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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)
Answers that weigh this word
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
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Where it appears
45 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 42 verses shown.
1 Kings 10:8 · HNcmpa
Happy are your men, happy are these your servants who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.
2 Chronicles 9:7 · HC/Ncmpa
Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom.
Daniel 12:12 · HNcmpa
Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days.
Deuteronomy 33:29 · HNcmpc/Sp2ms
You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”
Ecclesiastes 10:17 · HNcmpc/Sp2fs
Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Isaiah 30:18 · HNcmpa
Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
Isaiah 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.