Asher

See also: asher and ashër

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אָשֵׁר ('ashér).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ʃə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ʃɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æʃə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: A‧sher

Proper noun

Asher

2. (biblical) The eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.

3. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Asher.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 21:30:

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

4. A male given name from Hebrew.
5. (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
6. A surname.
7. A town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

Translations

eighth son of Jacob

• Chinese:

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

• Danish: Asher
• Dutch: Aser m
• Finnish: Asser (fi)
• French: Aser (fr)
• German: Asser (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἀσήρ m (Asḗr)

• Hawaiian: ʻAsera
• Hebrew: אָשֵׁר (he) (ashér)
• Kazakh: Ашир (Aşir)
• Norwegian: Asjer
• Portuguese: Aser m
• Spanish: Aser
• Swedish: Aser

one of the Israelite tribes

• Dutch: Aser
• Hebrew: אָשֵׁר (he) (ashér)

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿舍 (Āshě)

• Dutch: Aser m
• Hawaiian: ʻAkela
• Hebrew: אָשֵׁר (he) (ashér)

Further reading

• Asher (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asher (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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