אֶשֶׁר
ʼesher · H835 · Hebrew · 45 occurrences
Meanings
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happy, fortunate, blessed
State of being considered fortunate and blessed by God; accompanied by an attitude of admiration
ExamplesProverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, But happy is one who keeps the Law.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
45 occurrences in 28 groups
- אָדָםhuman, humankind, human being(s) 7
- גֶּבֶרman 4
- אִישׁman, person, each 3
- עַםpeople 3
- נּוּhe 3
- Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (30) 30
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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In the other Testament 1 word
- μακάριος makários · G3107 · happy
- Greek equivalent capturing the state of blessedness/happiness denoted by אֶשֶׁר (ʼesher, H835), standard translation equivalent in LXX wisdom and blessing contexts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Praise002004001009009
- אֶשֶׁר expresses blessedness or happiness as an exclamation of praise, as in Moses's blessing declaring Israel blessed among the nations.
- Respect002001002024
- The declaration of blessedness also carries an element of honor, as the Queen of Sheba's praise for Solomon's blessed servants and men.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H835. esher [אֶ֫שֶׁר, or אָשָׁר, compare LagBN 143] noun [masculine] only Plural…
[אֶ֫שֶׁר, or אָשָׁר, compare LagBN 143]
noun [masculine] only Plural construct אַשְׁרֵי happiness, blessedness of 1Ki 10:8 32t. and with suffix, see below; abstract intensive exclamation O happiness, blessedness of, אֵלֶּה עֲבָדֶיךָ אַשְׁרֵי אֲנָשֶׁיךָ אַשְׁרֵי happy thy men, happy these thy servants; 1Ki 10:8 (= 2Ch 9:7); אֱלוֺהַּ יוֺכִיחֶנּוּ אֱנוֺשׁ אַשְׁרֵי blessed the man whom Eloah correcteth Job 5:17; דֶרֶךְ תְמִימֵי אַשְׁרֵי blessed the perfect in way Psa 119:1; אַחֲרָיו בָנָיו אַשְׁרֵי blessed his children after him Pro 20:7; elsewhere construct with אָדָם Psa 32:2; Psa 84:6; Psalm 84:13; Pro 3:13; Pro 8:34; Pro 28:14; with הַגֶּבֶר Psa 34:9; Psa 40:5; Psa 94:12; Psa 127:5; (הָ)אִישׁ Psa 1:1; Psa 112:1; אֱנוֺשׁ Isa 56:2; הַגּוֺי Psa 33:12; הָעָם Psa 89:16; Psa 144:15 (twice in verse); before participle Psa 2:12; Psa 32:1; Psa 41:2; Psa 84:5; Psa 106:3; Psa 119:2; Psa 128:1; Isa 30:18; Dan 12:12; before verbal clauses without relative Psa 65:5; Pro 8:32; with שֶֿׁ Psa 137:8; Psa 137:9; Psa 146:5; with suffix אַשְׁרֶיךָ (for אֲשָׁרֶיךָ) O thy happiness ! Deu 33:29; Psa 128:2; אַשְׁרֵיךְ Ecc 10:17; אַשְׁרֵיכֶס Isa 32:20; אַשְׁרָיו Pro 14:21; Pro 16:20; אַשְׁרֵהוּ Pro 29:18 (on these forms see Ges§ 93, R. 1, E).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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