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Nave Topical Bible
• Asher
Thompson Chain Reference
• Asher
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Asher, the Tribe of
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Asher
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Asher
Chabad Knowledge Base
• Asher
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Asher
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Asher
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Asher
Hitchcock Bible Names
• Asher
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Asher
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Asher (2)
• Asher
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Asher, Aser
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Asher
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Asher
People's Bible Dictionary
• Asher
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Asher
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Asher
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Asher
• Asher ben Yehiel
• Jacob ben Asher
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Asher (1)
• Asher (2)
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Asher
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Aaron ben-Asher, or Aaron bar-Moses
• Altschul, Naftali ben-Asher
• Asher
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Aaron ben Asher of Karlin (Rabbi Aaron II. of Karlin)
• Aaron ben Moses ben Asher
• Abraham (Asher Jacob) ben Aryeh Loeb Ḳalmanḳes
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• ܐܳܫܺܝܪ
• Ἀσήρ
• אָשֵׁר

The eighth son of Jacob and second of Zilpah, Genesis 30:13 35:26 . On entering Canaan his tribe was the fifth in order, numbering fifty-three thousand four hundred. The portion of Asher lay along the seaboard, having Levanon and Zidon on the north, Carmel and the tribe of Issachar on the south, and Zebulun and Naphtali on the east. It was fruitful in grain, wine, oil, and minerals, Genesis 49:20 Deuteronomy 33:24,25 . How much of the Phoenician coast was included is uncertain, Joshua 19:25,28; but the Asherites were unable to expel the Canaanites, and dwelt in part among them, Judges 1:31,32 . They are honorably mentioned in the history of David, 1 Chronicles 12:36 , and of Hezekiah, 2 Chronicles 30:11 .