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Asher¹
- /ˈæ.ʃə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈæ.ʃɚ/ US
Rhymes with -æʃə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hebrew אָשֵׁר ('ashér).
proper noun
- The eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah. 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
- One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Asher. And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- A surname. 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.
- A town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.
asher²
- /ˈæʃɚ/ US
- /ˈæʃə/ UK
Rhymes with -æʃɚ
Where it comes from
From ash (“alt.suicide.holiday”) + -er.
noun ashers · ASHer
- A member of the alt.suicide.holiday newsgroup, which deals with the topics of suicide and depression. ANYONE who first stumbles upon ash is bound to want to SAVE these desperately unhappy people. If you think Daisy was the first or last person trying to knock sense into the ashers, you are wrong. And from my observations, Anyone with only good intentions, (say trying to give ashers a spiritual outlo
ASHer³
Where it comes from
From ASH (“alt.suicide.holiday”) + -er.
noun ASHers
- Alternative letter-case form of asher I can't remember how this thread started to be honest, but if someone said that suicide won't affect others, I agree with you about that. In fact I think all ASHers would agree that a suicide is not an isolated event that won't make ripples in the life of others.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: usher, sera, greve, asherite, issachar, zilpah, zebulun, ashur, levi, issacharite, naphtali, simeon, joseph, eleazar, zebulunite, asenath
Translations
Talk about this word "asher." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/asher. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. asher. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/asher "asher." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/asher.Cite this
@misc{asher_2026,
title = {asher},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/asher},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
