H833 אָשַׁר
ʼâshar — to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper
KJV: (call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.
Occurs 16 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [אָשַׁר] vb. go straight, go on, advance
- Qal go straight on in the way of understanding
- Pi.
- 1 intensive go straight on, advance
- 2 causative lead on
- 3 set right, righten
- 4 pronounce happy, call blessed
- Pu.
- 1 be led on
- 2 be made happy, blessed
Where it occurs
- Genesis 30:13 — Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.
- Isaiah 1:17 — Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”
- Isaiah 3:12 — As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to…
- Isaiah 9:15 — For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.
- Malachi 3:12 — “All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Malachi 3:15 — Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
- Psalms 41:3 — The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the…
- Psalms 72:17 — His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him…
- Proverbs 3:18 — She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
- Proverbs 4:14 — Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.