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Happy

אֹ֫שֶׁרStrong’s H0837

osher (o-sher)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Osher is the Hebrew word usually translated “happiness my”. It appears in 1 verse 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. Happiness
How it's translated
  • in happiness my 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    אֹ֫שֶׁר osher · happy

    happiness

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “happy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    HAP'PY adjective

    [from hap.]

    1. Lucky; fortunate; successful.
    2. Being in the enjoyment of agreeable sensations from the possession of good; enjoying pleasure from the gratification of appetites or desires.“Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed” Genesis 30:13
    3. Prosperous; having secure possession of good.“Happy is that people whose God is Jehovah” Psalms 144:15
    4. That supplies pleasure; that furnishes enjoyment; agreeable; applied to things; as a happy condition.
    All definitions
    1. Dexterous; ready; able.
    2. Blessed; enjoying the presence and favor of God, in a future life.
    3. Harmonious; living in concord; enjoying the pleasures of friendship; as a happy family.
    4. Propitious; favorable.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

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