What is the Strong's number for Asher?

The Strong's number for Asher (אֲשֶׁר) is H834. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Asher (Strong’s H834): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Asher mean?

Asher (אֲשֶׁר, Strong's H834) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc. The King James Bible translates it as × after, × alike, as (soon as), because, × every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), × if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), × though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.

Asher (אֲשֶׁר) is the Hebrew word numbered H834 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc. In the King James Bible it is translated as (soon as), because, for, + forasmuch, + from whence.

אֲשֶׁר

ʼăsher · Hebrew

Strong’s H834 · ash-er'

Original wordאֲשֶׁר
Transliterationʼăsher
Pronunciationash-er'
Part of speechpreposition (r)
Strong’s numberH834
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

Derivation. a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number);

How the King James Bible translates it

× after, × alike, as (soon as), because, × every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), × if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), × though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection. (The × marks places where the word shapes the phrasing rather than being rendered by a single English word.)

Where Asher appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Asher (H834) stands behind 107 English renderings in 101 verses across 16 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Genesis (46), Exodus (15), Deuteronomy (9).

How the King James Bible renders Asher, by count

which19 of 107 (18 percent)
that14 of 107 (13 percent)
because11 of 107 (10 percent)
as8 of 107 (7 percent)
whom6 of 107 (6 percent)
wherein4 of 107 (4 percent)

Three places to read Asher

Genesis 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Genesis 31:49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
Deuteronomy 11:8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Asher in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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