Asher en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈæ.ʃə(ɹ)/ (UK)
- /ˈæ.ʃɚ/ (US)
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew אָשֵׁר ('ashér).
Meanings
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The eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
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, Genesis 35:22b-26::
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One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Asher.
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 21:30:
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
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A surname.
Jeff Asher, a crime data analyst whose Crime Index is widely used by policymakers and researchers to track shifts in violence, explained that last year’s homicide reduction is part of a three-year trend following a historic spike.
2026 August 6, Meaghan McDonald, Michael Friedrich, “Why Are Homicides Declining Across the United States?”, in Pew:
- A town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.
Deriveds
Translations (26)
cmn 阿協爾 /阿协尔 (eighth son of Jacob) · fi Asser (eighth son of Jacob) · chr ᎠᏒ (eighth son of Jacob) · he אָשֵׁר (male given name) · de Asser (eighth son of Jacob) · gu આશેર (eighth son of Jacob) · da Asher (eighth son of Jacob) · haw ʻAsera (eighth son of Jacob) · es Aser (eighth son of Jacob) · nl Aser (one of the Israelite tribes) · hi आशेर (eighth son of Jacob) · sv Aser (eighth son of Jacob) · hi आशेर (one of the Israelite tribes) · pt Aser (eighth son of Jacob) · fr Aser (eighth son of Jacob) · he אָשֵׁר (one of the Israelite tribes) · cmn 亞設 /亚设 (eighth son of Jacob) · no Asjer (eighth son of Jacob) · cmn 阿舍 (male given name) · grc Ἀσήρ (eighth son of Jacob) · kk Ашир (eighth son of Jacob) · hi ऐशर (male given name) · haw ʻAkela (male given name) · nl Aser (eighth son of Jacob) · nl Aser (male given name) · he אָשֵׁר (eighth son of Jacob)