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֔וּהָ1
  • וּמְאֻשָּׁרָ֖יו1
  • וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵ֑נִי1
  • יְאַשְּׁרֽוּהוּ׃1
  • מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃ פ1

and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vpw3mp/Sp3fs2Hc/Vpw3mp/Sp3fs
  • Hc/Vpq3cp1Hc/Vpq3cp
  • Hc/VPq3ms1Hc/VPq3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/VPsmpc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Vpv2ms
  • Hc/Vpw3fs/Sp1bs1Hc/Vpw3fs/Sp1bs
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HC/Vqv2mp
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpi3mp/Sp3ms
  • verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpj2ms
  • verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HVpp3cp/Sp1bs
  • verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural1HVprmpa
  • verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HVprmpc

Genesis

one use
  • Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

    Genesis 30:13

    • אִשְּׁר֖וּנִיʾisheruniverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they will call happy me

Job

one use
  • For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,

    Job 29:11

    • וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵ֑נִיvateashereniHc/Vpw3fs/Sp1bstagged: and it called blessed me

Psalms

two uses
  • 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.

    Psalms 41:2

    • וְאֻשַּׁ֣רveusharHc/VPq3mstagged: and he will be called 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.

    Psalms 72:17

    • יְאַשְּׁרֽוּהוּ׃yeasheruhuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may they call blessed him

Proverbs

five uses
  • She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

    Proverbs 3:18

    • מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃ פmeusharverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: called blessed
  • Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

    Proverbs 4:14

    • תְּ֝אַשֵּׁ֗רteasherverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you advance
  • Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

    Proverbs 9:6

    • וְ֝אִשְׁר֗וּveishruconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and advance
  • Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.

    Proverbs 23:19

    • וְאַשֵּׁ֖רveasherconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and guide
  • Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:

    Proverbs 31:28

    • וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֑וּהָvayasheruhaHc/Vpw3mp/Sp3fstagged: and they called blessed her

Song of Solomon

one use
  • 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.

    Song of Solomon 6:9

    • וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֔וּהָvayasheruhaHc/Vpw3mp/Sp3fstagged: and they called blessed her

Isaiah

four uses
  • Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

    Isaiah 1:17

    • אַשְּׁר֣וּʾasheruverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: set right
  • Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.

    Isaiah 3:12

    • מְאַשְּׁרֶ֣יךָmeashereikhaverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: guides your
  • For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.

    Isaiah 9:16

    • מְאַשְּׁרֵ֥יmeashereiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: guides
    • וּמְאֻשָּׁרָ֖יוumeusharavconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and were guided by him

Malachi

two uses
  • “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.

    Malachi 3:12

    • וְאִשְּׁר֥וּveisheruHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will call blessed
  • So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”

    Malachi 3:15

    • מְאַשְּׁרִ֣יםmeasherimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: calling blessed

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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