Asher

Asher

See also: asher and ashër

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אָשֵׁר‎ ('ashér).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæʃə(ɹ)/

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Proper noun

Asher

1. (biblical) Eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
2. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Asher.
3. A male given name from Hebrew
4. A female given name from Hebrew
5. A surname.
6. A town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

Quotations

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 35:22b-26::

  Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Joshua 21:30:

  And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,

Translations

eighth son of Jacob

Chinese: Mandarin: 亞設／亚设 (Yàshè), 阿協爾／阿协尔 (Āxié'ěr) (Catholic) Danish: Asher Dutch: Aser m Finnish: Asser (fi) French: Aser (fr) German: Asser (de) Greek: Ancient: Ἀσήρ m (Asḗr) Hawaiian: ʻAsera Hebrew: אָשֵׁר‎ (he) (ashér) Kazakh: Ашир (Aşir) Norwegian: Asjer Portuguese: Aser m Spanish: Aser Swedish: Aser

one of the Israelite tribes

Dutch: Aser Hebrew: אָשֵׁר‎ (he) (ashér)

male given name

Dutch: Aser m Hawaiian: ʻAkela Hebrew: אָשֵׁר‎ (he) (ashér)

Further reading

• Asher (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asher (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rahes, Share, Shear, earsh, hares, harse, hears, heras, rheas, sehar, sehra, share, shear