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Ashurite

אֲשׁוּרִיStrong’s H0836

ashuri (a-shu-ri)

Appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Ashuri is the Hebrew word usually translated “asher” and “from asher”. It appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.”
Genesis 30:13 KJV
Meaning
  1. Someone from the tribe of Asher living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.13
How it's translated
  • asher 28
  • and asher 6
  • from asher 3
  • and of asher 2
  • in asher 2
  • for asher 1
  • and in asher 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 11
  • Joshua 8
  • 1 Chronicles 6
  • Genesis 4
  • Judges 4
  • Ezekiel 3

10 books in all.

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אֲשׁוּרִי ashuri · Ashurite

Someone from the tribe of Asher living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.13; son of: Israel (H3478) and Zilpah (H2153); brother of: Gad (H1410); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Imnah (H3232), Ishvah (H3438), Ishvi (H3440), Beriah (H1283) and Serah (H8294); also translated "pine" or "cypress wood" at Ezk.27.6(?); Ashurite at 2Sa.2.9(?); Group of a.sher (אָשֵׁר "Asher" H0836) …

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.