Meaning of “Asher”
Asher — happy, Jacob's eigth son; his mother was Zilpah, Leah's handmaid (Gen. 30:13). Of the tribe founded by him nothing is recorded beyond its holding a place in the list of the tribes (35:26; 46:17; Ex. 1:4, etc.) It increased in numbers twenty-nine percent, during the thirty-eight years' wanderings. The place of this tribe during the march through the desert was between Dan and Naphtali (Num. 2:27). The boundaries of the inheritance given to it, which contained some of the richest soil in Palestine, and the names of its towns, are recorded in Josh. 19:24-31; Judg. 1:31, 32. Asher and Simeon were the only tribes west of the Jordan which furnished no hero or judge for the nation. Anna the prophetess was of this tribe (Luke 2:36). Asherah — and pl. Asherim in Revised Version, instead of "grove" and "groves" of the Authorized Version. This was the name of a sensual Canaanitish goddess Astarte, the feminine of the Assyrian Ishtar. Its symbol was the stem of a tree deprived of its boughs, and rudely shaped into an image, and planted in the ground. Such religious symbols ("groves") are frequently alluded to in Scripture (Ex. 34:13; Judg. 6:25; 2 Kings 23:6; 1 Kings 16:33, etc.). These images were also sometimes made of silver or of carved stone (2 Kings 21:7; "the graven image of Asherah," R.V.). (See GROVE »T0001556 [1].). Jasher — upright. "The Book of Jasher," rendered in the LXX. "the Book of the Upright One," by the Vulgate "the Book of Just Ones," was probably a kind of national sacred song-book, a collection of songs in praise of the heroes of Israel, a "book of golden deeds," a national anthology. We have only two specimens from the book, (1) the words of Joshua which he spake to the Lord at the crisis of the battle of Beth-horon (Josh. 10:12, 13); and (2) "the Song of the Bow," that beautiful and touching mournful elegy which David composed on the occasion of the death of Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:18-27).
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Genesis Chapter 30 Verse 13 — And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. Genesis Chapter 35 Verse 26 — And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. Genesis Chapter 46 Verse 17 — And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. Genesis Chapter 49 Verse 20 — Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. Exodus Chapter 1 Verse 4 — Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Numbers Chapter 1 Verse 41 — Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. Numbers Chapter 1 Verse 40 — Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Numbers Chapter 1 Verse 13 — Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. Numbers Chapter 2 Verse 27 — And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. Numbers Chapter 7 Verse 72 — On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered: Numbers Chapter 10 Verse 26 — And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. Numbers Chapter 13 Verse 13 — Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. Numbers Chapter 26 Verse 47 — These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. Numbers Chapter 26 Verse 46 — And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. Numbers Chapter 26 Verse 44 — Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. Numbers Chapter 34 Verse 27 — And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. Deuteronomy Chapter 27 Verse 13 — And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. Deuteronomy Chapter 33 Verse 24 — And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. Joshua Chapter 10 Verse 13 — And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. Joshua Chapter 17 Verse 11 — And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. Joshua Chapter 17 Verse 10 — Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. Joshua Chapter 17 Verse 7 — And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah. Joshua Chapter 19 Verse 34 — And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising. Joshua Chapter 19 Verse 31 — This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. Joshua Chapter 19 Verse 24 — And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. Joshua Chapter 21 Verse 30 — And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, Joshua Chapter 21 Verse 6 — And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. Judges Chapter 1 Verse 32 — But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out. Judges Chapter 1 Verse 31 — Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: Judges Chapter 5 Verse 17 — Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. Judges Chapter 6 Verse 35 — And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. Judges Chapter 7 Verse 23 — And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. 2 Samuel Chapter 1 Verse 18 — (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher. 1 Kings Chapter 4 Verse 16 — Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: 1 Chronicles Chapter 2 Verse 2 — Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 1 Chronicles Chapter 6 Verse 74 — And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 1 Chronicles Chapter 6 Verse 62 — And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 1 Chronicles Chapter 7 Verse 40 — All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men. 1 Chronicles Chapter 7 Verse 30 — The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. 1 Chronicles Chapter 12 Verse 36 — And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand. 2 Chronicles Chapter 30 Verse 11 — Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. Ezekiel Chapter 48 Verse 34 — At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. Ezekiel Chapter 48 Verse 3 — And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali. Ezekiel Chapter 48 Verse 2 — And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.
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