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.)

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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