Asher

See also: asher and ashër

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew אָשֵׁר ('ashér).

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

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 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, King James Version of the Bible, Joshua 21:30

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

Translations

eighth son of Jacob

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞設／亚设 (yàshè), 亚设 (Yàshè), 阿協爾／阿协尔 (Āxié'ěr), 阿协尔 (Āxiéěr) (Catholic)

• Danish: Asher
• Dutch: Aser m
• Finnish: Asser (fi)
• French: Aser (fr)
• German: Asser (de)
• Hawaiian: ʻAsera
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• Hebrew: אָשֵׁר (he) (ashér)
• Kazakh: Ашир (Aşir)
• Norwegian: Asjer
• Portuguese: Aser m
• Spanish: Aser
• Swedish: Aser

one of the Israelite tribes

• Dutch: Aser
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: אָשֵׁר (he) (ashér)

male given name

• Dutch: Aser m
• Hawaiian: ʻAkela
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: אָשֵׁר (he) (ashér)

See also

• Asher (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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