Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H833
אָשַׁר
a.shar · “to bless”
Used 17 times across 7 books
Definition
1) to go straight, walk, go on, advance, make progress
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
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
Where it appears
Genesis1
Job1
Psalms3
Proverbs5
Song of Solomon1
Isaiah4
Malachi2
In the text
Genesis 30:13And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.Job 29:11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:Psalms 41:3The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.Psalms 72:17His 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 3:18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.Proverbs 4:14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.Proverbs 9:6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.Proverbs 23:19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.Proverbs 31:28Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.Song of Solomon 6:9My 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.
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