Ashar means “go” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G833 — aule (“court”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H833 אָשַׁר אָשֵׁר (ashar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ashar (aw-shar') (or rasher {aw-share'}) v. 1. to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy) 2. (figuratively) to go forward, be honest, proper It has 15 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include happy, go, and will. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
ashar (aw-shar') (or rasher {aw-share'}) v. 1. to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy) 2. (figuratively) to go forward, be honest, proper [a primitive root] KJV: (call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H833. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to bless
Usage: 1) to go straight, walk, go on, advance, make progress 1a)(Qal) to go straight on, make progress 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to go straight on, advance 1b2) to lead on (causative) 1b3) to set right, righten 1b4) to pronounce happy, call blessed 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be advanced, be led on 1c2) to be made happy, be blessed
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ashar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
15 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H833.
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H833, grouped by book.
Ashar (Strong's H833) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "go". ashar (aw-shar') (or rasher {aw-share'}) v. 1. to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy) 2. (figuratively) to go forward, be honest, proper
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H833 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H833 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as happy, go, and will. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.