אָשַׁר
ʼâshar · H833 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences
Meanings
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Literally: to go forward on a road; hence: to behave in a certain way (to follow the way (of), to act (with, as))
ExamplesProverbs 4:14 Do not enter the path of the wicked And do not proceed in the way of evil people.
Proverbs 9:6 “Abandon your foolishness and live, And proceed in the way of understanding.”
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to lead, to guide
Literally: to cause to go forward; hence: to provide authority and give guidance to other people
ExamplesIsaiah 3:12 My people! Their oppressors treat them violently, And women rule over them. My people! Those who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your paths.
Isaiah 9:16 For those who guide this people are leading them astray; And those who are guided by them are confused.
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Literally: to cause one's heart to follow the (right) road; hence: to think morally and ethically correctly (to guide (one's heart) along the (right) road > to think right)
ExamplesProverbs 23:19 Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way.
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to correct, to set right
To set right an event that is wrong
ExamplesIsaiah 1:17 Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor, Obtain justice for the orphan, Plead for the widow’s case.
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to call blessed, to congratulate
To communicate to someone else that you consider him/her or someone else fortunate and blessed by God; accompanied by an attitude of respect
ExamplesGenesis 30:13 Then Leah said, “Happy am I! For women will call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
Job 29:11 “For when an ear heard, it called me blessed, And when an eye saw, it testified in support of me,
Psalm 41:2 The LORD will protect him and keep him alive, And he will be called blessed upon the earth; And do not turn him over to the desire of his enemies.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
13 occurrences in 8 groups
- גּוֹיnation, people 2
- Not stated: you (more than one) 2
- Not stated: you (one person) 2
- Not stated: they 2
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- בַּתdaughter 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
9 occurrences in 7 groups
- נִיme 2
- הָher 2
- זֵדpresumptuous 1
- חָמוֹץoppressor 1
- לֵבheart, mind 1
- וֹhim 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with+ דֶּרֶךְway, road 3
- בin/on/with+ אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַלnot, do not 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- עַםpeople 1
- הוּhis 1
- ךָּyou 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- בָּלַעto swallow 1
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- תָּעָהto go astray, to wander 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- הָלַל hâlal · H1984 · to shine, to flash forth, to emit (light)
- Both describe acts of praise or commendation: הָלַל (hâlal, H1984) "praise, celebrate, commend" and אָשַׁר (ʼâshar, H833) "bless, happy, praise."
Semantic domains 5 entries
- Act002002002001
- אָשַׁר describes leading or guiding someone along a path, an action of directing another's steps.
- Wise002001002029
- The word can also connect to sound guidance or wise direction given to another.
- Right002001003013
- אָשַׁר carries a sense of setting someone on the right or straight path, correct guidance rather than a wrong way.
- Praise002004001009009
- The word is most often used in the sense of calling someone blessed or happy, a declaration of praise or commendation, as Leah's naming of Asher.
- Respect002001002024
- Being called blessed also carries an element of honor or esteem shown to the one so described.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H833. ashar [אָשַׁר] verb go straight, go on, advance (Assyrian ašâru ZimBP 11; Arabic,…
[אָשַׁר] verb go straight, go on, advance (Assyrian ašâru ZimBP 11; Arabic, Aramaic in derivatives) —
Qal Imperative אִשְׁרוּ Pro 9:6 בִּינָה בְדֶרֶךְ אִשְׁרוּ go straight on in the way of understanding.
Pi`el Perfect אִשְּׁרוּ Mal 3:12; Gen 30:13; Imperfect תְּאַשֵּׁר Pro 4:14 Pro 4:4t.; Imperative אַשֵּׁר Pro 23:19; Participle plural מְאַשְּׁרִים Mal 3:15 Mal 3:2t.; —
1 intensive go straight on, advance Pro 4:14.
2 causative lead on Pro 23:19; Isa 3:12; Isa 9:15.
3 set right, righten Isa 1:17.
4 pronounce happy, call blessed Gen 30:13 (J) Job 29:11; Psa 72:17; Pro 31:28; Son 6:9; Mal 3:12, Mal 3:15.
Pu`al Imperfect יְאֻשַּׁר Psa 41:3; Participle מְאֻשָּׁר Pro 3:18; Isa 9:15.
1 be led on Isa 9:15.
2 be made happy, blessed Psa 41:3; Pro 3:18.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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