H833: אָשַׁר
ʼâshar · pronounced aw-shar' · “to bless”
Definition
to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper
KJV translates it as: (call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.
Word origin: or אָשֵׁר; a primitive root;
Extended definition
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H833 is translated
- me ×2
- him ×2
- her ×2
- he will be called blessed ×1
- are called blessed ×1
- you advance ×1
- advance ×1
- guide ×1
- set right ×1
- your ×1
- the guides ×1
- they will call blessed ×1
Bible verses with H833 (ʼâshar)
ʼâshar appears in 15 verses.
- 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 41:2
The 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.
- 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.
- Proverbs 23:19
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
- Proverbs 31:28
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
- 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, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
- 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 paths.
- 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.