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אֶשֶׁר
ʼesher · Hebrew · Strong's H835 · 45 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “blessed”
What it means
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
from H833 (אָשַׁר);
How the KJV renders it
blessed, happy
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“happy”
also renders makários (G3107)
Questions this word decides
Where it appears
45 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 42 verses shown.
1 Kings 10:8 HNcmpa2 Chronicles 9:7 HC/NcmpaDaniel 12:12 HNcmpaDeuteronomy 33:29 HNcmpc/Sp2msEcclesiastes 10:17 HNcmpc/Sp2fsIsaiah 30:18 HNcmpaIsaiah 32:20 HNcmpc/Sp2mpIsaiah 56:2 HNcmpaJob 5:17 HNcmpaProverbs 3:13 HNcmpaProverbs 8:32 HC/NcmpaProverbs 8:34 HNcmpaProverbs 14:21 HNcmpc/Sp3msProverbs 16:20 HNcmpc/Sp3msProverbs 20:7 HNcmpaProverbs 28:14 HNcmpaProverbs 29:18 HNcmsc/Sp3msPsalm 1:1 HNcmpaPsalm 2:12 HNcmpaPsalm 32:1 HNcmpaPsalm 32:2 HNcmpaPsalm 33:12 HNcmpaPsalm 34:8 HNcmpaPsalm 40:4 HNcmpaPsalm 41:1 HNcmpaPsalm 65:4 HNcmpaPsalm 84:4 HNcmpaPsalm 84:5 HNcmpaPsalm 84:12 HNcmpaPsalm 89:15 HNcmpaPsalm 94:12 HNcmpaPsalm 106:3 HNcmpaPsalm 112:1 HNcmpaPsalm 119:1 HNcmpaPsalm 119:2 HNcmpaPsalm 127:5 HNcmpaPsalm 128:1 HNcmpaPsalm 128:2 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 137:8 HNcmpaPsalm 137:9 HNcmpaPsalm 144:15 HNcmpaPsalm 146:5 HNcmpa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.