Asher

asher ashër ASHer English Etymology en :bor he:אָשֵׁר<tr:'ashér> + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈæ.ʃə(ɹ)/ UK en /ˈæ.ʃɚ/ US en En-us-Asher.oga US en æʃə(ɹ) 2 en A sher Proper noun en Q1775026en biblical character The eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah. 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. en biblical One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Asher. Joshua 21 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, en male Hebrew. en rare en female Hebrew. en. en 2026-08-06 Pew Meaghan McDonald;Michael Friedrich Why Are Homicides Declining Across the United States? https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/08/06/why-are-homicides-declining-across-the-united-states?subscriberkey=0037V00002o2AeOQAU 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20261013063319/https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/08/06/why-are-homicides-declining-across-the-united-states?subscriberkey=0037V00002o2AeOQAU 13 October 2026 en town co/Pottawatomie County s/Oklahoma c/USA. Derived terms en Asherite Translations eighth son of Jacob Cherokee: chr ᎠᏒ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 亞設 Yàshè, cmn 阿協爾 Āxié'ěr Catholic Danish: da Asher Dutch: nl Aser m Finnish: fi Asser French: fr Aser German: de Asser Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Ἀσήρ m Gujarati: gu આશેર m Hawaiian: haw ʻAsera Hebrew: he אָשֵׁר ashér Hindi: hi आशेर m Kazakh: kk Ашир Norwegian: no Asjer Portuguese: pt Aser m Spanish: es Aser Swedish: sv Aser one of the Israelite tribes Dutch: nl Aser Hebrew: he אָשֵׁר ashér Hindi: hi आशेर m male given name Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 阿舍 Āshě Dutch: nl Aser m Hawaiian: haw ʻAkela Hebrew: he אָשֵׁר ashér Hindi: hi ऐशर m Further reading Asher (Bible) Asher (disambiguation) Anagrams en aehrs Rahes Share Shear earsh hares harse hears heras rheas sehar sehra share shear en unisex given names