Asher
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæ.ʃə(ɹ)/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.ʃɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -æʃə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: A‧sher
Proper noun
[edit]Asher
- (biblical) Eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
- (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Asher.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- A surname.
- A town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.
Quotations
[edit]- 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.
- 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,
Translations
[edit]eighth son of Jacob
male given name
Further reading
[edit]Asher (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asher (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
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